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Southside Livestock Markets, Inc.

Name: Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2025-04-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-04-23

Feeder Cattle · Blackstone, Virginia · Wed, Apr 23

● Final52 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2183

← Apr 16Apr 23Apr 30 →

Receipts

213 head

▲ 0 vs last sale 213▲ 2 vs year ago 211 · +0.9%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 85, Heifers 76, Bulls 52)

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $367.66/cwt on 45 head. That ranks 5 of 23 comparable sales and sits −42.16 against this barn's trailing median of $409.82.

Average price

$367.66

45 head · 539 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,982

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$328

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 1

$85.32/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.41

vs VA average

−6.36 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	534	375.32	2,004	19thin
Medium and Large 2	540	368.07	1,988	24
Small 1	578	290.00	1,676	2thin

One grade step is worth $85.32/cwt here — about $328 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 sale45 hd

367.66

—

VA average6 barns · 213 hd

362.25

+5.41

National average172 barns · 11,123 hd

374.02

−6.36

This barn, trailing median23 sales

409.82

−42.16

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

23 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $480.36, low $349.70, median $409.82 across 23 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Every lot

52 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 · Steers17 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	335	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,273	1
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	373	387.00/cwt	387.00–387.00	1,444	2
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	430	373.24/cwt	360.00–375.00	1,605	8
Steers	450–500	Small 1	465	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,721	2
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	470	371.79/cwt	367.00–377.00	1,747	2
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	523	375.50/cwt	375.50–375.50	1,964	12
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	526	370.97/cwt	370.00–372.00	1,951	10
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	550	366.00/cwt	366.00–366.00	2,013	14
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	553	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,074	7
Steers	550–600	Small 1	578	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,676	2
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	608	334.92/cwt	315.00–355.00	2,036	2
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	617	365.30/cwt	362.00–368.00	2,254	9
Steers	600–650	Small 1	625	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,719	1
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	680	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,448	1
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	726	303.18/cwt	300.00–304.00	2,201	5
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	810	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	2,365	1
Steers	1150–1200	Medium and Large 1	1,164	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	2,561	4
Feeder Cattle · Heifers20 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	344	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,307	6
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 3	355	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,278	2
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	367	367.00/cwt	367.00–367.00	1,347	3
Heifers	350–400	Small 1	395	337.00/cwt	337.00–337.00	1,331	1
Heifers	400–450	Small 1	420	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,197	2
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	424	345.50/cwt	330.00–358.00	1,465	7
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 3	435	358.32/cwt	355.00–360.00	1,559	3
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	443	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,573	3
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 3	453	362.00/cwt	362.00–362.00	1,640	2
Heifers	450–500	Small 1	455	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,524	1
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	481	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,659	4
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 3	518	297.00/cwt	297.00–297.00	1,538	3
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	525	324.00/cwt	324.00–324.00	1,701	7
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	535	324.30/cwt	321.00–325.00	1,735	11
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	585	327.00/cwt	327.00–327.00	1,913	4
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	590	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,918	6
Heifers	600–650	Small 1	610	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,403	1
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	638	283.00/cwt	283.00–283.00	1,806	6
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	663	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,856	2
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	763	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,793	2
Feeder Cattle · Bulls15 lots · lightest first
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1	330	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,304	2
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2	370	406.00/cwt	406.00–406.00	1,502	1
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1	395	302.50/cwt	300.00–305.00	1,195	2
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	426	401.73/cwt	395.00–405.00	1,711	6
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	426	388.30/cwt	380.00–390.00	1,654	7
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	487	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,778	7
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	490	373.77/cwt	370.00–375.00	1,831	4
Bulls	500–550	Small 1	525	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,733	1
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	540	332.00/cwt	332.00–332.00	1,793	3
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2	560	328.00/cwt	328.00–328.00	1,837	4
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	641	326.00/cwt	326.00–326.00	2,090	5
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 2	730	295.47/cwt	291.00–305.00	2,157	3
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 1	762	293.00/cwt	293.00–293.00	2,233	5
Bulls	800–850	Medium and Large 1	805	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	2,053	1
Bulls	800–850	Medium and Large 2	815	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	2,209	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 Apr 23, 2025

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

Receipts 213Last week 213Year ago 211

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 85, Heifers 76, Bulls 52)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	335	380.00	380.00
8	400–450	430	360.00–375.00	373.24
10	500–550	526	370.00–372.00	370.97
14	550–600	550	366.00	366.00
2	600–650	608	315.00–355.00	334.92

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	465	370.00	370.00
2	550–600	578	290.00	290.00
1	600–650	625	275.00	275.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	373	387.00	387.00
2	450–500	470	367.00–377.00	371.79
12	500–550	523	375.50	375.50
7	550–600	553	375.00	375.00
9	600–650	617	362.00–368.00	365.30
1	650–700	680	360.00	360.00
5	700–750	726	300.00–304.00	303.18
1	800–850	810	292.00	292.00
4	1150–1200	1,164	220.00	220.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	344	380.00	380.00
3	400–450	443	355.00	355.00
7	500–550	525	324.00	324.00
4	550–600	585	327.00	327.00
2	650–700	663	280.00	280.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	367	367.00	367.00
7	400–450	424	330.00–358.00	345.50
4	450–500	481	345.00	345.00
11	500–550	535	321.00–325.00	324.30
6	550–600	590	325.00	325.00
6	600–650	638	283.00	283.00
2	750–800	763	235.00	235.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	355	360.00	360.00
3	400–450	435	355.00–360.00	358.32
2	450–500	453	362.00	362.00
3	500–550	518	297.00	297.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	395	337.00	337.00
2	400–450	420	285.00	285.00
1	450–500	455	335.00	335.00
1	600–650	610	230.00	230.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	370	406.00	406.00
6	400–450	426	395.00–405.00	401.73
4	450–500	490	370.00–375.00	373.77
4	550–600	560	328.00	328.00
3	700–750	730	291.00–305.00	295.47
1	800–850	815	271.00	271.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	525	330.00	330.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	330	395.00	395.00
2	350–400	395	300.00–305.00	302.50
7	400–450	426	380.00–390.00	388.30
7	450–500	487	365.00	365.00
3	500–550	540	332.00	332.00
5	600–650	641	326.00	326.00
5	750–800	762	293.00	293.00
1	800–850	805	255.00	255.00

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.