Name: Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2026-09-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-09-16

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 24, Heifers 80, Bulls 37)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $326.12/cwt on 29 head, up $6.46 from the prior sale. That ranks 5 of 31 comparable sales and sits −38.21 against this barn's trailing median of $364.33.

Average price

$326.12

▲ 6.46 vs prior sale

29 head · 552 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,799

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$121

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

$20.45/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−10.77

vs VA average

−28.19 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	546	330.00	1,802	8thin
Medium and Large 2	557	329.36	1,835	16thin
Medium and Large 3	543	309.55	1,681	5thin

One grade step is worth $20.45/cwt here — about $121 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale29 hd

326.12

—

VA average9 barns · 506 hd

336.89

−10.77

National average171 barns · 9,246 hd

354.31

−28.19

This barn, trailing median31 sales

364.33

−38.21

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

40 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	656	286.00/cwt	286.00–286.00	1,876	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	541	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,975	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	900–950	930	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	2,372	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	557	329.36/cwt	320.00–330.00	1,835	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	454	347.75/cwt	347.75–347.75	1,579	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	540	308.94/cwt	307.00–315.00	1,668	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	555	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	1,732	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	572	374.00/cwt	374.00–374.00	2,139	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	628	362.00/cwt	362.00–362.00	2,273	2
Heifers	Small 1	600–650	605	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,513	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	466	345.50/cwt	345.50–345.50	1,610	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	477	356.00/cwt	356.00–356.00	1,698	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	630	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,922	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	730	266.92/cwt	262.00–272.00	1,949	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	546	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,802	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	410	387.00/cwt	387.00–387.00	1,587	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	610	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,525	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	615	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	1,913	5
Bulls	Small 1	700–750	715	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,002	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	420	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,449	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	320	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,072	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	561	316.21/cwt	316.00–317.00	1,774	5
Bulls	Small 1	550–600	578	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,647	2
Bulls	Small 1	450–500	495	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,386	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	375	368.97/cwt	361.00–384.00	1,384	3
Bulls	Small 1	600–650	625	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,906	1
Bulls	Small 1	650–700	685	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,884	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	376	362.00/cwt	362.00–362.00	1,361	4
Steers	Small 1	500–550	520	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,820	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	718	327.00/cwt	327.00–327.00	2,348	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	585	369.00/cwt	369.00–369.00	2,159	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	648	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	1,863	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	710	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,308	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	658	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,171	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	748	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,020	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	415	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,494	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	365	362.03/cwt	361.00–363.00	1,321	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	595	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	1,910	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	505	337.00/cwt	337.00–337.00	1,702	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	455	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,547	1

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 16, 2026

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

Receipts 141Last week 173Year ago 64

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 24, Heifers 80, Bulls 37)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	320	335.00	335.00
4	350–400	376	362.00	362.00
10	450–500	466	345.50	345.50
16	550–600	557	320.00–330.00	329.36
4	650–700	656	286.00	286.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	450–500	454	347.75	347.75
8	500–550	546	330.00	330.00
10	600–650	648	287.50	287.50
8	700–750	730	262.00–272.00	266.92
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	420	345.00	345.00
4	500–550	540	307.00–315.00	308.94
1	550–600	555	312.00	312.00
1	600–650	610	250.00	250.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	600–650	605	250.00	250.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	500–550	541	365.00	365.00
1	550–600	585	369.00	369.00
4	650–700	658	330.00	330.00
1	700–750	710	325.00	325.00
1	900–950	930	255.00	255.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	550–600	572	374.00	374.00
2	600–650	628	362.00	362.00
4	700–750	718	327.00	327.00
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	520	350.00	350.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	375	361.00–384.00	368.97
5	400–450	410	387.00	387.00
3	450–500	477	356.00	356.00
5	550–600	561	316.00–317.00	316.21
1	600–650	630	305.00	305.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	365	361.00–363.00	362.03
2	400–450	415	360.00	360.00
1	450–500	455	340.00	340.00
1	500–550	505	337.00	337.00
1	550–600	595	321.00	321.00
5	600–650	615	311.00	311.00
2	700–750	748	270.00	270.00
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	495	280.00	280.00
2	550–600	578	285.00	285.00
1	600–650	625	305.00	305.00
1	650–700	685	275.00	275.00
1	700–750	715	280.00	280.00

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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