Name: Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2026-08-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-08-19

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 26, Heifers 63, Bulls 59)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $336.77/cwt on 26 head, down $23.31 from the prior sale (only 13 head in that comparison). That ranks 9 of 31 comparable sales and sits −27.56 against this barn's trailing median of $364.33.

Average price

$336.77

▼ 23.31 vs prior sale

26 head · 559 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,882

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$136

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

$5.44/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−27.90

vs VA average

−14.41 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	569	338.44	1,925	18thin
Medium and Large 2	537	333.00	1,788	8thin

One grade step is worth $5.44/cwt here — about $136 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 sale26 hd

336.77

—

VA average8 barns · 504 hd

364.67

−27.90

National average122 barns · 3,757 hd

351.18

−14.41

This barn, trailing median31 sales

364.33

−27.56

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

36 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	300–350	340	417.00/cwt	417.00–417.00	1,418	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	385	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,425	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	720	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,160	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	665	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,261	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	478	367.00/cwt	367.00–367.00	1,754	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	432	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,620	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	700	326.00/cwt	326.00–326.00	2,282	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	595	362.00/cwt	362.00–362.00	2,154	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	740	347.69/cwt	330.00–352.00	2,573	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	540	377.00/cwt	377.00–377.00	2,036	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	660	373.65/cwt	355.00–376.00	2,466	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	480	387.00/cwt	387.00–387.00	1,858	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	387	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,393	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	543	336.00/cwt	336.00–336.00	1,824	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	672	314.00/cwt	314.00–314.00	2,110	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	585	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,989	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	490	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,617	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	485	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,843	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	537	333.00/cwt	333.00–333.00	1,788	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	620	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,674	1
Heifers	Small 1	350–400	370	361.00/cwt	361.00–361.00	1,336	1
Heifers	Small 1	450–500	455	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,251	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	428	332.00/cwt	332.00–332.00	1,421	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	626	315.80/cwt	290.00–321.00	1,977	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	565	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,752	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	535	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,953	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	633	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,057	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	485	355.60/cwt	355.00–356.00	1,725	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	458	337.00/cwt	337.00–337.00	1,543	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	348	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,253	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	576	366.00/cwt	366.00–366.00	2,108	8
Bulls	Small 1	400–450	445	327.00/cwt	327.00–327.00	1,455	1
Bulls	Small 1	450–500	460	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,564	1
Bulls	Small 1	500–550	543	332.00/cwt	332.00–332.00	1,803	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	347	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,457	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	406	397.00/cwt	397.00–397.00	1,612	7

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 19, 2026

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

Receipts 148Last week 110Year ago 312

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 26, Heifers 63, Bulls 59)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	340	417.00	417.00
1	350–400	385	370.00	370.00
8	400–450	432	375.00	375.00
6	450–500	478	367.00	367.00
8	550–600	576	366.00	366.00
3	650–700	665	340.00	340.00
1	700–750	720	300.00	300.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	300–350	347	420.00	420.00
7	400–450	406	397.00	397.00
5	450–500	485	355.00–356.00	355.60
2	500–550	535	365.00	365.00
1	550–600	565	310.00	310.00
2	600–650	633	325.00	325.00
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	445	327.00	327.00
1	450–500	460	340.00	340.00
3	500–550	543	332.00	332.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	485	380.00	380.00
1	700–750	700	326.00	326.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	480	387.00	387.00
6	500–550	540	377.00	377.00
3	550–600	595	362.00	362.00
9	650–700	660	355.00–376.00	373.65
5	700–750	740	330.00–352.00	347.69
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	387	360.00	360.00
5	400–450	428	332.00	332.00
1	450–500	490	330.00	330.00
7	500–550	543	336.00	336.00
11	550–600	585	340.00	340.00
6	600–650	626	290.00–321.00	315.80
8	650–700	672	314.00	314.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	348	360.00	360.00
5	450–500	458	337.00	337.00
8	500–550	537	333.00	333.00
1	600–650	620	270.00	270.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	370	361.00	361.00
1	450–500	455	275.00	275.00

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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