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Southside Livestock Markets, Inc.

Name: Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2025-05-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-05-28

Feeder Cattle · Blackstone, Virginia · Wed, May 28

● Final35 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2183

← May 21May 28Jun 4 →

Receipts

162 head

▲ 77 vs last sale 85▲ 0 vs year ago 162 · +0.0%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 75, Heifers 58, Bulls 29)

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 $377.52/cwt on 22 head. That ranks 7 of 23 comparable sales and sits −32.30 against this barn's trailing median of $409.82.

Average price

$377.52

22 head · 553 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,088

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$29

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 1

$0.58/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.74

vs VA average

+3.38 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	546	378.00	2,064	4thin
Medium and Large 1	555	377.42	2,093	18thin

One grade step is worth $0.58/cwt here — about −$29 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 700–800 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 sale22 hd

377.52

—

VA average3 barns · 228 hd

374.78

+2.74

National average120 barns · 5,578 hd

374.14

+3.38

This barn, trailing median23 sales

409.82

−32.30

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

35 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 · Steers12 lots · lightest first
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	374	427.00/cwt	427.00–427.00	1,597	9
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	380	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,577	1
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	446	402.00/cwt	402.00–402.00	1,793	11
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	460	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,817	12
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	546	386.00/cwt	386.00–386.00	2,108	11
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	546	378.00/cwt	378.00–378.00	2,064	4
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	568	363.93/cwt	354.00–381.00	2,067	7
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	630	360.50/cwt	360.50–360.50	2,271	5
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	630	331.26/cwt	320.00–342.00	2,087	2
Steers	700–750	Small 1	701	289.00/cwt	289.00–289.00	2,026	7
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	725	279.52/cwt	277.00–287.00	2,027	4
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	740	310.50/cwt	309.00–312.00	2,298	2
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Small 1	325	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	878	1
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 3	348	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,218	4
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	350	351.00/cwt	351.00–351.00	1,229	7
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	378	356.65/cwt	351.00–362.00	1,348	4
Heifers	400–450	Small 1	405	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,316	1
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	459	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,607	8
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	463	354.55/cwt	342.00–357.00	1,642	12
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 3	463	331.76/cwt	330.00–335.00	1,536	3
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 3	505	334.00/cwt	334.00–334.00	1,687	1
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	526	329.50/cwt	329.50–329.50	1,733	6
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	533	328.50/cwt	328.50–328.50	1,751	8
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	590	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	1,835	1
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	605	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,664	1
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	700	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,785	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls9 lots · lightest first
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2	360	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,458	2
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	423	417.00/cwt	417.00–417.00	1,764	11
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	440	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,650	1
Bulls	450–500	Small 1	468	353.28/cwt	322.00–387.00	1,653	2
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	477	377.00/cwt	377.00–377.00	1,798	3
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	493	383.00/cwt	383.00–383.00	1,888	5
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2	570	347.00/cwt	347.00–347.00	1,978	2
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	583	348.00/cwt	348.00–348.00	2,029	2
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	620	323.00/cwt	323.00–323.00	2,003	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 28, 2025

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

Receipts 162Last week 85Year ago 162

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 75, Heifers 58, Bulls 29)

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	440	375.00	375.00
5	450–500	493	383.00	383.00
2	550–600	583	348.00	348.00
1	600–650	620	323.00	323.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	468	322.00–387.00	353.28

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	360	405.00	405.00
11	400–450	423	417.00	417.00
3	450–500	477	377.00	377.00
2	550–600	570	347.00	347.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	378	351.00–362.00	356.65
12	450–500	463	342.00–357.00	354.55
8	500–550	533	328.50	328.50
1	550–600	590	311.00	311.00
1	700–750	700	255.00	255.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	350	351.00	351.00
8	450–500	459	350.00	350.00
6	500–550	526	329.50	329.50
1	600–650	605	275.00	275.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	325	270.00	270.00
1	400–450	405	325.00	325.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	348	350.00	350.00
3	450–500	463	330.00–335.00	331.76
1	500–550	505	334.00	334.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	350–400	374	427.00	427.00
11	400–450	446	402.00	402.00
4	500–550	546	378.00	378.00
2	600–650	630	320.00–342.00	331.26
4	700–750	725	277.00–287.00	279.52

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	700–750	701	289.00	289.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	380	415.00	415.00
12	450–500	460	395.00	395.00
11	500–550	546	386.00	386.00
7	550–600	568	354.00–381.00	363.93
5	600–650	630	360.50	360.50
2	700–750	740	309.00–312.00	310.50

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.