Name: Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2026-07-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-07-29

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 36, Heifers 65, Bulls 38)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $322.53/cwt on 23 head, down $16.50 from the prior sale (only 16 head in that comparison). That ranks 3 of 30 comparable sales and sits −42.23 against this barn's trailing median of $364.76.

Average price

$322.53

▼ 16.50 vs prior sale

23 head · 536 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,729

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$91

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2

$22.98/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−27.87

vs VA average

−37.99 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	533	329.53	1,756	16thin
Medium and Large 2	543	306.55	1,665	7thin

One grade step is worth $22.98/cwt here — about $91 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

30 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $402.15, low $300.75, median $364.76 across 30 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 sale23 hd

322.53

—

VA average5 barns · 238 hd

350.41

−27.87

National average152 barns · 4,754 hd

360.52

−37.99

This barn, trailing median30 sales

364.76

−42.23

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	700–750	745	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,161	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	352	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,390	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	440	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,694	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	635	326.06/cwt	322.00–327.00	2,070	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	484	358.00/cwt	358.00–358.00	1,733	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	552	354.00/cwt	354.00–354.00	1,954	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	423	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,523	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	513	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,155	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	572	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,345	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	652	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,249	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	505	387.00/cwt	387.00–387.00	1,954	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	933	274.00/cwt	274.00–274.00	2,556	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	452	339.10/cwt	335.00–342.00	1,533	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	340	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,258	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	605	346.00/cwt	346.00–346.00	2,093	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	383	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,455	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	464	333.10/cwt	320.00–340.00	1,546	6
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	460	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,472	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	420	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,407	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	630	303.42/cwt	300.00–307.00	1,912	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	610	383.00/cwt	383.00–383.00	2,336	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	480	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,776	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	361	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,300	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	520	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,612	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	570	347.00/cwt	347.00–347.00	1,978	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	482	358.00/cwt	358.00–358.00	1,726	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	725	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,885	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	533	329.53/cwt	328.00–330.00	1,756	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	423	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,586	2
Bulls	Small 1	450–500	483	356.00/cwt	356.00–356.00	1,719	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	574	301.94/cwt	285.00–310.00	1,733	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	380	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,406	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	611	313.84/cwt	302.00–322.00	1,918	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	360	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,332	1

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 29, 2026

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

Receipts 139Last week 87Year ago 92

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 36, Heifers 65, Bulls 38)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	352	395.00	395.00
3	400–450	440	385.00	385.00
8	450–500	484	358.00	358.00
9	550–600	552	354.00	354.00
5	600–650	635	322.00–327.00	326.06
1	700–750	745	290.00	290.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	423	375.00	375.00
3	450–500	482	358.00	358.00
1	550–600	570	347.00	347.00
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	483	356.00	356.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	423	360.00	360.00
1	450–500	480	370.00	370.00
2	500–550	513	420.00	420.00
14	550–600	572	410.00	410.00
7	600–650	610	383.00	383.00
3	650–700	652	345.00	345.00
2	900–950	933	274.00	274.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	383	380.00	380.00
1	500–550	505	387.00	387.00
1	600–650	605	346.00	346.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	460	320.00	320.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	340	370.00	370.00
4	350–400	361	360.00	360.00
18	450–500	452	335.00–342.00	339.10
16	500–550	533	328.00–330.00	329.53
5	600–650	611	302.00–322.00	313.84
1	700–750	725	260.00	260.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	360	370.00	370.00
6	450–500	464	320.00–340.00	333.10
4	500–550	520	310.00	310.00
3	550–600	574	285.00–310.00	301.94
2	600–650	630	300.00–307.00	303.42
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	380	370.00	370.00
2	400–450	420	335.00	335.00

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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