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Southside Livestock Markets, Inc.

Name: Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2025-09-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-09-17

Feeder Cattle · Blackstone, Virginia · Wed, Sep 17

● Final32 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2183

← Sep 10Sep 17Sep 24 →

Receipts

64 head

▼ 134 vs last sale 198▼ 24 vs year ago 88 · −27.3%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 19, Heifers 29, Bulls 16)

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 $328.79/cwt on 10 head. That ranks 12 of 32 comparable sales and sits −30.54 against this barn's trailing median of $359.34.

Average price

$328.79

10 head · 558 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,835

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$151

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

$23.04/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−16.40

vs VA average

−30.87 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	563	339.79	1,913	5thin
Medium and Large 3	540	322.00	1,739	1thin
Medium and Large 2	556	316.75	1,762	4thin

One grade step is worth $23.04/cwt here — about $151 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale10 hd

328.79

—

VA average10 barns · 634 hd

345.19

−16.40

National average170 barns · 10,929 hd

359.66

−30.87

This barn, trailing median32 sales

359.34

−30.54

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

32 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 · Steers11 lots · lightest first
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	390	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,716	1
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 3	390	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,677	1
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	420	377.00/cwt	377.00–377.00	1,583	1
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	442	409.00/cwt	409.00–409.00	1,808	3
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	533	389.61/cwt	382.00–397.00	2,077	2
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	550	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,843	1
Steers	550–600	Small 1	550	332.00/cwt	332.00–332.00	1,826	1
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	610	372.00/cwt	372.00–372.00	2,269	1
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	645	349.00/cwt	349.00–349.00	2,251	2
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	650	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,145	1
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	765	334.00/cwt	334.00–334.00	2,555	5
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	325	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,138	2
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	360	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,260	2
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	438	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,555	3
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	483	343.00/cwt	343.00–343.00	1,657	2
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 3	483	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,642	2
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 3	540	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	1,739	1
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	545	319.00/cwt	319.00–319.00	1,739	3
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	563	339.79/cwt	338.00–341.00	1,913	5
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	590	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,829	1
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	615	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,907	1
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	620	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,953	1
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	655	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,096	3
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	665	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,062	1
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	713	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	2,046	2
Feeder Cattle · Bulls7 lots · lightest first
Bulls	350–400	Small 1	395	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,383	1
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	412	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	1,833	3
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	445	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,758	1
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	495	362.00/cwt	362.00–362.00	1,792	1
Bulls	500–550	Small 1	511	337.00/cwt	337.00–337.00	1,722	4
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	515	390.71/cwt	387.00–392.00	2,012	4
Bulls	800–850	Medium and Large 1	825	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,228	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 Sep 17, 2025

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

Receipts 64Last week 198Year ago 88

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 19, Heifers 29, Bulls 16)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	445	395.00	395.00
4	500–550	515	387.00–392.00	390.71
2	800–850	825	270.00	270.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	395	350.00	350.00
4	500–550	511	337.00	337.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	412	445.00	445.00
1	450–500	495	362.00	362.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	325	350.00	350.00
2	450–500	483	343.00	343.00
5	550–600	563	338.00–341.00	339.79
1	600–650	620	315.00	315.00
3	650–700	655	320.00	320.00
2	700–750	713	287.00	287.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	483	340.00	340.00
1	500–550	540	322.00	322.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	360	350.00	350.00
3	400–450	438	355.00	355.00
3	500–550	545	319.00	319.00
1	550–600	590	310.00	310.00
1	600–650	615	310.00	310.00
1	650–700	665	310.00	310.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	550	332.00	332.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	442	409.00	409.00
1	550–600	550	335.00	335.00
2	600–650	645	349.00	349.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	390	430.00	430.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	390	440.00	440.00
1	400–450	420	377.00	377.00
2	500–550	533	382.00–397.00	389.61
1	600–650	610	372.00	372.00
1	650–700	650	330.00	330.00
5	750–800	765	334.00	334.00

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.