Sale reports / Virginia / Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. / 2025-04-02

Southside Livestock Markets, Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Blackstone, Virginia · Wed, Apr 2
● Final54 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2183
Receipts
246 head
▲ 119 vs last sale 127▲ 57 vs year ago 189 · +30.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 77, Heifers 110, Bulls 59)

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $295.81/cwt on 45 head. That ranks 1 of 32 comparable sales and sits −63.53 against this barn's trailing median of $359.34.
Average price
$295.81
45 head · 546 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,615
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$282
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Small 1
$30.75/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−8.32
vs VA average
−25.57 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2547300.751,64521
Medium and Large 1546294.751,60918thin
Medium and Large 3549284.001,5595thin
Small 1505270.001,3641thin
One grade step is worth $30.75/cwt here — about $282 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 sale45 hd
295.81
—
VA average8 barns · 565 hd
304.13
−8.32
National average178 barns · 12,751 hd
321.38
−25.57
This barn, trailing median32 sales
359.34
−63.53
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

54 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 · Steers20 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2333365.00/cwt365.00–365.001,2152
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2360325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,1701
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1370352.93/cwt290.00–385.001,3063
Steers350–400Small 1395335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,3231
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2433352.00/cwt352.00–352.001,5242
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1440353.00/cwt353.00–353.001,5531
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2458355.00/cwt355.00–355.001,6265
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1468257.00/cwt257.00–257.001,2032
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1515334.00/cwt334.00–334.001,7201
Steers500–550Medium and Large 3515324.00/cwt324.00–324.001,6691
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2544331.00/cwt331.00–331.001,8016
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1567332.71/cwt330.50–334.001,88617
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2580325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,8856
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2620313.00/cwt313.00–313.001,9411
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1639316.00/cwt316.00–316.002,0197
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2685301.00/cwt301.00–301.002,0621
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2717259.00/cwt259.00–259.001,8573
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1744259.21/cwt254.00–260.501,9295
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1881261.59/cwt251.00–265.002,3059
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1988253.00/cwt253.00–253.002,5003
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2351328.00/cwt328.00–328.001,15111
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3362324.00/cwt324.00–324.001,1733
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3425285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,2111
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2436331.60/cwt315.00–335.001,44612
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1454318.00/cwt318.00–318.001,4447
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3461305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,40612
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2488210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,0252
Heifers500–550Small 1505270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,3641
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2531304.88/cwt287.00–325.001,61914
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1546294.75/cwt294.75–294.751,60918
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3549284.00/cwt284.00–284.001,5595
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2579292.50/cwt292.50–292.501,6947
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2617252.00/cwt252.00–252.001,5553
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1636261.00/cwt261.00–261.001,6604
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1695250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,7381
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 3710243.00/cwt243.00–243.001,7251
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2715243.00/cwt243.00–243.001,7372
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1715243.00/cwt243.00–243.001,7374
Heifers700–750Small 1720243.00/cwt243.00–243.001,7501
Feeder Cattle · Bulls15 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Small 1313340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,0642
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2338385.00/cwt385.00–385.001,3014
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1345385.00/cwt385.00–385.001,3281
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2421354.93/cwt340.00–357.001,4948
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1424360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,5267
Bulls450–500Small 1458325.16/cwt315.00–335.001,4892
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2493343.88/cwt342.00–347.001,6958
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1510340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,7343
Bulls550–600Small 1550250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,3751
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2566283.44/cwt282.00–287.001,6047
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1578285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,6472
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2625274.00/cwt274.00–274.001,7131
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2650267.00/cwt267.00–267.001,7363
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1661269.67/cwt269.50–270.001,7839
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1720260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,8721

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.