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Southside Livestock Markets, Inc.

Name: Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2025-03-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-03-12

Feeder Cattle · Blackstone, Virginia · Wed, Mar 12

● Final56 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2183

← Mar 5Mar 12Mar 19 →

Receipts

254 head

▲ 64 vs last sale 190▲ 114 vs year ago 140 · +81.4%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 66, Heifers 114, Bulls 74)

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 $259.10/cwt on 37 head. That ranks 1 of 32 comparable sales and sits −100.24 against this barn's trailing median of $359.34.

Average price

$259.10

37 head · 538 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,394

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$411

per head · Medium and Large 3 over Small 1

$71.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−26.69

vs VA average

−55.86 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 3	535	276.00	1,477	7thin
Medium and Large 2	527	274.00	1,444	5thin
Medium and Large 1	544	257.72	1,401	22
Small 1	520	205.00	1,066	3thin

One grade step is worth $71.00/cwt here — about $411 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 sale37 hd

259.10

—

VA average8 barns · 558 hd

285.79

−26.69

National average179 barns · 17,787 hd

314.96

−55.86

This barn, trailing median32 sales

359.34

−100.24

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

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 · Steers21 lots · lightest first
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	368	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,398	2
Steers	400–450	Small 1	405	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	770	1
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	435	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,544	1
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	448	351.24/cwt	347.00–352.00	1,574	13
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	460	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	1,477	2
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	469	346.00/cwt	346.00–346.00	1,623	6
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	538	322.75/cwt	321.00–323.00	1,736	16
Steers	500–550	Small 1	540	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,080	1
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	545	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,717	1
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	556	319.00/cwt	319.00–319.00	1,774	4
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 3	570	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,568	1
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	600	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,680	1
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	642	283.00/cwt	283.00–283.00	1,817	7
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	680	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,870	1
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	680	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,768	1
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	710	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,633	1
Steers	700–750	Small 1	710	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,456	1
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	733	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	1,891	3
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	795	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,789	1
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 2	800	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,560	1
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	925	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	2,054	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers20 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 3	325	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	813	1
Heifers	350–400	Small 1	350	297.00/cwt	297.00–297.00	1,040	1
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	359	324.00/cwt	324.00–324.00	1,163	6
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	363	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,125	5
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 3	370	298.00/cwt	298.00–298.00	1,103	6
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	451	300.49/cwt	296.00–301.00	1,355	20
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 3	456	266.91/cwt	255.00–270.00	1,217	5
Heifers	450–500	Small 1	461	235.04/cwt	230.00–250.00	1,084	4
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	466	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,375	4
Heifers	500–550	Small 1	520	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,066	3
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	527	274.00/cwt	274.00–274.00	1,444	5
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 3	535	276.00/cwt	276.00–276.00	1,477	7
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	541	260.99/cwt	255.00–262.50	1,412	20
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	570	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,283	2
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	622	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,431	3
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	638	242.50/cwt	242.50–242.50	1,547	12
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	664	240.50/cwt	240.50–240.50	1,597	4
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 3	670	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	1,420	1
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	730	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	1,584	4
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	740	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,517	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls15 lots · lightest first
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2	365	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,351	4
Bulls	400–450	Small 1	409	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,350	4
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	412	347.47/cwt	320.00–355.00	1,432	7
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	428	345.70/cwt	320.00–350.00	1,480	7
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	476	312.68/cwt	290.00–320.00	1,488	4
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	483	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,618	8
Bulls	450–500	Small 1	494	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,433	5
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	533	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,572	2
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2	555	292.19/cwt	282.00–294.00	1,622	7
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	569	282.30/cwt	225.00–302.00	1,606	9
Bulls	600–650	Small 1	600	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	1,602	1
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	630	266.11/cwt	264.00–279.00	1,676	9
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1	695	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,738	1
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 2	710	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,704	2
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1	724	240.49/cwt	240.00–241.00	1,741	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 Mar 12, 2025

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Receipts 254Last week 190Year ago 140

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 66, Heifers 114, Bulls 74)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	363	310.00	310.00
20	450–500	451	296.00–301.00	300.49
20	500–550	541	255.00–262.50	260.99
2	550–600	570	225.00	225.00
12	600–650	638	242.50	242.50
4	650–700	664	240.50	240.50
1	700–750	740	205.00	205.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	325	250.00	250.00
6	350–400	370	298.00	298.00
5	450–500	456	255.00–270.00	266.91
7	500–550	535	276.00	276.00
1	650–700	670	212.00	212.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	359	324.00	324.00
4	450–500	466	295.00	295.00
5	500–550	527	274.00	274.00
3	600–650	622	230.00	230.00
4	700–750	730	217.00	217.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	350	297.00	297.00
4	450–500	461	230.00–250.00	235.04
3	500–550	520	205.00	205.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	368	380.00	380.00
13	400–450	448	347.00–352.00	351.24
2	450–500	460	321.00	321.00
16	500–550	538	321.00–323.00	322.75
7	600–650	642	283.00	283.00
1	650–700	680	275.00	275.00
3	700–750	733	258.00	258.00
1	750–800	795	225.00	225.00
1	900–950	925	222.00	222.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	405	190.00	190.00
1	500–550	540	200.00	200.00
1	700–750	710	205.00	205.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	435	355.00	355.00
6	450–500	469	346.00	346.00
1	500–550	545	315.00	315.00
4	550–600	556	319.00	319.00
1	600–650	600	280.00	280.00
1	650–700	680	260.00	260.00
1	700–750	710	230.00	230.00
1	800–850	800	195.00	195.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	570	275.00	275.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	400–450	428	320.00–350.00	345.70
8	450–500	483	335.00	335.00
2	500–550	533	295.00	295.00
9	550–600	569	225.00–302.00	282.30
9	600–650	630	264.00–279.00	266.11
1	650–700	695	250.00	250.00
4	700–750	724	240.00–241.00	240.49

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	409	330.00	330.00
5	450–500	494	290.00	290.00
1	600–650	600	267.00	267.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	365	370.00	370.00
7	400–450	412	320.00–355.00	347.47
4	450–500	476	290.00–320.00	312.68
7	550–600	555	282.00–294.00	292.19
2	700–750	710	240.00	240.00

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.