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Southside Livestock Markets, Inc.

Name: Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2025-07-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-07-30

Feeder Cattle · Blackstone, Virginia · Wed, Jul 30

● Final40 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2183

← Jul 23Jul 30Aug 6 →

Receipts

92 head

▼ 175 vs last sale 267▼ 173 vs year ago 265 · −65.3%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 38, Heifers 29, Bulls 25)

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 $375.24/cwt on 17 head. That ranks 7 of 23 comparable sales and sits −34.59 against this barn's trailing median of $409.82.

Average price

$375.24

17 head · 561 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,105

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$193

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 1

$1.65/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+7.82

vs VA average

−6.44 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	523	376.40	1,969	5thin
Medium and Large 1	577	374.75	2,161	12thin

One grade step is worth $1.65/cwt here — about −$193 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 700–800 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 sale17 hd

375.24

—

VA average5 barns · 82 hd

367.41

+7.82

National average143 barns · 4,821 hd

381.68

−6.44

This barn, trailing median23 sales

409.82

−34.59

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

40 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 · Steers13 lots · lightest first
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	365	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,588	2
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	388	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,668	2
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	433	417.00/cwt	417.00–417.00	1,806	4
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 3	445	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,802	1
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	473	389.00/cwt	389.00–389.00	1,840	3
Steers	450–500	Small 1	475	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,853	1
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	523	376.40/cwt	370.00–378.00	1,969	5
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	543	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,982	3
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	588	378.00/cwt	378.00–378.00	2,223	9
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	643	352.00/cwt	352.00–352.00	2,263	4
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	680	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,346	1
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 2	750	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,250	1
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	768	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	2,435	2
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	350	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,260	1
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	370	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,351	1
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 3	395	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,343	1
Heifers	400–450	Small 1	410	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,128	1
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	438	345.95/cwt	338.00–354.00	1,515	4
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 3	453	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,540	2
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	469	341.00/cwt	341.00–341.00	1,599	5
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 3	505	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,717	2
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	530	337.00/cwt	337.00–337.00	1,786	1
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	556	327.00/cwt	327.00–327.00	1,818	4
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	640	284.00/cwt	284.00–284.00	1,818	1
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	665	296.00/cwt	296.00–296.00	1,968	4
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 3	665	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,629	1
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	735	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	1,999	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls13 lots · lightest first
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1	315	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,166	1
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 2	335	357.46/cwt	355.00–360.00	1,197	2
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2	385	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,598	1
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	430	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,699	2
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	470	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,622	1
Bulls	450–500	Small 1	475	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,615	1
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	508	359.40/cwt	357.00–360.00	1,826	5
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2	533	323.39/cwt	300.00–347.00	1,724	2
Bulls	600–650	Small 1	635	307.00/cwt	307.00–307.00	1,949	2
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 2	637	346.00/cwt	346.00–346.00	2,204	3
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1	663	329.00/cwt	329.00–329.00	2,181	2
Bulls	700–750	Small 1	720	288.00/cwt	288.00–288.00	2,074	1
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1	733	299.00/cwt	299.00–299.00	2,192	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 30, 2025

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

Receipts 92Last week 267Year ago 265

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 38, Heifers 29, Bulls 25)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	315	370.00	370.00
2	400–450	430	395.00	395.00
1	450–500	470	345.00	345.00
5	500–550	508	357.00–360.00	359.40
2	650–700	663	329.00	329.00
2	700–750	733	299.00	299.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	475	340.00	340.00
2	600–650	635	307.00	307.00
1	700–750	720	288.00	288.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	335	355.00–360.00	357.46
1	350–400	385	415.00	415.00
2	500–550	533	300.00–347.00	323.39
3	600–650	637	346.00	346.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	475	390.00	390.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	388	430.00	430.00
5	500–550	523	370.00–378.00	376.40
4	600–650	643	352.00	352.00
1	750–800	750	300.00	300.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	445	405.00	405.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	365	435.00	435.00
4	400–450	433	417.00	417.00
3	450–500	473	389.00	389.00
3	500–550	543	365.00	365.00
9	550–600	588	378.00	378.00
1	650–700	680	345.00	345.00
2	750–800	768	317.00	317.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	410	275.00	275.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	395	340.00	340.00
2	450–500	453	340.00	340.00
2	500–550	505	340.00	340.00
1	650–700	665	245.00	245.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	350	360.00	360.00
4	400–450	438	338.00–354.00	345.95
4	550–600	556	327.00	327.00
1	600–650	640	284.00	284.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	370	365.00	365.00
5	450–500	469	341.00	341.00
1	500–550	530	337.00	337.00
4	650–700	665	296.00	296.00
1	700–750	735	272.00	272.00

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.