Name: Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2026-07-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-07-22

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 10, Heifers 54, Bulls 23)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $339.03/cwt on 16 head, down $5.93 from the prior sale. That ranks 10 of 31 comparable sales and sits −25.30 against this barn's trailing median of $364.33.

Average price

$339.03

▼ 5.93 vs prior sale

16 head · 543 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,839

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$18

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3

$8.77/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−17.70

vs VA average

−36.78 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	529	340.77	1,804	7thin
Medium and Large 1	557	339.30	1,890	7thin
Medium and Large 3	538	332.00	1,786	2thin

One grade step is worth $8.77/cwt here — about $18 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

31 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $402.15, low $300.75, median $364.33 across 31 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale16 hd

339.03

—

VA average9 barns · 384 hd

356.73

−17.70

National average148 barns · 5,785 hd

375.81

−36.78

This barn, trailing median31 sales

364.33

−25.30

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot, as filed

34 lots · USDA AMS · Southside Livestock Graded Feeder Cattle Sale - Blackstone, VA

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	380	437.66/cwt	425.00–450.00	1,663	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	405	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,721	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	575	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,128	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	479	414.97/cwt	400.00–417.50	1,988	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	323	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,389	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	618	327.39/cwt	300.00–355.00	2,023	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	480	402.50/cwt	402.50–402.50	1,932	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	580	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,262	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	310	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,085	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	370	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,332	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	548	407.50/cwt	407.50–407.50	2,233	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	350	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	1,593	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	623	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	1,875	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	526	340.90/cwt	330.00–343.00	1,793	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	640	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,432	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	605	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,269	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	550	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,870	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	432	366.00/cwt	366.00–366.00	1,581	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	538	332.00/cwt	332.00–332.00	1,786	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	444	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	1,521	7
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	450	397.50/cwt	397.50–397.50	1,789	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	560	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,156	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	378	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,323	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	476	372.01/cwt	362.50–375.00	1,771	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	385	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,636	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	560	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,072	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	367	362.53/cwt	361.00–366.00	1,330	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	480	357.00/cwt	357.00–357.00	1,714	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	480	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,920	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	525	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,021	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	545	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,853	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	645	298.00/cwt	298.00–298.00	1,922	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	671	300.18/cwt	299.00–305.00	2,014	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	559	339.18/cwt	322.50–345.00	1,896	6

How this sale compares

Virginia weighted averages

One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Virginia auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.

Virginia feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Southside Livestock Graded Feeder Cattle Sale - Blackstone, VA

Wed Jul 22, 2026

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Richmond, VA (LS-RH)

Receipts 87Last week 133Year ago 267

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 10, Heifers 54, Bulls 23)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	380	425.00–450.00	437.66
3	400–450	405	425.00	425.00
7	450–500	479	400.00–417.50	414.97
3	550–600	575	370.00	370.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	323	430.00	430.00
1	350–400	385	425.00	425.00
1	450–500	480	400.00	400.00
1	500–550	525	385.00	385.00
1	550–600	560	370.00	370.00
2	600–650	618	300.00–355.00	327.39
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	480	402.50	402.50
1	550–600	580	390.00	390.00
1	600–650	605	375.00	375.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	350	455.00	455.00
3	500–550	548	407.50	407.50
1	600–650	640	380.00	380.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	450	397.50	397.50
1	550–600	560	385.00	385.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	310	350.00	350.00
1	350–400	370	360.00	360.00
7	400–450	444	342.50	342.50
2	500–550	538	332.00	332.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	367	361.00–366.00	362.53
7	400–450	432	366.00	366.00
1	450–500	480	357.00	357.00
6	500–550	526	330.00–343.00	340.90
1	550–600	550	340.00	340.00
2	600–650	623	301.00	301.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	378	350.00	350.00
4	450–500	476	362.50–375.00	372.01
1	500–550	545	340.00	340.00
6	550–600	559	322.50–345.00	339.18
1	600–650	645	298.00	298.00
5	650–700	671	299.00–305.00	300.18

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.

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