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Southside Livestock Markets, Inc.

Name: Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2026-10-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-10-21

Feeder Cattle · Blackstone, Virginia · Wed, Oct 21

● Final48 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2183

← Oct 14Oct 21Oct 28 →

Receipts

145 head

▲ 14 vs last sale 131▼ 235 vs year ago 380 · −61.8%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 26, Heifers 68, Bulls 51)

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 $315.87/cwt on 29 head, down $1.98 from the prior sale. That ranks 2 of 33 comparable sales and sits −44.21 against this barn's trailing median of $360.08.

Average price

$315.87

▼ 1.98 vs prior sale

29 head · 539 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,702

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$483

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 1

$102.51/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−14.15

vs VA average

−61.15 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	532	337.52	1,794	10thin
Medium and Large 2	544	335.00	1,822	8thin
Medium and Large 3	538	292.78	1,574	9thin
Small 1	558	235.00	1,311	2thin

One grade step is worth $102.51/cwt here — about $483 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 sale29 hd

315.87

—

VA average9 barns · 572 hd

330.02

−14.15

National average186 barns · 22,034 hd

377.02

−61.15

This barn, trailing median33 sales

360.08

−44.21

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

48 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 · Steers9 lots · lightest first
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 3	461	382.25/cwt	335.00–395.00	1,762	5
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	475	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,924	3
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	535	397.00/cwt	397.00–397.00	2,124	2
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	543	393.24/cwt	391.00–395.50	2,135	8
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 3	560	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,128	1
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	618	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,194	3
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 3	655	347.00/cwt	347.00–347.00	2,273	2
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	670	347.00/cwt	347.00–347.00	2,325	1
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	730	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,300	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers21 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Small 1	318	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,145	2
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	335	367.00/cwt	367.00–367.00	1,229	1
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	350	378.00/cwt	378.00–378.00	1,323	1
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 3	355	377.00/cwt	377.00–377.00	1,338	4
Heifers	350–400	Small 1	356	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,175	4
Heifers	400–450	Small 1	425	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,254	1
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	442	357.00/cwt	357.00–357.00	1,578	3
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 3	457	343.00/cwt	343.00–343.00	1,568	6
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	464	348.88/cwt	346.00–353.00	1,619	5
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	465	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,418	1
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	525	338.35/cwt	337.00–341.00	1,776	9
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 3	533	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	1,604	8
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	544	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,822	8
Heifers	550–600	Small 1	558	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,311	2
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 3	575	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	1,305	1
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	590	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,947	1
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	643	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,768	3
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 3	645	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,677	1
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	656	277.00/cwt	277.00–277.00	1,817	4
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	710	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,740	2
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	740	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,739	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls18 lots · lightest first
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2	355	427.00/cwt	427.00–427.00	1,516	2
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1	363	423.00/cwt	423.00–423.00	1,535	2
Bulls	350–400	Small 1	364	412.00/cwt	412.00–412.00	1,500	4
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	408	407.00/cwt	407.00–407.00	1,661	2
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	424	402.00/cwt	402.00–402.00	1,704	6
Bulls	400–450	Small 1	431	368.00/cwt	368.00–368.00	1,586	6
Bulls	450–500	Small 1	455	393.00/cwt	393.00–393.00	1,788	1
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	469	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,876	4
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	482	399.50/cwt	399.50–399.50	1,926	3
Bulls	500–550	Small 1	505	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,818	1
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2	555	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,109	2
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	555	377.00/cwt	377.00–377.00	2,092	2
Bulls	550–600	Small 1	565	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,062	1
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	625	286.12/cwt	250.00–320.00	1,788	2
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 2	640	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,112	3
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1	678	327.00/cwt	327.00–327.00	2,217	6
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 1	790	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,133	2
Bulls	850–900	Medium and Large 1	850	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	2,168	2

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 21, 2026

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

Receipts 145Last week 131Year ago 380

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 26, Heifers 68, Bulls 51)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	363	423.00	423.00
2	400–450	408	407.00	407.00
3	450–500	482	399.50	399.50
2	550–600	555	377.00	377.00
2	600–650	625	250.00–320.00	286.12
6	650–700	678	327.00	327.00
2	750–800	790	270.00	270.00
2	850–900	850	255.00	255.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	355	427.00	427.00
6	400–450	424	402.00	402.00
4	450–500	469	400.00	400.00
2	550–600	555	380.00	380.00
3	600–650	640	330.00	330.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	364	412.00	412.00
6	400–450	431	368.00	368.00
1	450–500	455	393.00	393.00
1	500–550	505	360.00	360.00
1	550–600	565	365.00	365.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	500–550	543	391.00–395.50	393.24
1	650–700	670	347.00	347.00
1	700–750	730	315.00	315.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	475	405.00	405.00
2	500–550	535	397.00	397.00
3	600–650	618	355.00	355.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	461	335.00–395.00	382.25
1	550–600	560	380.00	380.00
2	650–700	655	347.00	347.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	335	367.00	367.00
3	400–450	442	357.00	357.00
1	450–500	465	305.00	305.00
8	500–550	544	335.00	335.00
3	600–650	643	275.00	275.00
1	700–750	740	235.00	235.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	355	377.00	377.00
6	450–500	457	343.00	343.00
8	500–550	533	301.00	301.00
1	550–600	575	227.00	227.00
1	600–650	645	260.00	260.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	350	378.00	378.00
5	450–500	464	346.00–353.00	348.88
9	500–550	525	337.00–341.00	338.35
1	550–600	590	330.00	330.00
4	650–700	656	277.00	277.00
2	700–750	710	245.00	245.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	318	360.00	360.00
4	350–400	356	330.00	330.00
1	400–450	425	295.00	295.00
2	550–600	558	235.00	235.00

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.