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Southside Livestock Markets, Inc.

Name: Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2025-03-26
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-03-26

Feeder Cattle · Blackstone, Virginia · Wed, Mar 26

● Final51 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2183

← Mar 19Mar 26Apr 2 →

Receipts

127 head

▼ 103 vs last sale 230▼ 19 vs year ago 146 · −13.0%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 38, Heifers 52, Bulls 37)

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 $271.47/cwt on 14 head. That ranks 1 of 32 comparable sales and sits −87.87 against this barn's trailing median of $359.34.

Average price

$271.47

14 head · 546 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,482

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$31

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

$3.83/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−16.72

vs VA average

−50.27 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 3	539	273.50	1,474	4thin
Medium and Large 1	554	271.07	1,503	7thin
Medium and Large 2	535	269.67	1,443	3thin

One grade step is worth $3.83/cwt here — about $31 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 sale14 hd

271.47

—

VA average7 barns · 391 hd

288.18

−16.72

National average178 barns · 15,613 hd

321.74

−50.27

This barn, trailing median32 sales

359.34

−87.87

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

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.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers16 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	325	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,170	1
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 3	385	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,463	1
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	425	342.00/cwt	342.00–342.00	1,454	1
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	438	347.60/cwt	330.00–365.00	1,522	2
Steers	450–500	Small 1	493	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	1,292	2
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	525	331.47/cwt	330.00–333.00	1,740	2
Steers	500–550	Small 1	540	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,620	1
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	555	328.00/cwt	328.00–328.00	1,820	3
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 3	585	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,843	1
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	616	314.00/cwt	314.00–314.00	1,934	5
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	641	313.85/cwt	311.00–316.00	2,012	7
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	653	315.83/cwt	315.00–316.00	2,062	6
Steers	650–700	Small 1	660	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,046	1
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	713	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,711	2
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	810	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	2,025	2
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	880	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	2,024	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers20 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	360	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	1,141	4
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 3	370	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	1,193	4
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	387	323.00/cwt	323.00–323.00	1,250	3
Heifers	350–400	Small 1	395	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,086	1
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	429	320.60/cwt	297.00–325.00	1,375	6
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 3	435	295.72/cwt	287.00–300.00	1,286	3
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	440	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,320	2
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	455	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,115	1
Heifers	450–500	Small 1	465	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	1,265	1
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	525	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	1,423	2
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 3	539	273.50/cwt	272.00–275.00	1,474	4
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	549	273.50/cwt	273.50–273.50	1,502	5
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	555	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	1,482	1
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	568	265.01/cwt	264.00–266.00	1,505	2
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	605	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	1,640	1
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	637	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	1,733	5
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	662	266.60/cwt	260.00–270.00	1,765	3
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 3	663	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,525	2
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	685	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,576	1
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	705	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,657	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls15 lots · lightest first
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2	360	392.00/cwt	392.00–392.00	1,411	2
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1	385	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,290	1
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	411	347.43/cwt	335.00–375.00	1,428	4
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	421	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,558	5
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	460	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,472	1
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	493	336.71/cwt	325.00–339.00	1,660	6
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	500	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,625	2
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	552	296.00/cwt	296.00–296.00	1,634	3
Bulls	550–600	Small 1	570	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	1,522	2
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2	583	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,691	2
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1	663	273.00/cwt	273.00–273.00	1,810	3
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 2	720	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,800	1
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1	737	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,879	3
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 1	775	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,821	1
Bulls	800–850	Medium and Large 2	845	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	1,834	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 Mar 26, 2025

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

Receipts 127Last week 230Year ago 146

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 38, Heifers 52, Bulls 37)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	550–600	570	267.00	267.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	360	392.00	392.00
4	400–450	411	335.00–375.00	347.43
6	450–500	493	325.00–339.00	336.71
2	550–600	583	290.00	290.00
1	700–750	720	250.00	250.00
1	800–850	845	217.00	217.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	385	335.00	335.00
5	400–450	421	370.00	370.00
1	450–500	460	320.00	320.00
2	500–550	500	325.00	325.00
3	550–600	552	296.00	296.00
3	650–700	663	273.00	273.00
3	700–750	737	255.00	255.00
1	750–800	775	235.00	235.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	438	330.00–365.00	347.60
3	550–600	555	328.00	328.00
5	600–650	616	314.00	314.00
6	650–700	653	315.00–316.00	315.83

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	325	360.00	360.00
1	400–450	425	342.00	342.00
2	500–550	525	330.00–333.00	331.47
7	600–650	641	311.00–316.00	313.85
2	700–750	713	240.00	240.00
2	800–850	810	250.00	250.00
1	850–900	880	230.00	230.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	385	380.00	380.00
1	550–600	585	315.00	315.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	493	262.00	262.00
1	500–550	540	300.00	300.00
1	650–700	660	310.00	310.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	370	322.50	322.50
3	400–450	435	287.00–300.00	295.72
4	500–550	539	272.00–275.00	273.50
2	650–700	663	230.00	230.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	387	323.00	323.00
2	400–450	440	300.00	300.00
5	500–550	549	273.50	273.50
2	550–600	568	264.00–266.00	265.01
5	600–650	637	272.00	272.00
3	650–700	662	260.00–270.00	266.60
1	700–750	705	235.00	235.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	360	317.00	317.00
6	400–450	429	297.00–325.00	320.60
1	450–500	455	245.00	245.00
2	500–550	525	271.00	271.00
1	550–600	555	267.00	267.00
1	600–650	605	271.00	271.00
1	650–700	685	230.00	230.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	395	275.00	275.00
1	450–500	465	272.00	272.00

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.