Name: Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2026-09-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-09-30

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 36, Heifers 54, Bulls 55)

Weight class

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb bulls averaged $356.77/cwt on 18 head, up $24.12 from the prior sale (only 11 head in that comparison). That ranks 6 of 23 comparable sales and sits −19.53 against this barn's trailing median of $376.30.

Average price

$356.77

▲ 24.12 vs prior sale

18 head · 544 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,939

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$38

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

$15.14/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.12

vs VA average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	529	363.50	1,921	10thin
Medium and Large 1	562	348.36	1,959	8thin

One grade step is worth $15.14/cwt here — about −$38 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 sale18 hd

356.77

—

VA average7 barns · 244 hd

356.90

−0.12

This barn, trailing median23 sales

376.30

−19.53

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

46 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	400–450	440	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,628	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	515	367.00/cwt	367.00–367.00	1,890	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	735	296.27/cwt	295.00–300.00	2,178	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	496	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,662	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	569	345.70/cwt	345.00–350.00	1,967	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	639	314.53/cwt	314.00–319.00	2,010	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	536	368.50/cwt	368.50–368.50	1,975	6
Steers	Medium and Large 3	700–750	720	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,196	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	395	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,560	2
Steers	Small 1	550–600	575	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,696	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	435	392.00/cwt	360.00–400.00	1,705	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	440	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,716	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	544	321.48/cwt	320.00–326.00	1,749	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	640	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,760	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	725	313.47/cwt	308.00–325.00	2,273	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	645	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,096	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	773	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,474	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	885	297.00/cwt	297.00–297.00	2,628	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	700–750	705	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,904	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	458	346.00/cwt	346.00–346.00	1,585	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	610	340.87/cwt	325.00–357.00	2,079	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	551	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,066	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	558	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,786	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	625	294.00/cwt	294.00–294.00	1,838	3
Heifers	Small 1	550–600	568	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,732	2
Heifers	Small 1	450–500	475	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	1,506	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	800–850	800	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	2,000	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	585	357.00/cwt	357.00–357.00	2,088	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	732	282.53/cwt	277.00–288.00	2,068	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	561	330.64/cwt	326.00–333.00	1,855	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	426	376.00/cwt	376.00–376.00	1,602	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	700–750	705	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,186	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	350	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,278	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	629	293.97/cwt	292.00–298.00	1,849	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	375	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,369	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	463	356.69/cwt	350.00–360.00	1,651	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	473	368.44/cwt	365.00–372.00	1,743	2
Bulls	Small 1	400–450	414	376.00/cwt	376.00–376.00	1,557	4
Heifers	Small 1	600–650	610	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,678	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	462	353.00/cwt	353.00–353.00	1,631	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	505	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,894	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	552	352.00/cwt	352.00–352.00	1,943	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	337	387.00/cwt	387.00–387.00	1,304	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	643	314.00/cwt	314.00–314.00	2,019	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	325	347.00/cwt	347.00–347.00	1,128	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	700	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,925	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 30, 2026

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

Receipts 145Last week 79Year ago 152

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 36, Heifers 54, Bulls 55)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	440	370.00	370.00
5	450–500	496	335.00	335.00
1	500–550	515	367.00	367.00
7	550–600	569	345.00–350.00	345.70
9	600–650	639	314.00–319.00	314.53
4	700–750	735	295.00–300.00	296.27
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	337	387.00	387.00
5	400–450	426	376.00	376.00
2	450–500	473	365.00–372.00	368.44
5	500–550	505	375.00	375.00
5	550–600	552	352.00	352.00
3	600–650	643	314.00	314.00
1	700–750	705	310.00	310.00
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	414	376.00	376.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	440	390.00	390.00
6	500–550	536	368.50	368.50
2	600–650	645	325.00	325.00
2	750–800	773	320.00	320.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	550–600	585	357.00	357.00
1	600–650	640	275.00	275.00
1	700–750	720	305.00	305.00
1	800–850	800	250.00	250.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	395	395.00	395.00
5	400–450	435	360.00–400.00	392.00
4	550–600	551	375.00	375.00
2	600–650	610	325.00–357.00	340.87
3	700–750	725	308.00–325.00	313.47
1	850–900	885	297.00	297.00
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	550–600	575	295.00	295.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	350	365.00	365.00
3	450–500	462	353.00	353.00
4	500–550	544	320.00–326.00	321.48
3	600–650	625	294.00	294.00
1	700–750	700	275.00	275.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	325	347.00	347.00
4	450–500	458	346.00	346.00
4	550–600	558	320.00	320.00
1	700–750	705	270.00	270.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	475	317.00	317.00
2	550–600	568	305.00	305.00
1	600–650	610	275.00	275.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	375	365.00	365.00
3	450–500	463	350.00–360.00	356.69
9	550–600	561	326.00–333.00	330.64
9	600–650	629	292.00–298.00	293.97
4	700–750	732	277.00–288.00	282.53

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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