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Southside Livestock Markets, Inc.

Name: Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2025-01-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-01-29

Feeder Cattle · Blackstone, Virginia · Wed, Jan 29

● Final56 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2183

← Jan 22Jan 29Feb 5 →

Receipts

237 head

▲ 215 vs last sale 22▲ 115 vs year ago 122 · +94.3%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 59, Heifers 90, Bulls 88)

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb bulls averaged $288.87/cwt on 30 head. That ranks 1 of 24 comparable sales and sits −84.14 against this barn's trailing median of $373.01.

Average price

$288.87

30 head · 543 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,568

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$44

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2

$2.75/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.67

vs VA average

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	539	289.42	1,559	24
Medium and Large 2	559	286.67	1,603	6thin

One grade step is worth $2.75/cwt here — about −$44 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 sale30 hd

288.87

—

VA average5 barns · 223 hd

287.20

+1.67

This barn, trailing median24 sales

373.01

−84.14

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

24 sales

Bulls 500–600 lb: high $440.10, low $330.96, median $373.01 across 24 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Every lot

56 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 · Steers19 lots · lightest first
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	370	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,240	1
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	380	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,406	1
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	448	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,434	3
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	463	290.72/cwt	270.00–302.00	1,346	3
Steers	450–500	Small 1	480	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	1,186	1
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 3	485	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,455	1
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	521	313.73/cwt	270.00–321.00	1,635	10
Steers	500–550	Small 1	525	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	1,533	1
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	539	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	1,676	9
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	552	316.00/cwt	316.00–316.00	1,744	3
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	555	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,665	1
Steers	550–600	Small 1	558	316.00/cwt	316.00–316.00	1,763	3
Steers	600–650	Small 1	630	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,197	2
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	641	277.00/cwt	277.00–277.00	1,776	4
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	679	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,935	5
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	689	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	1,674	3
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	735	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	1,830	3
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	740	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,813	1
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	760	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	1,946	4
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	335	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	737	1
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	355	278.27/cwt	278.00–280.00	988	8
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	368	283.00/cwt	283.00–283.00	1,041	3
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 3	370	270.56/cwt	270.00–275.00	1,001	9
Heifers	350–400	Small 1	390	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	1,041	2
Heifers	400–450	Small 1	410	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	820	1
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	415	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	1,129	1
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	453	268.21/cwt	245.00–270.25	1,215	13
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	458	271.50/cwt	271.50–271.50	1,243	8
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	538	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,318	4
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 3	538	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,264	2
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	549	259.50/cwt	259.50–259.50	1,425	10
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	558	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,228	4
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	595	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,493	2
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	629	242.92/cwt	240.00–243.50	1,528	6
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	633	246.50/cwt	246.50–246.50	1,560	6
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	660	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,155	1
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	730	192.00/cwt	192.00–192.00	1,402	2
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	734	186.25/cwt	165.00–209.00	1,367	4
Feeder Cattle · Bulls18 lots · lightest first
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 2	305	322.50/cwt	320.00–325.00	984	2
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1	325	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,121	1
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2	385	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,174	1
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	419	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,508	7
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	420	337.98/cwt	265.00–355.00	1,420	14
Bulls	450–500	Small 1	458	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,260	2
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	480	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,464	1
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	491	313.07/cwt	297.00–314.00	1,537	17
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	503	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,459	9
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2	520	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,404	1
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	560	289.07/cwt	220.00–294.00	1,619	15
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2	567	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,644	5
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 2	610	232.50/cwt	232.50–232.50	1,418	1
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	645	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,290	1
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1	653	255.50/cwt	255.50–255.50	1,668	6
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 2	680	265.50/cwt	265.50–265.50	1,805	1
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 2	728	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	1,536	3
Bulls	800–850	Medium and Large 1	845	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,563	1

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.

Virginia feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Southside Livestock Graded Feeder Cattle Sale - Blackstone, VA

Wed Jan 29, 2025

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

Receipts 237Last week 22Year ago 122

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 59, Heifers 90, Bulls 88)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	368	283.00	283.00
8	450–500	458	271.50	271.50
10	500–550	549	259.50	259.50
4	550–600	558	220.00	220.00
6	600–650	633	246.50	246.50
1	650–700	660	175.00	175.00
4	700–750	734	165.00–209.00	186.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	335	220.00	220.00
8	350–400	355	278.00–280.00	278.27
1	400–450	415	272.00	272.00
13	450–500	453	245.00–270.25	268.21
4	500–550	538	245.00	245.00
2	550–600	595	251.00	251.00
6	600–650	629	240.00–243.50	242.92
2	700–750	730	192.00	192.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
9	350–400	370	270.00–275.00	270.56
2	500–550	538	235.00	235.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	390	267.00	267.00
1	400–450	410	200.00	200.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	485	300.00	300.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	380	370.00	370.00
3	400–450	448	320.00	320.00
3	450–500	463	270.00–302.00	290.72
9	500–550	539	311.00	311.00
1	550–600	555	300.00	300.00
4	600–650	641	277.00	277.00
3	650–700	689	243.00	243.00
3	700–750	735	249.00	249.00
4	750–800	760	256.00	256.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	480	247.00	247.00
1	500–550	525	292.00	292.00
3	550–600	558	316.00	316.00
2	600–650	630	190.00	190.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	370	335.00	335.00
10	500–550	521	270.00–321.00	313.73
3	550–600	552	316.00	316.00
5	650–700	679	285.00	285.00
1	700–750	740	245.00	245.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	325	345.00	345.00
14	400–450	420	265.00–355.00	337.98
1	450–500	480	305.00	305.00
9	500–550	503	290.00	290.00
15	550–600	560	220.00–294.00	289.07
1	600–650	645	200.00	200.00
6	650–700	653	255.50	255.50
1	800–850	845	185.00	185.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	305	320.00–325.00	322.50
1	350–400	385	305.00	305.00
7	400–450	419	360.00	360.00
17	450–500	491	297.00–314.00	313.07
1	500–550	520	270.00	270.00
5	550–600	567	290.00	290.00
1	600–650	610	232.50	232.50
1	650–700	680	265.50	265.50
3	700–750	728	211.00	211.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	458	275.00	275.00

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.