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Southside Livestock Markets, Inc.

Name: Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2025-06-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-06-04

Feeder Cattle · Blackstone, Virginia · Wed, Jun 4

● Final45 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2183

← May 28Jun 4Jun 11 →

Receipts

263 head

▲ 101 vs last sale 162▲ 78 vs year ago 185 · +42.2%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 114, Heifers 97, 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 $360.98/cwt on 32 head. That ranks 5 of 23 comparable sales and sits −48.84 against this barn's trailing median of $409.82.

Average price

$360.98

32 head · 548 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,980

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$116

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3

$41.47/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−4.84

vs VA average

−17.60 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	550	363.47	2,000	24
Medium and Large 2	537	358.00	1,922	7thin
Medium and Large 3	585	322.00	1,884	1thin

One grade step is worth $41.47/cwt here — about $116 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 sale32 hd

360.98

—

VA average6 barns · 708 hd

365.82

−4.84

National average158 barns · 13,435 hd

378.58

−17.60

This barn, trailing median23 sales

409.82

−48.84

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

45 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 · Steers15 lots · lightest first
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 3	360	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,386	1
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	385	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,521	1
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	469	365.09/cwt	362.00–370.00	1,712	5
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 3	470	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,622	1
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	476	373.49/cwt	372.00–375.00	1,778	8
Steers	450–500	Small 1	490	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,789	1
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	537	358.00/cwt	358.00–358.00	1,922	7
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	547	364.00/cwt	364.00–364.00	1,991	18
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	560	361.89/cwt	346.00–365.00	2,027	6
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 3	585	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	1,884	1
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	605	341.00/cwt	341.00–341.00	2,063	1
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	642	342.55/cwt	340.00–343.00	2,199	27
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	657	354.00/cwt	354.00–354.00	2,326	13
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	716	321.84/cwt	307.00–330.00	2,304	21
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	915	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	2,105	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	305	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,022	1
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 3	373	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	1,182	2
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	390	332.00/cwt	332.00–332.00	1,295	1
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	437	335.50/cwt	332.00–345.00	1,466	15
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 3	449	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	1,441	8
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	459	346.00/cwt	346.00–346.00	1,588	14
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	530	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,670	12
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 3	535	306.34/cwt	306.00–310.00	1,639	12
Heifers	500–550	Small 1	538	303.00/cwt	303.00–303.00	1,630	2
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	564	312.91/cwt	302.00–315.50	1,765	16
Heifers	600–650	Small 1	638	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,538	2
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	646	285.36/cwt	280.00–286.00	1,843	9
Heifers	650–700	Small 1	660	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	1,531	1
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	685	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	1,740	1
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	725	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,755	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls15 lots · lightest first
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1	320	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,360	2
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 2	325	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,333	1
Bulls	400–450	Small 1	405	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,499	2
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	410	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,640	1
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	413	408.36/cwt	390.00–415.00	1,687	8
Bulls	450–500	Small 1	490	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,740	1
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	496	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,786	4
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2	502	354.84/cwt	340.00–357.00	1,781	8
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	535	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,685	1
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	557	325.50/cwt	325.50–325.50	1,813	9
Bulls	550–600	Small 1	558	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,674	2
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2	570	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,796	3
Bulls	600–650	Small 1	615	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,784	1
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	646	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,035	7
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1	740	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,998	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 Jun 4, 2025

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

Receipts 263Last week 162Year ago 185

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 114, Heifers 97, Bulls 52)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	305	335.00	335.00
15	400–450	437	332.00–345.00	335.50
12	500–550	530	315.00	315.00
1	650–700	685	254.00	254.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	373	317.00	317.00
8	400–450	449	321.00	321.00
12	500–550	535	306.00–310.00	306.34

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	538	303.00	303.00
2	600–650	638	241.00	241.00
1	650–700	660	232.00	232.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	390	332.00	332.00
14	450–500	459	346.00	346.00
16	550–600	564	302.00–315.50	312.91
9	600–650	646	280.00–286.00	285.36
1	700–750	725	242.00	242.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	325	410.00	410.00
8	400–450	413	390.00–415.00	408.36
8	500–550	502	340.00–357.00	354.84
3	550–600	570	315.00	315.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	405	370.00	370.00
1	450–500	490	355.00	355.00
2	550–600	558	300.00	300.00
1	600–650	615	290.00	290.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	320	425.00	425.00
1	400–450	410	400.00	400.00
4	450–500	496	360.00	360.00
1	500–550	535	315.00	315.00
9	550–600	557	325.50	325.50
7	600–650	646	315.00	315.00
1	700–750	740	270.00	270.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	360	385.00	385.00
1	450–500	470	345.00	345.00
1	550–600	585	322.00	322.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	385	395.00	395.00
5	450–500	469	362.00–370.00	365.09
7	500–550	537	358.00	358.00
1	600–650	605	341.00	341.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	490	365.00	365.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	450–500	476	372.00–375.00	373.49
18	500–550	547	364.00	364.00
6	550–600	560	346.00–365.00	361.89
27	600–650	642	340.00–343.00	342.55
13	650–700	657	354.00	354.00
21	700–750	716	307.00–330.00	321.84
1	900–950	915	230.00	230.00

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.