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Southside Livestock Markets, Inc.

Name: Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2025-06-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-06-25

Feeder Cattle · Blackstone, Virginia · Wed, Jun 25

● Final30 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2183

← Jun 18Jun 25Jul 9 →

Receipts

63 head

▼ 199 vs last sale 262▼ 167 vs year ago 230 · −72.6%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 12, Heifers 35. Bulls 16)

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 $310.00/cwt on 9 head. That ranks 1 of 32 comparable sales and sits −49.34 against this barn's trailing median of $359.34.

Average price

$310.00

9 head · 562 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,741

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$177

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3

$30.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−16.19

vs VA average

−25.91 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	540	320.00	1,728	3thin
Medium and Large 1	580	308.00	1,786	5thin
Medium and Large 3	535	290.00	1,552	1thin

One grade step is worth $30.00/cwt here — about $177 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 sale9 hd

310.00

—

VA average7 barns · 281 hd

326.19

−16.19

National average145 barns · 7,340 hd

335.91

−25.91

This barn, trailing median32 sales

359.34

−49.34

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

30 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 · Steers7 lots · lightest first
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	380	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,159	1
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	423	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,523	3
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	473	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,703	2
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	525	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,838	1
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	538	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,991	4
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	600	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,040	1
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	670	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,144	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	360	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,134	1
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 3	360	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,098	2
Heifers	350–400	Small 1	380	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,178	1
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	437	316.00/cwt	316.00–316.00	1,381	3
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 3	445	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,313	1
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	446	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	1,432	5
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	455	319.00/cwt	319.00–319.00	1,451	1
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 3	535	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,552	1
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	540	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,728	3
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	580	308.00/cwt	308.00–308.00	1,786	5
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	660	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,848	2
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	730	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,679	2
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	966	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	2,183	7
Feeder Cattle · Bulls10 lots · lightest first
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1	333	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,132	2
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 2	340	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,122	1
Bulls	350–400	Small 1	355	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,030	1
Bulls	400–450	Small 1	410	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	1,177	2
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	415	332.00/cwt	332.00–332.00	1,378	2
Bulls	450–500	Small 1	485	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,358	1
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	493	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,627	2
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	495	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,634	3
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	530	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,643	1
Bulls	850–900	Medium and Large 1	860	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,892	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 25, 2025

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

Receipts 63Last week 262Year ago 230

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 12, Heifers 35. Bulls 16)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	333	340.00	340.00
2	450–500	493	330.00	330.00
1	500–550	530	310.00	310.00
1	850–900	860	220.00	220.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	355	290.00	290.00
2	400–450	410	287.00	287.00
1	450–500	485	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	340	330.00	330.00
2	400–450	415	332.00	332.00
3	450–500	495	330.00	330.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	380	305.00	305.00
2	450–500	473	360.00	360.00
4	500–550	538	370.00	370.00
1	600–650	600	340.00	340.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	423	360.00	360.00
1	500–550	525	350.00	350.00
1	650–700	670	320.00	320.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	446	321.00	321.00
5	550–600	580	308.00	308.00
2	650–700	660	280.00	280.00
2	700–750	730	230.00	230.00
7	950–1000	966	226.00	226.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	380	310.00	310.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	360	305.00	305.00
1	400–450	445	295.00	295.00
1	500–550	535	290.00	290.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	360	315.00	315.00
3	400–450	437	316.00	316.00
1	450–500	455	319.00	319.00
3	500–550	540	320.00	320.00

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.