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Southside Livestock Markets, Inc.

Name: Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2025-07-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-07-09

Feeder Cattle · Blackstone, Virginia · Wed, Jul 9

● Final39 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2183

← Jun 25Jul 9Jul 16 →

Receipts

93 head

▲ 30 vs last sale 63▼ 54 vs year ago 147 · −36.7%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 36, Heifers 33, Bulls 24)

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 $352.55/cwt on 15 head. That ranks 2 of 23 comparable sales and sits −57.28 against this barn's trailing median of $409.82.

Average price

$352.55

15 head · 559 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,972

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$275

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 1

$31.02/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−14.91

vs VA average

−26.58 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	565	357.02	2,019	11thin
Medium and Large 2	550	354.50	1,950	2thin
Small 1	535	326.00	1,744	2thin

One grade step is worth $31.02/cwt here — about $275 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale15 hd

352.55

—

VA average6 barns · 159 hd

367.45

−14.91

National average153 barns · 8,707 hd

379.13

−26.58

This barn, trailing median23 sales

409.82

−57.28

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

39 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 · Steers14 lots · lightest first
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	360	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,368	1
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 3	370	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,388	1
Steers	400–450	Small 1	425	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,509	1
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	460	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,748	1
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	490	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,862	2
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	510	361.00/cwt	361.00–361.00	1,841	1
Steers	500–550	Small 1	535	326.00/cwt	326.00–326.00	1,744	2
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	550	354.50/cwt	354.50–354.50	1,950	2
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	571	356.62/cwt	328.00–360.00	2,036	10
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	659	341.50/cwt	341.50–341.50	2,250	5
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 3	665	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,796	1
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	666	343.50/cwt	343.50–343.50	2,288	6
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	720	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,088	1
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	763	303.48/cwt	297.00–310.00	2,316	2
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	330	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,122	1
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	345	358.00/cwt	358.00–358.00	1,235	3
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 3	380	351.00/cwt	351.00–351.00	1,334	2
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	403	332.00/cwt	332.00–332.00	1,338	2
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	447	331.50/cwt	331.50–331.50	1,482	3
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 3	485	327.00/cwt	327.00–327.00	1,586	1
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	505	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	1,601	2
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	525	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,601	1
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 3	525	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,496	1
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	551	321.50/cwt	321.50–321.50	1,771	11
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	607	286.00/cwt	286.00–286.00	1,736	3
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 3	610	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	1,537	1
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	690	276.00/cwt	276.00–276.00	1,904	1
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	705	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,974	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls11 lots · lightest first
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2	355	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,349	2
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1	363	359.76/cwt	325.00–395.00	1,306	2
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	413	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,487	2
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	428	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,584	2
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	480	357.00/cwt	357.00–357.00	1,714	1
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	490	357.00/cwt	357.00–357.00	1,749	1
Bulls	550–600	Small 1	550	337.00/cwt	337.00–337.00	1,854	1
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2	553	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,770	2
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	556	335.50/cwt	335.50–335.50	1,865	8
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	638	334.00/cwt	334.00–334.00	2,131	2
Bulls	650–700	Small 1	680	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,632	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 Jul 9, 2025

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

Receipts 93Last week 63Year ago 147

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 36, Heifers 33, Bulls 24)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	380	351.00	351.00
1	450–500	485	327.00	327.00
1	500–550	525	285.00	285.00
1	600–650	610	252.00	252.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	330	340.00	340.00
3	400–450	447	331.50	331.50
1	500–550	525	305.00	305.00
11	550–600	551	321.50	321.50
3	600–650	607	286.00	286.00
1	700–750	705	280.00	280.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	345	358.00	358.00
2	400–450	403	332.00	332.00
2	500–550	505	317.00	317.00
1	650–700	690	276.00	276.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	490	380.00	380.00
2	550–600	550	354.50	354.50
5	650–700	659	341.50	341.50
1	700–750	720	290.00	290.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	370	375.00	375.00
1	650–700	665	270.00	270.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	360	380.00	380.00
1	450–500	460	380.00	380.00
1	500–550	510	361.00	361.00
10	550–600	571	328.00–360.00	356.62
6	650–700	666	343.50	343.50
2	750–800	763	297.00–310.00	303.48

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	425	355.00	355.00
2	500–550	535	326.00	326.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	355	380.00	380.00
2	400–450	413	360.00	360.00
1	450–500	480	357.00	357.00
2	550–600	553	320.00	320.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	550	337.00	337.00
1	650–700	680	240.00	240.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	363	325.00–395.00	359.76
2	400–450	428	370.00	370.00
1	450–500	490	357.00	357.00
8	550–600	556	335.50	335.50
2	600–650	638	334.00	334.00

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.