Sale reports / Virginia / Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. / 2025-03-19

Southside Livestock Markets, Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Blackstone, Virginia · Wed, Mar 19
● Final51 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2183
Receipts
230 head
▼ 24 vs last sale 254▲ 33 vs year ago 197 · +16.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 46, Heifers 106, Bulls 78)

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $262.05/cwt on 28 head. That ranks 1 of 32 comparable sales and sits −97.28 against this barn's trailing median of $359.34.
Average price
$262.05
28 head · 544 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,424
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$149
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$24.50/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−21.28
vs VA average
−52.53 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1544268.751,46316thin
Medium and Large 3547262.001,4336thin
Medium and Large 2538244.251,3146thin
One grade step is worth $24.50/cwt here — about $149 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale28 hd
262.05
—
VA average10 barns · 751 hd
283.33
−21.28
National average174 barns · 12,680 hd
314.58
−52.53
This barn, trailing median32 sales
359.34
−97.28
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

51 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 · Steers16 lots · lightest first
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2438335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,4672
Steers450–500Small 1480300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,4401
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1488340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,6593
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2514324.53/cwt315.00–327.001,6685
Steers500–550Medium and Large 3515250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,2881
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1525315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,6541
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1556323.00/cwt323.00–323.001,7964
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2567299.23/cwt287.00–317.001,6975
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2616296.00/cwt296.00–296.001,8234
Steers600–650Medium and Large 3620282.00/cwt282.00–282.001,7481
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1627299.00/cwt299.00–299.001,8755
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1728264.00/cwt264.00–264.001,9223
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1815242.00/cwt242.00–242.001,9721
Steers800–850Medium and Large 2835238.00/cwt238.00–238.001,9871
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1870232.50/cwt232.50–232.502,0234
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1924225.50/cwt225.50–225.502,0845
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1335317.00/cwt317.00–317.001,0623
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 3341308.00/cwt308.00–308.001,0506
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2366312.82/cwt300.00–317.001,1454
Heifers350–400Small 1385301.00/cwt301.00–301.001,1591
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3429285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,2236
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2430299.68/cwt285.00–302.001,2897
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1456291.50/cwt291.50–291.501,32915
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2538244.25/cwt200.00–260.001,3146
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1539269.00/cwt269.00–269.001,45012
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3547262.00/cwt262.00–262.001,4336
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1560268.00/cwt268.00–268.001,5014
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 3622240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,4933
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1637266.00/cwt266.00–266.001,6948
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2641254.00/cwt254.00–254.001,6284
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1669252.62/cwt241.00–270.001,6905
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2688269.00/cwt269.00–269.001,85111
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1702231.00/cwt231.00–231.001,6223
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1785200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,5701
Feeder Cattle · Bulls17 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1320415.00/cwt415.00–415.001,3282
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2325392.78/cwt375.00–395.001,2779
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2406366.00/cwt366.00–366.001,4869
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1419367.50/cwt367.50–367.501,54010
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2481341.00/cwt341.00–341.001,6409
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1486350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,70113
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2540282.95/cwt265.00–328.001,5286
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1565277.00/cwt277.00–277.001,5652
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1605263.00/cwt263.00–263.001,5911
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2625256.00/cwt256.00–256.001,6001
Bulls600–650Small 1640250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,6001
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1664261.50/cwt261.50–261.501,7367
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2710227.00/cwt227.00–227.001,6121
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1730230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,6791
Bulls750–800Small 1770170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,3091
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 2820216.00/cwt216.00–216.001,7711
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1847210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,7793

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.