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Southside Livestock Markets, Inc.

Name: Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2026-10-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-10-07

Feeder Cattle · Blackstone, Virginia · Wed, Oct 7

● Final49 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2183

← Sep 30Oct 7Oct 14 →

Receipts

182 head

▲ 37 vs last sale 145▲ 82 vs year ago 100 · +82.0%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 34, Heifers 83, Bulls 65)

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $318.59/cwt on 26 head, down $5.18 from the prior sale (only 19 head in that comparison). That ranks 4 of 33 comparable sales and sits −41.49 against this barn's trailing median of $360.08.

Average price

$318.59

▼ 5.18 vs prior sale

26 head · 538 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,714

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$186

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

$15.54/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−5.61

vs VA average

−49.32 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	553	320.54	1,772	12thin
Medium and Large 2	527	320.17	1,687	11thin
Medium and Large 3	520	305.00	1,586	3thin

One grade step is worth $15.54/cwt here — about $186 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.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale26 hd

318.59

—

VA average9 barns · 466 hd

324.20

−5.61

National average187 barns · 16,614 hd

367.91

−49.32

This barn, trailing median33 sales

360.08

−41.49

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

33 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $402.15, low $312.68, median $360.08 across 33 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Every lot, as filed

49 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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers17 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 3	345	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,208	1
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 3	470	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,716	3
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	485	358.00/cwt	358.00–358.00	1,736	2
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	495	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,832	1
Steers	450–500	Small 1	495	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,708	1
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 3	525	352.00/cwt	352.00–352.00	1,848	1
Steers	500–550	Small 1	530	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,829	2
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	532	363.00/cwt	363.00–363.00	1,931	6
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	562	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,079	3
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	645	333.00/cwt	333.00–333.00	2,148	1
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 3	654	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,093	5
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	665	329.00/cwt	329.00–329.00	2,188	2
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	705	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,327	1
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	725	332.47/cwt	330.00–335.00	2,410	2
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 3	745	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,421	1
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	765	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,448	1
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	850	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,550	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	342	366.43/cwt	360.00–368.00	1,253	5
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 3	375	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,331	5
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	380	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,406	1
Heifers	400–450	Small 1	400	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,200	1
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 3	441	327.00/cwt	327.00–327.00	1,442	4
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	464	346.67/cwt	335.00–347.50	1,609	16
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	490	342.00/cwt	342.00–342.00	1,676	3
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 3	520	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,586	3
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	527	320.17/cwt	320.00–322.00	1,687	11
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	540	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	1,733	1
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	554	320.50/cwt	320.50–320.50	1,776	11
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	623	277.48/cwt	272.00–283.00	1,729	2
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 3	652	279.00/cwt	279.00–279.00	1,819	5
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	667	293.00/cwt	293.00–293.00	1,954	10
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	722	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,986	3
Feeder Cattle · Bulls17 lots · lightest first
Bulls	300–350	Small 1	340	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,122	1
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 2	342	353.81/cwt	350.00–355.00	1,210	4
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1	347	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,249	3
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	420	357.00/cwt	357.00–357.00	1,499	4
Bulls	400–450	Small 1	425	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,403	3
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	445	347.00/cwt	347.00–347.00	1,544	1
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	480	332.00/cwt	332.00–332.00	1,594	7
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	488	343.00/cwt	343.00–343.00	1,674	6
Bulls	450–500	Small 1	498	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	1,604	2
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2	513	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	1,698	2
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	525	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,759	1
Bulls	550–600	Small 1	563	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,717	2
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2	567	330.93/cwt	302.00–337.00	1,876	6
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	570	338.96/cwt	300.00–347.00	1,932	6
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	639	317.66/cwt	312.00–319.00	2,030	10
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 2	639	313.06/cwt	307.00–315.00	2,000	4
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 1	758	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	2,175	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 Oct 7, 2026

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

Receipts 182Last week 145Year ago 100

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 34, Heifers 83, Bulls 65)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	345	350.00	350.00
3	450–500	470	365.00	365.00
1	500–550	525	352.00	352.00
5	650–700	654	320.00	320.00
1	700–750	745	325.00	325.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	495	345.00	345.00
2	500–550	530	345.00	345.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	495	370.00	370.00
3	550–600	562	370.00	370.00
1	600–650	645	333.00	333.00
2	700–750	725	330.00–335.00	332.47
1	750–800	765	320.00	320.00
1	850–900	850	300.00	300.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	485	358.00	358.00
6	500–550	532	363.00	363.00
2	650–700	665	329.00	329.00
1	700–750	705	330.00	330.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	380	370.00	370.00
3	450–500	490	342.00	342.00
1	500–550	540	321.00	321.00
11	550–600	554	320.50	320.50
10	650–700	667	293.00	293.00
3	700–750	722	275.00	275.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	375	355.00	355.00
4	400–450	441	327.00	327.00
3	500–550	520	305.00	305.00
5	650–700	652	279.00	279.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	342	360.00–368.00	366.43
16	450–500	464	335.00–347.50	346.67
11	500–550	527	320.00–322.00	320.17
2	600–650	623	272.00–283.00	277.48

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	400	300.00	300.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	347	360.00	360.00
1	400–450	445	347.00	347.00
6	450–500	488	343.00	343.00
1	500–550	525	335.00	335.00
6	550–600	570	300.00–347.00	338.96
10	600–650	639	312.00–319.00	317.66
3	750–800	758	287.00	287.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	342	350.00–355.00	353.81
4	400–450	420	357.00	357.00
7	450–500	480	332.00	332.00
2	500–550	513	331.00	331.00
6	550–600	567	302.00–337.00	330.93
4	600–650	639	307.00–315.00	313.06

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	340	330.00	330.00
3	400–450	425	330.00	330.00
2	450–500	498	322.00	322.00
2	550–600	563	305.00	305.00

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.