Sale reports / Virginia / Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. / 2025-07-23

Southside Livestock Markets, Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Blackstone, Virginia · Wed, Jul 23
● Final52 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2183
Receipts
267 head
▲ 101 vs last sale 166▲ 126 vs year ago 141 · +89.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 89, Heifers 93, Bulls 85)

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $314.71/cwt on 33 head. That ranks 2 of 32 comparable sales and sits −44.63 against this barn's trailing median of $359.34.
Average price
$314.71
33 head · 557 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,752
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$219
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$39.82/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−16.74
vs VA average
−25.47 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1559319.821,78720
Medium and Large 2553309.081,71012thin
Medium and Large 3560280.001,5681thin
One grade step is worth $39.82/cwt here — about $219 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale33 hd
314.71
—
VA average7 barns · 363 hd
331.45
−16.74
National average146 barns · 6,788 hd
340.18
−25.47
This barn, trailing median32 sales
359.34
−44.63
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
416377338299median 359.3403/0404/2906/2409/0910/28
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

52 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.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers14 lots · lightest first
Steers450–500Medium and Large 3460347.00/cwt347.00–347.001,5961
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2475375.00/cwt375.00–375.001,7811
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1485375.00/cwt375.00–375.001,8195
Steers500–550Medium and Large 3535325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,7391
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1542353.49/cwt320.00–357.001,91619
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2542351.00/cwt351.00–351.001,9023
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1572357.30/cwt350.00–359.502,04413
Steers550–600Medium and Large 3575345.00/cwt345.00–345.001,9841
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2600346.00/cwt346.00–346.002,0761
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1637342.04/cwt335.00–357.002,17924
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1682343.00/cwt343.00–343.002,3396
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1739311.70/cwt290.00–318.002,3039
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1776314.26/cwt309.00–316.002,4394
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1960262.00/cwt262.00–262.002,5151
Feeder Cattle · Heifers20 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1338350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,1832
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2346365.00/cwt365.00–365.001,2634
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3356325.79/cwt250.00–345.001,1605
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1385255.00/cwt255.00–255.009821
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2410327.00/cwt327.00–327.001,3411
Heifers400–450Small 1410285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,1691
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3437305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,3333
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1452329.01/cwt322.00–331.001,4879
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2477320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,5263
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1528318.00/cwt318.00–318.001,6792
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2535310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,6591
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2555309.00/cwt309.00–309.001,71511
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 3560280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,5681
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1562320.02/cwt312.00–320.501,79918
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1601289.60/cwt287.00–300.001,7405
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 3625270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,6881
Heifers600–650Small 1635255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,6191
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1656293.00/cwt293.00–293.001,92218
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2660292.00/cwt292.00–292.001,9271
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1724285.95/cwt280.00–290.002,0705
Feeder Cattle · Bulls18 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2330385.00/cwt385.00–385.001,2711
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1335400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,3404
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2385305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,1741
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2413383.98/cwt370.00–387.001,5866
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1417366.81/cwt350.00–375.001,5306
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1480345.00/cwt345.00–345.001,6568
Bulls450–500Small 1485317.00/cwt317.00–317.001,5374
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2505345.00/cwt345.00–345.001,7421
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2550345.00/cwt345.00–345.001,8982
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1568343.01/cwt340.00–344.001,94816
Bulls550–600Small 1568300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,7043
Bulls600–650Small 1600290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,7401
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2650302.00/cwt302.00–302.001,9634
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1653316.33/cwt315.00–316.502,06618
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1723287.00/cwt287.00–287.002,0752
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1770275.00/cwt275.00–275.002,1182
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1810280.00/cwt280.00–280.002,2681
Bulls850–900Medium and Large 1851272.00/cwt272.00–272.002,3155

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.