Name: Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2026-08-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-08-05

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 30, Heifers 59, Bulls 50)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $326.67/cwt on 18 head, up $4.13 from the prior sale. That ranks 4 of 31 comparable sales and sits −37.66 against this barn's trailing median of $364.33.

Average price

$326.67

▲ 4.13 vs prior sale

18 head · 553 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,806

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$304

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3

$68.46/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−44.53

vs VA average

−47.36 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	549	343.46	1,885	13thin
Medium and Large 2	552	286.67	1,582	3thin
Small 1	585	280.00	1,638	1thin
Medium and Large 3	575	275.00	1,581	1thin

One grade step is worth $68.46/cwt here — about $304 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

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 sale18 hd

326.67

—

VA average6 barns · 223 hd

371.20

−44.53

National average160 barns · 6,700 hd

374.03

−47.36

This barn, trailing median31 sales

364.33

−37.66

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

44 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	Small 1	450–500	485	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,649	2
Bulls	Small 1	350–400	380	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,520	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	575	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,581	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	354	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,168	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	345	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,277	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	505	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,894	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	320	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	1,456	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	725	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,248	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	439	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,800	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	548	347.00/cwt	347.00–347.00	1,902	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	494	388.00/cwt	388.00–388.00	1,917	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	470	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,739	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	495	396.00/cwt	396.00–396.00	1,960	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	805	314.00/cwt	314.00–314.00	2,528	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	465	367.00/cwt	367.00–367.00	1,707	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	710	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,272	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	554	388.72/cwt	386.00–389.00	2,154	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	654	358.00/cwt	358.00–358.00	2,341	4
Steers	Small 1	600–650	640	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,760	1
Steers	Small 1	650–700	685	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,713	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	553	344.17/cwt	340.00–345.00	1,903	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	600	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,740	1
Steers	Small 1	500–550	505	352.00/cwt	352.00–352.00	1,778	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	459	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,928	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	464	348.57/cwt	331.00–367.00	1,617	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	440	362.00/cwt	362.00–362.00	1,593	4
Heifers	Small 1	550–600	585	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,638	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	648	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	2,087	13
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	390	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,658	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	515	377.00/cwt	377.00–377.00	1,942	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	360	362.00/cwt	362.00–362.00	1,303	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	716	307.00/cwt	307.00–307.00	2,198	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	384	433.40/cwt	430.00–440.00	1,664	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	590	342.00/cwt	342.00–342.00	2,018	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	325	357.00/cwt	332.00–365.00	1,160	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	540	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,728	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	558	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,507	2
Heifers	Small 1	400–450	410	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	1,300	1
Bulls	Small 1	600–650	638	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	1,863	5
Bulls	Small 1	550–600	565	325.61/cwt	317.00–327.00	1,840	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	500	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,675	1
Heifers	Small 1	350–400	360	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,170	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	645	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,064	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	418	395.27/cwt	380.00–410.00	1,652	2

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 Aug 5, 2026

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

Receipts 139Last week 139Year ago 185

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 30, Heifers 59, Bulls 50)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	380	400.00	400.00
2	450–500	485	340.00	340.00
7	550–600	565	317.00–327.00	325.61
5	600–650	638	292.00	292.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	345	370.00	370.00
11	350–400	384	430.00–440.00	433.40
2	400–450	418	380.00–410.00	395.27
1	450–500	470	370.00	370.00
1	500–550	505	375.00	375.00
1	550–600	590	342.00	342.00
1	600–650	645	165.00	165.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	320	455.00	455.00
3	400–450	439	410.00	410.00
7	450–500	494	388.00	388.00
5	500–550	548	347.00	347.00
1	700–750	725	310.00	310.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	354	330.00	330.00
4	400–450	440	362.00	362.00
1	550–600	575	275.00	275.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	360	362.00	362.00
1	450–500	465	367.00	367.00
1	500–550	500	335.00	335.00
12	550–600	553	340.00–345.00	344.17
13	600–650	648	322.00	322.00
5	700–750	716	307.00	307.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	325	332.00–365.00	357.00
4	450–500	464	331.00–367.00	348.57
1	500–550	540	320.00	320.00
2	550–600	558	270.00	270.00
1	600–650	600	290.00	290.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	360	325.00	325.00
1	400–450	410	317.00	317.00
1	550–600	585	280.00	280.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	495	396.00	396.00
11	550–600	554	386.00–389.00	388.72
4	650–700	654	358.00	358.00
1	700–750	710	320.00	320.00
4	800–850	805	314.00	314.00
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	505	352.00	352.00
1	600–650	640	275.00	275.00
1	650–700	685	250.00	250.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	390	425.00	425.00
4	450–500	459	420.00	420.00
1	500–550	515	377.00	377.00

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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