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Southside Livestock Markets, Inc.

Name: Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2025-05-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-05-21

Feeder Cattle · Blackstone, Virginia · Wed, May 21

● Final32 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2183

← May 14May 21May 28 →

Receipts

85 head

▼ 7 vs last sale 92▼ 106 vs year ago 191 · −55.5%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 23, Heifers 49, Bulls 13)

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 $323.33/cwt on 9 head. That ranks 8 of 32 comparable sales and sits −36.01 against this barn's trailing median of $359.34.

Average price

$323.33

9 head · 555 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,796

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$339

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Small 1

$45.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−7.03

vs VA average

−10.93 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	590	340.00	2,006	1thin
Medium and Large 1	549	325.00	1,784	7thin
Small 1	565	295.00	1,667	1thin

One grade step is worth $45.00/cwt here — about $339 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 sale9 hd

323.33

—

VA average8 barns · 491 hd

330.36

−7.03

National average158 barns · 12,726 hd

334.26

−10.93

This barn, trailing median32 sales

359.34

−36.01

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

32 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 · Steers9 lots · lightest first
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	363	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,543	2
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	395	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,600	1
Steers	400–450	Small 1	425	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,636	1
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	449	387.00/cwt	387.00–387.00	1,738	4
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	526	347.00/cwt	347.00–347.00	1,825	4
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	556	375.17/cwt	360.00–379.00	2,086	5
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	657	349.00/cwt	349.00–349.00	2,293	3
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	745	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,863	1
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	948	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	2,342	2
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	368	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,417	2
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	370	386.31/cwt	335.00–395.00	1,429	7
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 3	415	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,307	1
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	435	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,305	6
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	440	352.00/cwt	352.00–352.00	1,549	9
Heifers	450–500	Small 1	470	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,269	1
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	549	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,784	7
Heifers	550–600	Small 1	565	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,667	1
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	590	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,006	1
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	660	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,881	1
Heifers	650–700	Small 1	660	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,815	1
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	682	282.33/cwt	281.00–285.00	1,925	3
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	709	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	1,921	7
Heifers	700–750	Small 1	720	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	1,850	2
Feeder Cattle · Bulls9 lots · lightest first
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1	315	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,355	1
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 2	320	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,200	1
Bulls	350–400	Small 1	360	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,566	1
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1	370	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,369	1
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	437	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,726	3
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	478	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,745	2
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	505	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,667	1
Bulls	600–650	Small 1	618	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,730	2
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1	735	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,948	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 May 21, 2025

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

Receipts 85Last week 92Year ago 191

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 23, Heifers 49, Bulls 13)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	315	430.00	430.00
1	350–400	370	370.00	370.00
3	400–450	437	395.00	395.00
1	500–550	505	330.00	330.00
1	700–750	735	265.00	265.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	360	435.00	435.00
2	600–650	618	280.00	280.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	320	375.00	375.00
2	450–500	478	365.00	365.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	395	405.00	405.00
4	400–450	449	387.00	387.00
4	500–550	526	347.00	347.00
5	550–600	556	360.00–379.00	375.17
3	650–700	657	349.00	349.00
1	700–750	745	250.00	250.00
2	900–950	948	247.00	247.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	425	385.00	385.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	363	425.00	425.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	470	270.00	270.00
1	550–600	565	295.00	295.00
1	650–700	660	275.00	275.00
2	700–750	720	257.00	257.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	368	385.00	385.00
9	400–450	440	352.00	352.00
7	500–550	549	325.00	325.00
3	650–700	682	281.00–285.00	282.33
7	700–750	709	271.00	271.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	370	335.00–395.00	386.31
6	400–450	435	300.00	300.00
1	550–600	590	340.00	340.00
1	650–700	660	285.00	285.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	415	315.00	315.00

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.