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Southside Livestock Markets, Inc.

Name: Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2025-09-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-09-10

Feeder Cattle · Blackstone, Virginia · Wed, Sep 10

● Final54 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2183

← Sep 3Sep 10Sep 17 →

Receipts

198 head

▲ 37 vs last sale 161▼ 36 vs year ago 234 · −15.4%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 48, Heifers 78, Bulls 72)

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 $332.54/cwt on 28 head. That ranks 13 of 32 comparable sales and sits −26.80 against this barn's trailing median of $359.34.

Average price

$332.54

28 head · 545 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,812

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$57

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3

$20.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−17.94

vs VA average

−35.80 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	528	342.00	1,806	6thin
Medium and Large 1	553	334.50	1,850	14thin
Medium and Large 3	543	322.00	1,748	8thin

One grade step is worth $20.00/cwt here — about $57 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 sale28 hd

332.54

—

VA average8 barns · 555 hd

350.48

−17.94

National average171 barns · 13,169 hd

368.34

−35.80

This barn, trailing median32 sales

359.34

−26.80

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

54 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 · Steers16 lots · lightest first
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	390	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,638	1
Steers	350–400	Small 1	395	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,560	1
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	455	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,911	2
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	456	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,870	4
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 3	465	359.57/cwt	320.00–400.00	1,672	2
Steers	450–500	Small 1	470	330.96/cwt	300.00–360.00	1,556	2
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 3	525	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,444	1
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	531	366.00/cwt	366.00–366.00	1,943	6
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	533	343.80/cwt	280.00–358.00	1,832	6
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	565	367.00/cwt	367.00–367.00	2,074	1
Steers	550–600	Small 1	565	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,780	1
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	623	359.00/cwt	359.00–359.00	2,237	3
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	668	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,438	11
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	740	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,479	1
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	833	339.00/cwt	339.00–339.00	2,824	5
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	870	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	2,567	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers20 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	346	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,263	4
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 3	361	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,390	4
Heifers	350–400	Small 1	370	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,110	1
Heifers	400–450	Small 1	413	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	909	2
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 3	420	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,071	1
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	437	330.32/cwt	295.00–344.00	1,443	4
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	445	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,491	1
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	450	348.00/cwt	348.00–348.00	1,566	9
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 3	458	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,580	2
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	474	342.00/cwt	342.00–342.00	1,621	10
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	528	342.00/cwt	342.00–342.00	1,806	6
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 3	543	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	1,748	8
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	553	334.50/cwt	334.50–334.50	1,850	14
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 3	610	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,800	2
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	623	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,900	2
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	638	332.00/cwt	332.00–332.00	2,118	2
Heifers	600–650	Small 1	640	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,792	2
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	655	310.92/cwt	300.00–322.00	2,037	2
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	700	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,890	1
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 3	700	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,785	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls18 lots · lightest first
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 2	343	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,458	9
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1	360	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,566	2
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	425	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,721	1
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	426	411.35/cwt	400.00–415.00	1,752	4
Bulls	400–450	Small 1	435	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,718	3
Bulls	450–500	Small 1	483	367.50/cwt	367.50–367.50	1,775	2
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	489	384.38/cwt	367.00–390.00	1,880	8
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	494	393.00/cwt	393.00–393.00	1,941	13
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2	552	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,987	3
Bulls	550–600	Small 1	553	357.00/cwt	357.00–357.00	1,974	4
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	574	379.00/cwt	379.00–379.00	2,175	7
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 2	600	314.00/cwt	314.00–314.00	1,884	5
Bulls	600–650	Small 1	630	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,016	1
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	636	337.00/cwt	337.00–337.00	2,143	6
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1	650	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	2,061	1
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 2	670	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,144	1
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1	720	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,088	1
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 1	750	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	2,213	1

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 Sep 10, 2025

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

Receipts 198Last week 161Year ago 234

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 48, Heifers 78, Bulls 72)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	456	410.00	410.00
6	500–550	533	280.00–358.00	343.80
11	650–700	668	365.00	365.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	465	320.00–400.00	359.57
1	500–550	525	275.00	275.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	395	395.00	395.00
2	450–500	470	300.00–360.00	330.96
1	550–600	565	315.00	315.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	390	420.00	420.00
2	450–500	455	420.00	420.00
6	500–550	531	366.00	366.00
1	550–600	565	367.00	367.00
3	600–650	623	359.00	359.00
1	700–750	740	335.00	335.00
5	800–850	833	339.00	339.00
1	850–900	870	295.00	295.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	300–350	343	425.00	425.00
4	400–450	426	400.00–415.00	411.35
13	450–500	494	393.00	393.00
3	550–600	552	360.00	360.00
5	600–650	600	314.00	314.00
1	650–700	670	320.00	320.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	360	435.00	435.00
1	400–450	425	405.00	405.00
8	450–500	489	367.00–390.00	384.38
7	550–600	574	379.00	379.00
6	600–650	636	337.00	337.00
1	650–700	650	317.00	317.00
1	700–750	720	290.00	290.00
1	750–800	750	295.00	295.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	435	395.00	395.00
2	450–500	483	367.50	367.50
4	550–600	553	357.00	357.00
1	600–650	630	320.00	320.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	346	365.00	365.00
4	400–450	437	295.00–344.00	330.32
9	450–500	450	348.00	348.00
6	500–550	528	342.00	342.00
2	600–650	623	305.00	305.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	361	385.00	385.00
1	400–450	420	255.00	255.00
2	450–500	458	345.00	345.00
8	500–550	543	322.00	322.00
2	600–650	610	295.00	295.00
1	700–750	700	255.00	255.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	370	300.00	300.00
2	400–450	413	220.00	220.00
2	600–650	640	280.00	280.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	445	335.00	335.00
10	450–500	474	342.00	342.00
14	550–600	553	334.50	334.50
2	600–650	638	332.00	332.00
2	650–700	655	300.00–322.00	310.92
1	700–750	700	270.00	270.00

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.