Name: Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2026-08-26
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-08-26

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 45, Heifers 39, Bulls 59)

Weight class

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb bulls averaged $345.61/cwt on 20 head, down $8.97 from the prior sale (only 14 head in that comparison). That ranks 3 of 23 comparable sales and sits −30.69 against this barn's trailing median of $376.30.

Average price

$345.61

▼ 8.97 vs prior sale

20 head · 551 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,904

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$75

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

$5.79/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−19.66

vs VA average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	534	348.79	1,863	9thin
Medium and Large 2	565	343.00	1,938	11thin

One grade step is worth $5.79/cwt here — about −$75 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

23 sales

Bulls 500–600 lb: high $440.10, low $332.65, median $376.30 across 23 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 sale20 hd

345.61

—

VA average7 barns · 152 hd

365.26

−19.66

This barn, trailing median23 sales

376.30

−30.69

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

38 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	643	341.00/cwt	341.00–341.00	2,193	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	510	350.22/cwt	347.00–351.00	1,786	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	486	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,725	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	565	343.00/cwt	343.00–343.00	1,938	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	320	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,184	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	440	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,606	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	959	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	2,359	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	553	387.00/cwt	387.00–387.00	2,140	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	635	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	1,822	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	641	360.15/cwt	350.00–366.00	2,309	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	520	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,768	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	832	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	2,263	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	758	342.00/cwt	342.00–342.00	2,592	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	459	376.94/cwt	357.00–384.00	1,730	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	640	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,824	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	664	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,992	6
Steers	Small 1	400–450	435	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,566	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	475	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,710	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	385	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,348	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	550	332.00/cwt	332.00–332.00	1,826	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	550	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	1,821	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	310	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,085	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	550	344.00/cwt	344.00–344.00	1,892	2
Steers	Small 1	600–650	600	332.00/cwt	332.00–332.00	1,992	1
Heifers	Small 1	350–400	390	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,365	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	700	282.00/cwt	282.00–282.00	1,974	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	420	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,596	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	770	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	2,210	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	432	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,447	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	435	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,436	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	363	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,252	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	455	342.00/cwt	342.00–342.00	1,556	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	395	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,521	1
Bulls	Small 1	450–500	460	336.52/cwt	330.00–350.00	1,548	3
Heifers	Small 1	500–550	538	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,641	2
Heifers	Small 1	450–500	465	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,535	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	646	341.00/cwt	341.00–341.00	2,203	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	564	347.00/cwt	347.00–347.00	1,957	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 26, 2026

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

Receipts 143Last week 148Year ago 252

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 45, Heifers 39, Bulls 59)

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	320	370.00	370.00
1	350–400	395	385.00	385.00
2	400–450	420	380.00	380.00
5	500–550	510	347.00–351.00	350.22
4	550–600	564	347.00	347.00
11	600–650	643	341.00	341.00
6	750–800	770	287.00	287.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	440	365.00	365.00
8	450–500	486	355.00	355.00
11	550–600	565	343.00	343.00
5	600–650	646	341.00	341.00
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	460	330.00–350.00	336.52
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	459	357.00–384.00	376.94
2	500–550	520	340.00	340.00
11	550–600	553	387.00	387.00
11	600–650	641	350.00–366.00	360.15
3	750–800	758	342.00	342.00
3	800–850	832	272.00	272.00
5	950–1000	959	246.00	246.00
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	435	360.00	360.00
1	600–650	600	332.00	332.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	475	360.00	360.00
2	550–600	550	344.00	344.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	310	350.00	350.00
1	400–450	435	330.00	330.00
1	600–650	635	287.00	287.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	385	350.00	350.00
7	400–450	432	335.00	335.00
1	550–600	550	332.00	332.00
4	600–650	640	285.00	285.00
1	700–750	700	282.00	282.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	363	345.00	345.00
4	450–500	455	342.00	342.00
5	550–600	550	331.00	331.00
6	650–700	664	300.00	300.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	390	350.00	350.00
2	450–500	465	330.00	330.00
2	500–550	538	305.00	305.00

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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