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Southside Livestock Markets, Inc.

Name: Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2026-10-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-10-28

Feeder Cattle · Blackstone, Virginia · Wed, Oct 28

● Final57 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2183

← Oct 21Oct 28latest

Receipts

189 head

▲ 44 vs last sale 145▲ 49 vs year ago 140 · +35.0%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 56, Heifers 69, Bulls 64)

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 $312.68/cwt on 25 head, down $3.19 from the prior sale. That ranks 1 of 33 comparable sales and sits −47.40 against this barn's trailing median of $360.08.

Average price

$312.68

▼ 3.19 vs prior sale

25 head · 551 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,722

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$138

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 1

$23.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−29.38

vs VA average

−62.75 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	556	318.00	1,769	7thin
Medium and Large 2	548	317.36	1,739	11thin
Medium and Large 3	548	302.00	1,655	5thin
Small 1	553	295.00	1,631	2thin

One grade step is worth $23.00/cwt here — about $138 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 sale25 hd

312.68

—

VA average9 barns · 543 hd

342.06

−29.38

National average168 barns · 18,275 hd

375.43

−62.75

This barn, trailing median33 sales

360.08

−47.40

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

57 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 2	330	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,287	1
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 3	378	387.00/cwt	387.00–387.00	1,463	2
Steers	350–400	Small 1	385	367.00/cwt	367.00–367.00	1,413	1
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	425	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,700	2
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	425	376.00/cwt	335.00–420.00	1,598	2
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 3	425	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,509	1
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	480	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,800	1
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	533	386.72/cwt	370.00–395.00	2,061	3
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	547	393.00/cwt	393.00–393.00	2,150	5
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	576	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,189	5
Steers	600–650	Small 1	628	305.50/cwt	280.00–330.00	1,919	2
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	636	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,194	5
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	646	347.00/cwt	347.00–347.00	2,242	11
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	661	340.27/cwt	335.00–342.00	2,249	4
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	725	287.53/cwt	285.00–290.00	2,085	2
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	740	326.00/cwt	326.00–326.00	2,412	2
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	813	314.38/cwt	305.00–316.00	2,556	7
Feeder Cattle · Heifers22 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	335	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,206	2
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 3	335	352.54/cwt	350.00–355.00	1,181	2
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	370	369.00/cwt	369.00–369.00	1,365	3
Heifers	350–400	Small 1	385	352.00/cwt	352.00–352.00	1,355	1
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	415	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,453	1
Heifers	400–450	Small 1	425	307.00/cwt	307.00–307.00	1,305	1
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	458	338.00/cwt	338.00–338.00	1,548	5
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	468	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,615	7
Heifers	450–500	Small 1	475	307.00/cwt	307.00–307.00	1,458	2
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 3	488	308.24/cwt	295.00–315.00	1,504	3
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	510	318.00/cwt	318.00–318.00	1,622	1
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	543	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,656	3
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 3	548	302.00/cwt	302.00–302.00	1,655	5
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	550	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	1,771	8
Heifers	550–600	Small 1	553	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,631	2
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	564	318.00/cwt	318.00–318.00	1,794	6
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	615	284.00/cwt	284.00–284.00	1,747	1
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 3	618	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,545	3
Heifers	650–700	Small 1	650	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,755	1
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	665	284.00/cwt	284.00–284.00	1,889	9
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	665	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,862	1
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	770	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	2,002	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls18 lots · lightest first
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2	359	402.00/cwt	402.00–402.00	1,443	4
Bulls	350–400	Small 1	370	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,314	1
Bulls	400–450	Small 1	415	338.53/cwt	335.00–345.00	1,405	3
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	417	394.39/cwt	390.00–395.00	1,645	8
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	429	392.00/cwt	392.00–392.00	1,682	4
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	489	366.26/cwt	342.00–371.00	1,791	6
Bulls	450–500	Small 1	491	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,620	8
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	500	357.00/cwt	357.00–357.00	1,785	7
Bulls	500–550	Small 1	545	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,853	1
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2	555	362.00/cwt	362.00–362.00	2,009	4
Bulls	550–600	Small 1	555	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,915	1
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	563	357.00/cwt	357.00–357.00	2,010	3
Bulls	600–650	Small 1	641	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	2,058	4
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 2	646	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,164	4
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1	667	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,201	3
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 2	685	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,192	1
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 2	715	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,145	1
Bulls	800–850	Small 1	830	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	2,283	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 28, 2026

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

Receipts 189Last week 145Year ago 140

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 56, Heifers 69, Bulls 64)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	370	355.00	355.00
3	400–450	415	335.00–345.00	338.53
8	450–500	491	330.00	330.00
1	500–550	545	340.00	340.00
1	550–600	555	345.00	345.00
4	600–650	641	321.00	321.00
1	800–850	830	275.00	275.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	359	402.00	402.00
8	400–450	417	390.00–395.00	394.39
6	450–500	489	342.00–371.00	366.26
4	550–600	555	362.00	362.00
4	600–650	646	335.00	335.00
1	650–700	685	320.00	320.00
1	700–750	715	300.00	300.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	429	392.00	392.00
7	500–550	500	357.00	357.00
3	550–600	563	357.00	357.00
3	650–700	667	330.00	330.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	370	369.00	369.00
7	450–500	468	345.00	345.00
1	500–550	510	318.00	318.00
6	550–600	564	318.00	318.00
1	600–650	615	284.00	284.00
9	650–700	665	284.00	284.00
1	750–800	770	260.00	260.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	335	360.00	360.00
1	400–450	415	350.00	350.00
5	450–500	458	338.00	338.00
3	500–550	543	305.00	305.00
8	550–600	550	322.00	322.00
1	650–700	665	280.00	280.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	385	352.00	352.00
1	400–450	425	307.00	307.00
2	450–500	475	307.00	307.00
2	550–600	553	295.00	295.00
1	650–700	650	270.00	270.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	335	350.00–355.00	352.54
3	450–500	488	295.00–315.00	308.24
5	500–550	548	302.00	302.00
3	600–650	618	250.00	250.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	425	335.00–420.00	376.00
5	500–550	547	393.00	393.00
5	550–600	576	380.00	380.00
11	600–650	646	347.00	347.00
4	650–700	661	335.00–342.00	340.27
2	700–750	740	326.00	326.00
7	800–850	813	305.00–316.00	314.38

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	330	390.00	390.00
2	400–450	425	400.00	400.00
1	450–500	480	375.00	375.00
3	500–550	533	370.00–395.00	386.72
5	600–650	636	345.00	345.00
2	700–750	725	285.00–290.00	287.53

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	378	387.00	387.00
1	400–450	425	355.00	355.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	385	367.00	367.00
2	600–650	628	280.00–330.00	305.50

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.