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Southside Livestock Markets, Inc.

Name: Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2025-02-26
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-02-26

Feeder Cattle · Blackstone, Virginia · Wed, Feb 26

● Final53 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2183

← Feb 5Feb 26Mar 5 →

Receipts

213 head

▼ 45 vs last sale 258▲ 52 vs year ago 161 · +32.3%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 54, Heifers 99, Bulls 60)

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 $262.41/cwt on 27 head. That ranks 1 of 32 comparable sales and sits −96.93 against this barn's trailing median of $359.34.

Average price

$262.41

27 head · 555 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,456

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3

$27.43/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−8.73

vs VA average

−44.60 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	536	277.43	1,488	7thin
Medium and Large 1	558	257.95	1,439	18thin
Medium and Large 3	593	250.00	1,483	2thin

One grade step is worth $27.43/cwt here — about $5 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 sale27 hd

262.41

—

VA average8 barns · 409 hd

271.14

−8.73

National average189 barns · 18,586 hd

307.01

−44.60

This barn, trailing median32 sales

359.34

−96.93

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

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

53 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 · Steers15 lots · lightest first
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	390	332.00/cwt	332.00–332.00	1,295	1
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	453	308.75/cwt	264.00–315.50	1,399	8
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	471	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	1,441	4
Steers	450–500	Small 1	490	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	1,308	2
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	540	304.00/cwt	304.00–304.00	1,642	1
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	548	309.00/cwt	309.00–309.00	1,693	4
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	570	299.19/cwt	299.00–299.50	1,705	5
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	583	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,778	2
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	620	293.00/cwt	293.00–293.00	1,817	4
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	655	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,703	1
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	666	275.70/cwt	275.00–276.50	1,836	12
Steers	700–750	Small 1	720	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	1,771	1
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	737	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,879	5
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	895	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	2,005	1
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	917	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	1,990	3
Feeder Cattle · Heifers20 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	331	272.89/cwt	260.00–277.00	903	4
Heifers	350–400	Small 1	360	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	666	1
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 3	368	298.00/cwt	298.00–298.00	1,097	8
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	383	277.00/cwt	277.00–277.00	1,061	2
Heifers	400–450	Small 1	403	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	685	2
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	439	311.85/cwt	286.00–315.00	1,369	17
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 3	443	293.48/cwt	275.00–296.00	1,300	8
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 3	450	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,260	2
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	475	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	1,363	1
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	534	279.00/cwt	279.00–279.00	1,490	6
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	550	268.00/cwt	268.00–268.00	1,474	1
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	558	257.95/cwt	254.00–259.50	1,439	18
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 3	593	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,483	2
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	620	247.02/cwt	243.00–247.50	1,532	9
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	636	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,533	4
Heifers	650–700	Small 1	670	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	1,487	1
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	677	242.42/cwt	242.00–243.00	1,641	7
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	690	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,587	1
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	722	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,552	3
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	735	196.00/cwt	196.00–196.00	1,441	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls18 lots · lightest first
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 2	334	337.00/cwt	337.00–337.00	1,126	8
Bulls	300–350	Small 1	340	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,071	1
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1	343	334.00/cwt	334.00–334.00	1,146	2
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2	390	304.00/cwt	304.00–304.00	1,186	1
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	425	304.00/cwt	304.00–304.00	1,292	5
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	433	308.50/cwt	308.50–308.50	1,336	4
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	475	303.00/cwt	303.00–303.00	1,439	3
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	491	305.50/cwt	305.50–305.50	1,500	8
Bulls	500–550	Small 1	505	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	1,146	1
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	510	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,377	1
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	565	257.00/cwt	226.00–266.00	1,452	5
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2	567	249.19/cwt	240.00–254.00	1,413	3
Bulls	600–650	Small 1	610	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	1,501	1
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	615	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	1,550	1
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 2	660	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	1,610	1
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1	677	252.50/cwt	252.50–252.50	1,709	6
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1	731	220.50/cwt	220.50–220.50	1,612	5
Bulls	800–850	Medium and Large 1	844	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	1,781	4

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 Feb 26, 2025

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

Receipts 213Last week 258Year ago 161

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 54, Heifers 99, Bulls 60)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	343	334.00	334.00
4	400–450	433	308.50	308.50
8	450–500	491	305.50	305.50
1	500–550	510	270.00	270.00
5	550–600	565	226.00–266.00	257.00
1	600–650	615	252.00	252.00
6	650–700	677	252.50	252.50
5	700–750	731	220.50	220.50
4	800–850	844	211.00	211.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	300–350	334	337.00	337.00
1	350–400	390	304.00	304.00
5	400–450	425	304.00	304.00
3	450–500	475	303.00	303.00
3	550–600	567	240.00–254.00	249.19
1	650–700	660	244.00	244.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	340	315.00	315.00
1	500–550	505	227.00	227.00
1	600–650	610	246.00	246.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	471	306.00	306.00
1	500–550	540	304.00	304.00
5	550–600	570	299.00–299.50	299.19
1	650–700	655	260.00	260.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	390	332.00	332.00
8	450–500	453	264.00–315.50	308.75
4	500–550	548	309.00	309.00
2	550–600	583	305.00	305.00
4	600–650	620	293.00	293.00
12	650–700	666	275.00–276.50	275.70
5	700–750	737	255.00	255.00
1	850–900	895	224.00	224.00
3	900–950	917	217.00	217.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	490	267.00	267.00
1	700–750	720	246.00	246.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	383	277.00	277.00
1	450–500	475	287.00	287.00
18	550–600	558	254.00–259.50	257.95
9	600–650	620	243.00–247.50	247.02
7	650–700	677	242.00–243.00	242.42
1	700–750	735	196.00	196.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	331	260.00–277.00	272.89
17	400–450	439	286.00–315.00	311.85
6	500–550	534	279.00	279.00
1	550–600	550	268.00	268.00
4	600–650	636	241.00	241.00
1	650–700	690	230.00	230.00
3	700–750	722	215.00	215.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
8	350–400	368	298.00	298.00
8	400–450	443	275.00–296.00	293.48
2	450–500	450	280.00	280.00
2	550–600	593	250.00	250.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	360	185.00	185.00
2	400–450	403	170.00	170.00
1	650–700	670	222.00	222.00

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.