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Southside Livestock Markets, Inc.

Name: Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2025-04-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-04-30

Feeder Cattle · Blackstone, Virginia · Wed, Apr 30

● Final37 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2183

← Apr 23Apr 30May 7 →

Receipts

125 head

▼ 88 vs last sale 213▼ 26 vs year ago 151 · −17.2%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 5, Heifers 61, Bulls 59)

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 $300.71/cwt on 20 head. That ranks 1 of 32 comparable sales and sits −58.63 against this barn's trailing median of $359.34.

Average price

$300.71

20 head · 539 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,620

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$114

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 1

$34.93/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−19.84

vs VA average

−28.63 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	530	310.22	1,644	9thin
Medium and Large 2	540	303.00	1,636	1thin
Medium and Large 3	540	303.00	1,636	6thin
Small 1	556	275.29	1,531	4thin

One grade step is worth $34.93/cwt here — about $114 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale20 hd

300.71

—

VA average8 barns · 529 hd

320.55

−19.84

National average176 barns · 11,721 hd

329.34

−28.63

This barn, trailing median32 sales

359.34

−58.63

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

37 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 · Steers5 lots · lightest first
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 3	530	342.00/cwt	342.00–342.00	1,813	1
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	535	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,953	1
Steers	550–600	Small 1	575	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,955	1
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	630	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,174	1
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	795	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,306	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	350	327.00/cwt	327.00–327.00	1,145	2
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	371	367.00/cwt	367.00–367.00	1,362	4
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 3	383	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,360	2
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	405	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,377	1
Heifers	400–450	Small 1	410	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,107	1
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	460	352.00/cwt	352.00–352.00	1,619	10
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 3	467	342.00/cwt	342.00–342.00	1,597	3
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	470	352.00/cwt	352.00–352.00	1,654	9
Heifers	450–500	Small 1	490	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,446	1
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	530	310.22/cwt	308.00–310.50	1,644	9
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	540	303.00/cwt	303.00–303.00	1,636	1
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 3	540	303.00/cwt	303.00–303.00	1,636	6
Heifers	550–600	Small 1	556	275.29/cwt	257.00–290.00	1,531	4
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	605	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,573	1
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	627	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	1,668	3
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	655	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,736	2
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	750	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,875	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls15 lots · lightest first
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2	360	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,422	1
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	400	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,580	1
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	422	411.00/cwt	411.00–411.00	1,734	6
Bulls	400–450	Small 1	423	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,629	2
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	460	392.00/cwt	392.00–392.00	1,803	1
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	486	391.00/cwt	391.00–391.00	1,900	17
Bulls	450–500	Small 1	487	377.79/cwt	370.00–380.00	1,840	9
Bulls	500–550	Small 1	535	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	1,723	1
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	561	335.15/cwt	330.00–336.00	1,880	7
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2	565	332.01/cwt	331.00–333.00	1,876	2
Bulls	550–600	Small 1	590	314.00/cwt	314.00–314.00	1,853	1
Bulls	600–650	Small 1	600	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	1,872	1
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1	653	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,057	6
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 1	765	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,219	2
Bulls	850–900	Medium and Large 1	863	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	2,201	2

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 30, 2025

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

Receipts 125Last week 213Year ago 151

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 5, Heifers 61, Bulls 59)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	400	395.00	395.00
17	450–500	486	391.00	391.00
7	550–600	561	330.00–336.00	335.15
6	650–700	653	315.00	315.00
2	750–800	765	290.00	290.00
2	850–900	863	255.00	255.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	423	385.00	385.00
9	450–500	487	370.00–380.00	377.79
1	500–550	535	322.00	322.00
1	550–600	590	314.00	314.00
1	600–650	600	312.00	312.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	360	395.00	395.00
6	400–450	422	411.00	411.00
1	450–500	460	392.00	392.00
2	550–600	565	331.00–333.00	332.01

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	410	270.00	270.00
1	450–500	490	295.00	295.00
4	550–600	556	257.00–290.00	275.29

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	371	367.00	367.00
10	450–500	460	352.00	352.00
1	500–550	540	303.00	303.00
1	600–650	605	260.00	260.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	383	355.00	355.00
3	450–500	467	342.00	342.00
6	500–550	540	303.00	303.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	350	327.00	327.00
1	400–450	405	340.00	340.00
9	450–500	470	352.00	352.00
9	500–550	530	308.00–310.50	310.22
3	600–650	627	266.00	266.00
2	650–700	655	265.00	265.00
1	750–800	750	250.00	250.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	575	340.00	340.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	530	342.00	342.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	535	365.00	365.00
1	600–650	630	345.00	345.00
1	750–800	795	290.00	290.00

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.