Sale reports / Virginia / Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. / 2025-01-08

Southside Livestock Markets, Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Blackstone, Virginia · Wed, Jan 8
● Final21 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2183
Receipts
49 head
▼ 66 vs last sale 115▲ 28 vs year ago 21 · +133.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 15, Heifers 20, Bulls 14)

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $231.88/cwt on 8 head. That ranks 1 of 32 comparable sales and sits −127.46 against this barn's trailing median of $359.34.
Average price
$231.88
8 head · 566 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,312
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$85
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$17.00/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−4.45
vs VA average
−73.37 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1565234.001,3227thin
Medium and Large 3570217.001,2371thin
One grade step is worth $17.00/cwt here — about $85 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale8 hd
231.88
—
VA average2 barns · 60 hd
236.33
−4.45
National average163 barns · 22,771 hd
305.24
−73.37
This barn, trailing median32 sales
359.34
−127.46
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

32 sales
416377338299median 359.3403/0404/2906/2409/0910/28
Heifers 500–600 lb: high $402.15, low $312.68, median $359.34 across 32 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Every lot

21 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.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers4 lots · lightest first
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2385295.00/cwt295.00–295.001,1361
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1450309.00/cwt309.00–309.001,3918
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1550300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,6501
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1628291.00/cwt291.00–291.001,8275
Feeder Cattle · Heifers9 lots · lightest first
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1390260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,0142
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3390255.00/cwt255.00–255.009951
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2395235.00/cwt235.00–235.009281
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3435225.00/cwt225.00–225.009791
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1469233.13/cwt212.00–240.001,0934
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1565234.00/cwt234.00–234.001,3227
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 3570217.00/cwt217.00–217.001,2371
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1640218.00/cwt218.00–218.001,3951
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1653212.00/cwt212.00–212.001,3842
Feeder Cattle · Bulls8 lots · lightest first
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1450278.00/cwt278.00–278.001,2511
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2465273.00/cwt273.00–273.001,2691
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1590247.00/cwt247.00–247.001,4571
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2605204.00/cwt204.00–204.001,2341
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1666224.00/cwt224.00–224.001,4925
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1710185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,3141
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2720185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,3322
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1835160.00/cwt160.00–160.001,3362

This sale against other markets

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.