Name: Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2026-09-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-09-23

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 17, Heifers 36, Bulls 26)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $321.40/cwt on 15 head, down $4.72 from the prior sale. That ranks 2 of 30 comparable sales and sits −43.36 against this barn's trailing median of $364.76.

Average price

$321.40

▼ 4.72 vs prior sale

15 head · 544 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,749

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$116

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3

$20.40/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−15.94

vs VA average

−35.27 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	543	329.00	1,786	7thin
Medium and Large 1	552	325.00	1,794	3thin
Medium and Large 3	541	308.60	1,671	5thin

One grade step is worth $20.40/cwt here — about $116 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

30 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $402.15, low $319.66, median $364.76 across 30 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 sale15 hd

321.40

—

VA average7 barns · 289 hd

337.34

−15.94

National average175 barns · 11,689 hd

356.67

−35.27

This barn, trailing median30 sales

364.76

−43.36

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

31 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	500–550	515	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	1,658	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	430	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,634	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	582	329.11/cwt	310.00–339.00	1,915	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	765	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	2,073	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	643	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,961	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	515	349.71/cwt	332.00–356.00	1,801	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	680	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,142	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	470	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	1,556	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	557	366.00/cwt	366.00–366.00	2,039	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	540	359.00/cwt	359.00–359.00	1,939	5
Steers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	515	342.00/cwt	342.00–342.00	1,761	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	490	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,838	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	638	320.99/cwt	319.00–323.00	2,048	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	635	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	1,911	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	650–700	655	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	2,076	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	635	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,810	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	320	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,120	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	538	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	1,679	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	383	348.00/cwt	348.00–348.00	1,333	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	398	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,572	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	700–750	715	277.00/cwt	277.00–277.00	1,981	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	700	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,925	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	555	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,637	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	461	351.00/cwt	351.00–351.00	1,618	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	543	329.00/cwt	329.00–329.00	1,786	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	630	283.00/cwt	283.00–283.00	1,783	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	552	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,794	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	325	397.00/cwt	397.00–397.00	1,290	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	700–750	720	277.00/cwt	277.00–277.00	1,994	1
Bulls	Small 1	500–550	540	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	1,712	3
Bulls	Small 1	450–500	478	326.25/cwt	315.00–332.00	1,559	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 23, 2026

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

Receipts 79Last week 141Year ago 205

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 17, Heifers 36, Bulls 26)

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	430	380.00	380.00
1	500–550	515	322.00	322.00
3	550–600	582	310.00–339.00	329.11
4	600–650	643	305.00	305.00
3	750–800	765	271.00	271.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	325	397.00	397.00
2	350–400	398	395.00	395.00
4	500–550	515	332.00–356.00	349.71
1	700–750	720	277.00	277.00
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	478	315.00–332.00	326.25
3	500–550	540	317.00	317.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	490	375.00	375.00
3	550–600	557	366.00	366.00
1	650–700	680	315.00	315.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	500–550	540	359.00	359.00
2	600–650	638	319.00–323.00	320.99
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	515	342.00	342.00
3	650–700	655	317.00	317.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	383	348.00	348.00
3	450–500	470	331.00	331.00
4	500–550	538	312.00	312.00
1	550–600	555	295.00	295.00
2	600–650	635	301.00	301.00
1	700–750	715	277.00	277.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	320	350.00	350.00
6	450–500	461	351.00	351.00
7	500–550	543	329.00	329.00
3	600–650	635	285.00	285.00
1	700–750	700	275.00	275.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	550–600	552	325.00	325.00
1	600–650	630	283.00	283.00

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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