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Southside Livestock Markets, Inc.

Name: Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2025-07-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-07-16

Feeder Cattle · Blackstone, Virginia · Wed, Jul 16

● Final44 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2183

← Jul 9Jul 16Jul 23 →

Receipts

166 head

▲ 73 vs last sale 93▲ 94 vs year ago 72 · +130.6%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 53, Heifers 73, Bulls 40)

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 $311.06/cwt on 19 head. That ranks 1 of 32 comparable sales and sits −48.28 against this barn's trailing median of $359.34.

Average price

$311.06

19 head · 544 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,694

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$245

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 1

$46.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−22.01

vs VA average

−27.68 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	546	316.00	1,725	12thin
Medium and Large 2	540	315.61	1,704	5thin
Small 1	548	270.00	1,480	2thin

One grade step is worth $46.00/cwt here — about $245 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 sale19 hd

311.06

—

VA average9 barns · 397 hd

333.06

−22.01

National average151 barns · 8,478 hd

338.74

−27.68

This barn, trailing median32 sales

359.34

−48.28

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

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

44 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	388	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,533	2
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	420	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,617	2
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	452	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,763	5
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 3	455	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,706	1
Steers	450–500	Small 1	495	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,832	1
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 3	520	337.00/cwt	337.00–337.00	1,752	2
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	535	342.11/cwt	330.00–354.00	1,830	2
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	540	352.00/cwt	352.00–352.00	1,901	2
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	571	356.00/cwt	356.00–356.00	2,033	8
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	636	347.90/cwt	341.00–355.00	2,213	13
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	654	357.00/cwt	357.00–357.00	2,335	9
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	663	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,254	2
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	735	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	2,286	3
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	975	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	2,243	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	343	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,252	4
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 3	345	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,208	1
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	355	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,296	1
Heifers	350–400	Small 1	370	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,147	2
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	441	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,367	5
Heifers	400–450	Small 1	443	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,307	2
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	466	328.06/cwt	320.00–329.00	1,529	14
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 3	495	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,312	1
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	540	315.61/cwt	310.00–317.00	1,704	5
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	544	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	1,724	11
Heifers	500–550	Small 1	548	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,480	2
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	565	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,723	1
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	635	308.00/cwt	308.00–308.00	1,956	12
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	658	294.00/cwt	294.00–294.00	1,935	9
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	705	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,904	1
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	740	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,961	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls14 lots · lightest first
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1	355	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,225	1
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2	363	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,398	2
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	415	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,598	3
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	415	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,556	3
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	483	342.00/cwt	342.00–342.00	1,652	8
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	498	337.00/cwt	337.00–337.00	1,678	5
Bulls	500–550	Small 1	545	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,690	1
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	562	337.99/cwt	337.00–342.00	1,900	5
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1	657	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	2,083	5
Bulls	650–700	Small 1	660	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,980	2
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 2	685	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,952	1
Bulls	750–800	Small 1	795	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,749	1
Bulls	800–850	Medium and Large 1	800	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	2,040	1
Bulls	850–900	Medium and Large 1	878	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	2,239	2

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 16, 2025

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

Receipts 166Last week 93Year ago 72

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 53, Heifers 73, Bulls 40)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	355	365.00	365.00
14	450–500	466	320.00–329.00	328.06
11	500–550	544	317.00	317.00
1	550–600	565	305.00	305.00
12	600–650	635	308.00	308.00
9	650–700	658	294.00	294.00
1	700–750	740	265.00	265.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	370	310.00	310.00
2	400–450	443	295.00	295.00
2	500–550	548	270.00	270.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	343	365.00	365.00
5	400–450	441	310.00	310.00
5	500–550	540	310.00–317.00	315.61
1	700–750	705	270.00	270.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	345	350.00	350.00
1	450–500	495	265.00	265.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	388	395.00	395.00
2	400–450	420	385.00	385.00
2	500–550	535	330.00–354.00	342.11
8	550–600	571	356.00	356.00
13	600–650	636	341.00–355.00	347.90
9	650–700	654	357.00	357.00
3	700–750	735	311.00	311.00
1	950–1000	975	230.00	230.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	495	370.00	370.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	452	390.00	390.00
2	500–550	540	352.00	352.00
2	650–700	663	340.00	340.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	455	375.00	375.00
2	500–550	520	337.00	337.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	355	345.00	345.00
3	400–450	415	375.00	375.00
5	450–500	498	337.00	337.00
5	550–600	562	337.00–342.00	337.99
5	650–700	657	317.00	317.00
1	800–850	800	255.00	255.00
2	850–900	878	255.00	255.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	545	310.00	310.00
2	650–700	660	300.00	300.00
1	750–800	795	220.00	220.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	363	385.00	385.00
3	400–450	415	385.00	385.00
8	450–500	483	342.00	342.00
1	650–700	685	285.00	285.00

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.