Sale reports / Virginia / Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. / 2025-08-13

Southside Livestock Markets, Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Blackstone, Virginia · Wed, Aug 13
● Final55 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2183
Receipts
271 head
▲ 86 vs last sale 185▲ 121 vs year ago 150 · +80.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 68, Heifers 121, Bulls 82)

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $314.48/cwt on 48 head. That ranks 2 of 32 comparable sales and sits −44.86 against this barn's trailing median of $359.34.
Average price
$314.48
48 head · 546 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,717
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$228
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 1
$50.00/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−22.39
vs VA average
−36.33 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1542320.001,73426
Medium and Large 2550315.001,73316thin
Medium and Large 3550298.751,6434thin
Small 1558270.001,5072thin
One grade step is worth $50.00/cwt here — about $228 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 sale48 hd
314.48
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VA average6 barns · 393 hd
336.87
−22.39
National average152 barns · 8,349 hd
350.81
−36.33
This barn, trailing median32 sales
359.34
−44.86
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

55 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 · Steers20 lots · lightest first
Steers350–400Medium and Large 3358410.00/cwt410.00–410.001,4682
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1363420.00/cwt420.00–420.001,5252
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2367420.00/cwt420.00–420.001,5413
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1400415.00/cwt415.00–415.001,6601
Steers400–450Medium and Large 3445410.00/cwt410.00–410.001,8252
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2448417.00/cwt417.00–417.001,86810
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2470400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,8801
Steers450–500Small 1490340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,6661
Steers500–550Medium and Large 3525356.00/cwt356.00–356.001,8691
Steers500–550Small 1525330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,7331
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2532357.00/cwt357.00–357.001,8997
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1540350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,8901
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1552368.82/cwt363.00–370.002,03612
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2575362.00/cwt362.00–362.002,0824
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2631343.00/cwt343.00–343.002,1646
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1637349.00/cwt349.00–349.002,2236
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1705338.00/cwt338.00–338.002,3832
Steers700–750Medium and Large 3705308.00/cwt308.00–308.002,1711
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1811323.77/cwt320.00–325.002,6264
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1900270.00/cwt270.00–270.002,4301
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 3342350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,1976
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2344380.53/cwt357.00–390.001,3097
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1348390.00/cwt390.00–390.001,3574
Heifers350–400Small 1373340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,2682
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2415322.00/cwt322.00–322.001,3361
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3435300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,3052
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1444355.00/cwt355.00–355.001,57611
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2453337.00/cwt337.00–337.001,5278
Heifers450–500Small 1454307.00/cwt307.00–307.001,3944
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1542320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,73426
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3545298.00/cwt298.00–298.001,6243
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2550315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,73316
Heifers550–600Small 1558270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,5072
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 3565301.00/cwt301.00–301.001,7011
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2610300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,8301
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1653309.00/cwt309.00–309.002,01822
Heifers650–700Small 1655292.00/cwt292.00–292.001,9131
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1723280.00/cwt280.00–280.002,0244
Feeder Cattle · Bulls17 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1340406.00/cwt406.00–406.001,3805
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2345417.00/cwt417.00–417.001,4394
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1385400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,5401
Bulls400–450Small 1420285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,1971
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1425400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,7001
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2443400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,7722
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2493400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,9722
Bulls450–500Small 1496352.06/cwt347.00–395.001,7469
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1497378.00/cwt378.00–378.001,8797
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2561351.24/cwt350.00–355.001,9704
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1563345.12/cwt250.00–352.001,94315
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1642327.51/cwt320.00–328.002,10316
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2667316.00/cwt316.00–316.002,1083
Bulls700–750Small 1728300.00/cwt300.00–300.002,1842
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1744307.00/cwt307.00–307.002,2846
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1837285.00/cwt285.00–285.002,3853
Bulls850–900Medium and Large 1875275.00/cwt275.00–275.002,4061

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.