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

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 33, Heifers 93, Bulls 47)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $319.66/cwt on 33 head, down $17.11 from the prior sale. That ranks 1 of 31 comparable sales and sits −44.67 against this barn's trailing median of $364.33.

Average price

$319.66

▼ 17.11 vs prior sale

33 head · 540 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,727

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$176

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

$47.99/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−4.20

vs VA average

−18.13 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	536	327.99	1,758	20
Medium and Large 2	544	311.73	1,696	11thin
Medium and Large 3	565	280.00	1,582	2thin

One grade step is worth $47.99/cwt here — about $176 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 $319.66, 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 sale33 hd

319.66

—

VA average6 barns · 265 hd

323.86

−4.20

National average138 barns · 5,113 hd

337.79

−18.13

This barn, trailing median31 sales

364.33

−44.67

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

45 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	765	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,951	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	403	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,471	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	800–850	818	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,209	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	468	346.49/cwt	335.00–352.00	1,622	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	748	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,020	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	556	342.86/cwt	342.00–345.00	1,906	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	783	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,506	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	630	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,922	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	345	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,242	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	649	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	1,863	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	527	313.91/cwt	310.00–320.00	1,654	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	558	309.91/cwt	295.00–313.00	1,729	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	642	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,054	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	715	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,145	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	528	339.14/cwt	325.00–351.00	1,791	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	358	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,181	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	465	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,302	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	605	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,573	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	445	351.00/cwt	351.00–351.00	1,562	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	480	350.67/cwt	350.00–351.00	1,683	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	390	352.00/cwt	352.00–352.00	1,373	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	565	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,582	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	624	282.57/cwt	282.00–283.00	1,763	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	462	338.44/cwt	338.00–338.50	1,564	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	458	338.48/cwt	337.00–339.00	1,550	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	870	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,436	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	530	353.22/cwt	353.00–354.00	1,872	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	700–750	715	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,823	1
Bulls	Small 1	450–500	460	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,265	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	472	348.47/cwt	347.00–350.00	1,645	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	668	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,870	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	755	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	2,001	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	380	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,273	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	638	302.19/cwt	300.75–308.00	1,928	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	370	355.92/cwt	350.00–362.00	1,317	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	585	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,872	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	650–700	655	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,638	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	368	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,214	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	735	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,801	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	630	303.00/cwt	303.00–303.00	1,909	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	545	342.00/cwt	342.00–342.00	1,864	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	650	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,885	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	435	361.90/cwt	355.00–363.00	1,574	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	536	327.99/cwt	324.00–332.00	1,758	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	718	251.94/cwt	235.00–265.00	1,809	3

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 9, 2026

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

Receipts 173Last week 78Year ago 198

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 33, Heifers 93, Bulls 47)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	403	365.00	365.00
3	450–500	468	335.00–352.00	346.49
7	550–600	556	342.00–345.00	342.86
10	600–650	638	300.75–308.00	302.19
3	700–750	748	270.00	270.00
1	750–800	765	255.00	255.00
2	800–850	818	270.00	270.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	370	350.00–362.00	355.92
7	400–450	435	355.00–363.00	361.90
4	450–500	472	347.00–350.00	348.47
1	500–550	545	342.00	342.00
1	550–600	585	320.00	320.00
1	600–650	630	303.00	303.00
1	650–700	650	290.00	290.00
1	700–750	715	255.00	255.00
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	460	275.00	275.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	480	350.00–351.00	350.67
9	500–550	530	353.00–354.00	353.22
5	600–650	642	320.00	320.00
2	700–750	715	300.00	300.00
4	750–800	783	320.00	320.00
1	850–900	870	280.00	280.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	345	360.00	360.00
2	400–450	445	351.00	351.00
3	500–550	528	325.00–351.00	339.14
2	600–650	630	305.00	305.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	390	352.00	352.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	380	335.00	335.00
8	450–500	458	337.00–339.00	338.48
20	500–550	536	324.00–332.00	327.99
5	600–650	649	287.00	287.00
10	650–700	668	280.00	280.00
3	700–750	718	235.00–265.00	251.94
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	358	330.00	330.00
16	450–500	462	338.00–338.50	338.44
5	500–550	527	310.00–320.00	313.91
6	550–600	558	295.00–313.00	309.91
7	600–650	624	282.00–283.00	282.57
1	700–750	735	245.00	245.00
2	750–800	755	265.00	265.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	368	330.00	330.00
1	450–500	465	280.00	280.00
2	550–600	565	280.00	280.00
1	600–650	605	260.00	260.00
1	650–700	655	250.00	250.00

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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