Sale reports / Virginia / Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. / 2025-08-27

Southside Livestock Markets, Inc.

Name: Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2025-08-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-08-27

Feeder Cattle · Blackstone, Virginia · Wed, Aug 27

● Final56 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2183

← Aug 20Aug 27Sep 3 →

Receipts

252 head

▼ 60 vs last sale 312▲ 175 vs year ago 77 · +227.3%

View

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 43, Heifers 120, Bulls 89)

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 $316.26/cwt on 42 head. That ranks 3 of 32 comparable sales and sits −43.08 against this barn's trailing median of $359.34.

Average price

$316.26

42 head · 547 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,731

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$323

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 1

$59.68/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−22.64

vs VA average

−53.55 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	548	329.68	1,805	19thin
Medium and Large 2	551	323.00	1,780	13thin
Medium and Large 3	538	290.00	1,560	6thin
Small 1	549	270.00	1,482	4thin

One grade step is worth $59.68/cwt here — about $323 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 sale42 hd

316.26

—

VA average5 barns · 393 hd

338.90

−22.64

National average160 barns · 10,603 hd

369.81

−53.55

This barn, trailing median32 sales

359.34

−43.08

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

56 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 · Steers17 lots · lightest first
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 3	350	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,330	1
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	358	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,432	2
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	435	332.00/cwt	332.00–332.00	1,444	1
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	473	407.00/cwt	407.00–407.00	1,925	3
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 3	515	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,880	1
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	535	382.00/cwt	382.00–382.00	2,044	1
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	545	372.50/cwt	372.50–372.50	2,030	6
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	595	362.00/cwt	362.00–362.00	2,154	1
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	599	376.00/cwt	376.00–376.00	2,252	7
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	625	368.00/cwt	368.00–368.00	2,300	2
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 3	638	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,233	2
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	648	367.00/cwt	367.00–367.00	2,378	4
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	660	372.00/cwt	372.00–372.00	2,455	5
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	729	351.99/cwt	347.00–355.00	2,566	4
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 2	775	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,558	1
Steers	750–800	Small 1	775	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,441	1
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	895	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,506	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	352	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,408	6
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 3	363	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,252	3
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	372	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,488	3
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	420	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,575	1
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	436	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,591	8
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 3	460	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,656	4
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	460	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	1,622	17
Heifers	450–500	Small 1	460	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,265	1
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	475	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,710	1
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 3	538	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,560	6
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	542	333.17/cwt	327.00–334.50	1,806	17
Heifers	500–550	Small 1	549	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,482	4
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	551	323.00/cwt	323.00–323.00	1,780	13
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	595	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,785	2
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	641	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,019	15
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	643	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,929	7
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	678	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	2,183	5
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	705	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,115	1
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	728	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	2,126	6
Feeder Cattle · Bulls20 lots · lightest first
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 2	339	414.74/cwt	340.00–430.00	1,406	6
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2	350	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,225	1
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1	355	402.92/cwt	340.00–435.00	1,430	3
Bulls	350–400	Small 1	375	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,200	1
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	423	427.00/cwt	427.00–427.00	1,806	6
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	428	417.80/cwt	371.00–425.00	1,788	7
Bulls	450–500	Small 1	463	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,690	2
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	486	373.00/cwt	373.00–373.00	1,813	6
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	498	381.00/cwt	381.00–381.00	1,897	11
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2	530	347.00/cwt	347.00–347.00	1,839	1
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2	559	356.00/cwt	356.00–356.00	1,990	6
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	563	359.60/cwt	355.00–360.50	2,025	12
Bulls	550–600	Small 1	574	349.00/cwt	349.00–349.00	2,003	4
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	633	329.48/cwt	329.00–335.00	2,086	12
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 2	638	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	2,048	2
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 2	660	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,112	1
Bulls	650–700	Small 1	665	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,028	1
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 2	715	271.08/cwt	260.00–282.00	1,938	2
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 1	753	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,033	2
Bulls	800–850	Medium and Large 1	838	274.00/cwt	274.00–274.00	2,296	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 Aug 27, 2025

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

Receipts 252Last week 312Year ago 77

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 43, Heifers 120, Bulls 89)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	358	400.00	400.00
1	400–450	435	332.00	332.00
1	500–550	535	382.00	382.00
1	550–600	595	362.00	362.00
4	600–650	648	367.00	367.00
1	750–800	775	330.00	330.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	350	380.00	380.00
1	500–550	515	365.00	365.00
2	600–650	638	350.00	350.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	750–800	775	315.00	315.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	473	407.00	407.00
6	500–550	545	372.50	372.50
7	550–600	599	376.00	376.00
2	600–650	625	368.00	368.00
5	650–700	660	372.00	372.00
4	700–750	729	347.00–355.00	351.99
1	850–900	895	280.00	280.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	352	400.00	400.00
8	400–450	436	365.00	365.00
1	450–500	475	360.00	360.00
13	550–600	551	323.00	323.00
7	600–650	643	300.00	300.00
1	700–750	705	300.00	300.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	363	345.00	345.00
4	450–500	460	360.00	360.00
6	500–550	538	290.00	290.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	460	275.00	275.00
4	500–550	549	270.00	270.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	372	400.00	400.00
1	400–450	420	375.00	375.00
17	450–500	460	352.50	352.50
17	500–550	542	327.00–334.50	333.17
2	550–600	595	300.00	300.00
15	600–650	641	315.00	315.00
5	650–700	678	322.00	322.00
6	700–750	728	292.00	292.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	339	340.00–430.00	414.74
1	350–400	350	350.00	350.00
6	400–450	423	427.00	427.00
6	450–500	486	373.00	373.00
1	500–550	530	347.00	347.00
6	550–600	559	356.00	356.00
2	600–650	638	321.00	321.00
1	650–700	660	320.00	320.00
2	700–750	715	260.00–282.00	271.08

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	375	320.00	320.00
2	450–500	463	365.00	365.00
4	550–600	574	349.00	349.00
1	650–700	665	305.00	305.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	355	340.00–435.00	402.92
7	400–450	428	371.00–425.00	417.80
11	450–500	498	381.00	381.00
12	550–600	563	355.00–360.50	359.60
12	600–650	633	329.00–335.00	329.48
2	750–800	753	270.00	270.00
2	800–850	838	274.00	274.00

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.