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Southside Livestock Markets, Inc.

Name: Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2026-10-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-10-14

Feeder Cattle · Blackstone, Virginia · Wed, Oct 14

● Final47 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2183

← Oct 7Oct 14Oct 21 →

Receipts

131 head

▼ 51 vs last sale 182▼ 22 vs year ago 153 · −14.4%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 20, Heifers 64, Bulls 47)

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 $317.85/cwt on 21 head, down $0.75 from the prior sale. That ranks 3 of 33 comparable sales and sits −42.23 against this barn's trailing median of $360.08.

Average price

$317.85

▼ 0.75 vs prior sale

21 head · 549 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,745

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$538

per head · Medium and Large 3 over Small 1

$90.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.37

vs VA average

−54.91 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 3	539	340.00	1,833	5thin
Medium and Large 1	570	325.96	1,858	5thin
Medium and Large 2	554	324.37	1,797	8thin
Small 1	518	250.00	1,295	3thin

One grade step is worth $90.00/cwt here — about $538 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.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale21 hd

317.85

—

VA average8 barns · 319 hd

320.21

−2.37

National average193 barns · 18,908 hd

372.76

−54.91

This barn, trailing median33 sales

360.08

−42.23

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

47 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 · Steers11 lots · lightest first
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 3	370	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,536	1
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	385	416.00/cwt	416.00–416.00	1,602	2
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 3	455	353.00/cwt	353.00–353.00	1,606	1
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	462	383.00/cwt	383.00–383.00	1,769	3
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 3	538	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,829	2
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	548	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,891	2
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	577	359.00/cwt	359.00–359.00	2,071	3
Steers	550–600	Small 1	595	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,309	1
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 3	635	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,254	1
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	655	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,227	3
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 2	945	277.00/cwt	277.00–277.00	2,618	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	362	382.00/cwt	382.00–382.00	1,383	5
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 3	373	367.00/cwt	367.00–367.00	1,369	2
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	385	372.00/cwt	372.00–372.00	1,432	1
Heifers	400–450	Small 1	415	347.13/cwt	325.00–355.00	1,441	4
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	425	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,233	1
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 3	451	327.00/cwt	327.00–327.00	1,475	4
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	480	339.00/cwt	339.00–339.00	1,627	6
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	490	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,666	1
Heifers	500–550	Small 1	518	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,295	3
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 3	539	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,833	5
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	554	324.37/cwt	320.00–325.00	1,797	8
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	570	325.96/cwt	322.00–327.00	1,858	5
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	643	282.00/cwt	282.00–282.00	1,813	2
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	645	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,838	1
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 3	647	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,779	3
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	656	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,968	7
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 3	700	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,715	1
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	740	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,924	5
Feeder Cattle · Bulls18 lots · lightest first
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1	315	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,339	1
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2	350	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,400	4
Bulls	400–450	Small 1	410	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,538	1
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	417	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,626	7
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	423	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,565	2
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	460	361.00/cwt	361.00–361.00	1,661	1
Bulls	450–500	Small 1	486	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,482	4
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2	509	367.00/cwt	367.00–367.00	1,868	6
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2	565	327.00/cwt	327.00–327.00	1,848	6
Bulls	550–600	Small 1	577	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,789	3
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	585	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,960	2
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 2	600	318.00/cwt	318.00–318.00	1,908	1
Bulls	600–650	Small 1	625	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,719	1
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1	655	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,096	1
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 2	705	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,939	1
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1	715	249.90/cwt	235.00–265.00	1,787	2
Bulls	750–800	Small 1	778	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	2,023	3
Bulls	850–900	Medium and Large 1	855	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	2,223	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 Oct 14, 2026

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

Receipts 131Last week 182Year ago 153

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 20, Heifers 64, Bulls 47)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	315	425.00	425.00
2	400–450	423	370.00	370.00
1	450–500	460	361.00	361.00
2	550–600	585	335.00	335.00
1	650–700	655	320.00	320.00
2	700–750	715	235.00–265.00	249.90
1	850–900	855	260.00	260.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	350	400.00	400.00
7	400–450	417	390.00	390.00
6	500–550	509	367.00	367.00
6	550–600	565	327.00	327.00
1	600–650	600	318.00	318.00
1	700–750	705	275.00	275.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	410	375.00	375.00
4	450–500	486	305.00	305.00
3	550–600	577	310.00	310.00
1	600–650	625	275.00	275.00
3	750–800	778	260.00	260.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	385	416.00	416.00
3	450–500	462	383.00	383.00
2	500–550	548	345.00	345.00
1	900–950	945	277.00	277.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	550–600	577	359.00	359.00
3	650–700	655	340.00	340.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	370	415.00	415.00
1	450–500	455	353.00	353.00
2	500–550	538	340.00	340.00
1	600–650	635	355.00	355.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	595	220.00	220.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	362	382.00	382.00
1	400–450	425	290.00	290.00
6	450–500	480	339.00	339.00
8	550–600	554	320.00–325.00	324.37
2	600–650	643	282.00	282.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	373	367.00	367.00
4	450–500	451	327.00	327.00
5	500–550	539	340.00	340.00
3	600–650	647	275.00	275.00
1	700–750	700	245.00	245.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	385	372.00	372.00
1	450–500	490	340.00	340.00
5	550–600	570	322.00–327.00	325.96
1	600–650	645	285.00	285.00
7	650–700	656	300.00	300.00
5	700–750	740	260.00	260.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	415	325.00–355.00	347.13
3	500–550	518	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.