Name: Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2026-08-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-08-12

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 24, Heifers 48, Bulls 38)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $360.08/cwt on 13 head, up $33.41 from the prior sale (only 18 head in that comparison). That ranks 14 of 31 comparable sales and sits −4.25 against this barn's trailing median of $364.33.

Average price

$360.08

▲ 33.41 vs prior sale

13 head · 561 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,020

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$232

per head · Medium and Large 3 over Small 1

$27.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−12.88

vs VA average

−6.61 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 3	568	367.00	2,085	8thin
Medium and Large 2	553	355.00	1,963	3thin
Small 1	545	340.00	1,853	2thin

One grade step is worth $27.00/cwt here — about $232 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 sale13 hd

360.08

—

VA average8 barns · 256 hd

372.96

−12.88

National average162 barns · 7,051 hd

366.69

−6.61

This barn, trailing median31 sales

364.33

−4.25

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

29 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	600–650	636	342.00/cwt	342.00–342.00	2,175	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	427	407.51/cwt	407.00–410.00	1,740	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	568	353.00/cwt	353.00–353.00	2,005	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	505	386.00/cwt	386.00–386.00	1,949	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	749	321.50/cwt	321.50–321.50	2,408	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	348	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,514	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	751	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,741	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	565	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,175	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	450	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,800	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	373	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,604	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	453	377.00/cwt	377.00–377.00	1,708	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	740	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,590	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	843	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,740	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	656	355.76/cwt	352.00–357.00	2,334	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	583	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,157	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	650	336.62/cwt	334.00–337.00	2,188	16
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	624	361.31/cwt	360.00–364.00	2,255	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	553	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,963	3
Heifers	Small 1	500–550	545	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,853	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	322	416.00/cwt	416.00–416.00	1,340	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	340	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,428	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	408	424.00/cwt	424.00–424.00	1,730	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	568	367.00/cwt	367.00–367.00	2,085	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	500	381.00/cwt	381.00–381.00	1,905	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	550	346.00/cwt	346.00–346.00	1,903	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	345	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,466	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	485	377.00/cwt	377.00–377.00	1,828	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	750	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	2,153	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	461	377.00/cwt	377.00–377.00	1,738	4

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 12, 2026

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

Receipts 110Last week 139Year ago 271

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 24, Heifers 48, Bulls 38)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	348	435.00	435.00
2	400–450	408	424.00	424.00
3	500–550	500	381.00	381.00
3	550–600	568	353.00	353.00
6	600–650	636	342.00	342.00
5	700–750	749	321.50	321.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	345	425.00	425.00
6	400–450	427	407.00–410.00	407.51
3	500–550	505	386.00	386.00
2	550–600	550	346.00	346.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	550–600	565	385.00	385.00
4	650–700	656	352.00–357.00	355.76
1	700–750	740	350.00	350.00
5	750–800	751	365.00	365.00
3	800–850	843	325.00	325.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	373	430.00	430.00
1	450–500	450	400.00	400.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	550–600	583	370.00	370.00
3	600–650	624	360.00–364.00	361.31
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	340	420.00	420.00
3	450–500	453	377.00	377.00
3	550–600	553	355.00	355.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	485	377.00	377.00
16	650–700	650	334.00–337.00	336.62
2	750–800	750	287.00	287.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	545	340.00	340.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	322	416.00	416.00
4	450–500	461	377.00	377.00
8	550–600	568	367.00	367.00

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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