Name: Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2026-09-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-09-02

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 24, Heifers 35, Bulls 19)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $313.86/cwt on 7 head, down $22.91 from the prior sale. That ranks 2 of 31 comparable sales and sits −50.47 against this barn's trailing median of $364.33.

Average price

$313.86

▼ 22.91 vs prior sale

7 head · 504 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,583

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$272

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

$51.17/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−23.80

vs VA average

−17.66 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	505	321.17	1,622	6thin
Medium and Large 2	500	270.00	1,350	1thin

One grade step is worth $51.17/cwt here — about $272 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 $313.03, 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 sale7 hd

313.86

—

VA average5 barns · 193 hd

337.66

−23.80

National average157 barns · 5,611 hd

331.52

−17.66

This barn, trailing median31 sales

364.33

−50.47

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

27 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	750–800	780	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	2,145	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	423	320.94/cwt	260.00–350.00	1,358	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	487	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,485	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	465	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,302	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	530	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	1,548	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	600	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,740	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	350	337.00/cwt	337.00–337.00	1,180	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	346	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,038	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	582	350.27/cwt	340.00–355.00	2,039	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	445	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,224	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	490	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,617	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	500	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,350	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	530	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,776	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	674	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,292	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	455	362.00/cwt	362.00–362.00	1,647	1
Bulls	Small 1	450–500	483	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	1,386	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	419	341.28/cwt	340.00–345.00	1,430	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	387	332.92/cwt	320.00–360.00	1,288	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	752	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,444	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	545	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,962	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	485	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,698	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	505	321.17/cwt	321.00–322.00	1,622	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	470	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,457	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	600	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,740	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	442	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	1,423	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	706	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,906	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	677	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,963	10

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 Sep 2, 2026

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

Receipts 78Last week 143Year ago 161

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 24, Heifers 35, Bulls 19)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	423	260.00–350.00	320.94
3	450–500	487	305.00	305.00
1	750–800	780	275.00	275.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	387	320.00–360.00	332.92
4	400–450	419	340.00–345.00	341.28
1	450–500	465	280.00	280.00
1	500–550	530	292.00	292.00
1	600–650	600	290.00	290.00
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	483	287.00	287.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	346	300.00	300.00
1	350–400	350	337.00	337.00
3	400–450	442	322.00	322.00
1	500–550	500	270.00	270.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	445	275.00	275.00
1	450–500	470	310.00	310.00
6	500–550	505	321.00–322.00	321.17
1	600–650	600	290.00	290.00
10	650–700	677	290.00	290.00
6	700–750	706	270.00	270.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	490	330.00	330.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	485	350.00	350.00
1	500–550	545	360.00	360.00
3	550–600	582	340.00–355.00	350.27
12	650–700	674	340.00	340.00
5	750–800	752	325.00	325.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	530	335.00	335.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	455	362.00	362.00

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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