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Southside Livestock Markets, Inc.

Name: Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2025-09-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-09-24

Feeder Cattle · Blackstone, Virginia · Wed, Sep 24

● Final55 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2183

← Sep 17Sep 24Oct 1 →

Receipts

205 head

▲ 141 vs last sale 64▲ 56 vs year ago 149 · +37.6%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 41, Heifers 96, Bulls 68)

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 $312.05/cwt on 40 head. That ranks 1 of 32 comparable sales and sits −47.29 against this barn's trailing median of $359.34.

Average price

$312.05

40 head · 551 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,721

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$542

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Small 1

$84.42/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−22.98

vs VA average

−53.80 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	556	326.42	1,815	19thin
Medium and Large 1	542	320.00	1,734	6thin
Medium and Large 3	561	315.00	1,767	10thin
Small 1	526	242.00	1,273	5thin

One grade step is worth $84.42/cwt here — about $542 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 sale40 hd

312.05

—

VA average8 barns · 580 hd

335.03

−22.98

National average172 barns · 11,458 hd

365.85

−53.80

This barn, trailing median32 sales

359.34

−47.29

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

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.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers17 lots · lightest first
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	425	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,721	1
Steers	400–450	Small 1	440	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,210	1
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	473	345.85/cwt	300.00–385.00	1,636	3
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	513	377.32/cwt	370.00–385.00	1,936	2
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 3	540	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,728	2
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	545	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,799	2
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	565	351.67/cwt	295.00–380.00	1,987	3
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 3	595	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,458	1
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 3	630	327.00/cwt	327.00–327.00	2,060	4
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	639	351.08/cwt	345.00–357.00	2,243	4
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	653	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,253	5
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 3	713	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,925	2
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	732	321.40/cwt	305.00–327.00	2,353	4
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 2	763	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,289	2
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 2	805	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,254	1
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	818	297.00/cwt	297.00–297.00	2,429	3
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	920	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,576	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Small 1	340	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,054	1
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	355	358.00/cwt	358.00–358.00	1,271	4
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	420	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,344	1
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	432	333.28/cwt	320.00–340.00	1,440	3
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	459	341.77/cwt	340.00–342.00	1,569	9
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 3	462	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,478	5
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	467	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,588	3
Heifers	450–500	Small 1	472	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,180	3
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	505	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,187	1
Heifers	500–550	Small 1	526	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,273	5
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	542	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,734	6
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	559	331.50/cwt	331.50–331.50	1,853	18
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 3	561	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,767	10
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 3	625	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,563	8
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	636	299.55/cwt	290.00–302.00	1,905	10
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	646	332.00/cwt	332.00–332.00	2,145	4
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	720	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	1,886	1
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 3	725	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,631	1
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	727	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,927	3
Feeder Cattle · Bulls19 lots · lightest first
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 2	328	402.41/cwt	365.00–415.00	1,320	4
Bulls	350–400	Small 1	370	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,184	1
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1	395	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,323	1
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	409	410.22/cwt	370.00–420.00	1,678	5
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	411	417.00/cwt	417.00–417.00	1,714	7
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	489	397.81/cwt	390.00–400.00	1,945	9
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	495	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,931	4
Bulls	500–550	Small 1	505	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,768	1
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	545	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,417	1
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	562	387.00/cwt	387.00–387.00	2,175	11
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2	566	351.00/cwt	351.00–351.00	1,987	8
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 2	621	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,863	4
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	638	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,201	4
Bulls	650–700	Small 1	660	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,650	2
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 2	720	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,872	1
Bulls	750–800	Small 1	755	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,963	1
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 1	775	257.50/cwt	255.00–260.00	1,996	2
Bulls	850–900	Medium and Large 2	850	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,998	1
Bulls	850–900	Medium and Large 1	895	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	2,148	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 24, 2025

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

Receipts 205Last week 64Year ago 149

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 41, Heifers 96, Bulls 68)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	355	358.00	358.00
1	400–450	420	320.00	320.00
9	450–500	459	340.00–342.00	341.77
1	500–550	505	235.00	235.00
18	550–600	559	331.50	331.50
10	600–650	636	290.00–302.00	299.55
1	700–750	720	262.00	262.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	462	320.00	320.00
10	550–600	561	315.00	315.00
8	600–650	625	250.00	250.00
1	700–750	725	225.00	225.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	340	310.00	310.00
3	450–500	472	250.00	250.00
5	500–550	526	242.00	242.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	432	320.00–340.00	333.28
3	450–500	467	340.00	340.00
6	500–550	542	320.00	320.00
4	600–650	646	332.00	332.00
3	700–750	727	265.00	265.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	540	320.00	320.00
1	550–600	595	245.00	245.00
4	600–650	630	327.00	327.00
2	700–750	713	270.00	270.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	440	275.00	275.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	425	405.00	405.00
2	500–550	513	370.00–385.00	377.32
5	650–700	653	345.00	345.00
2	750–800	763	300.00	300.00
1	800–850	805	280.00	280.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	473	300.00–385.00	345.85
2	500–550	545	330.00	330.00
3	550–600	565	295.00–380.00	351.67
4	600–650	639	345.00–357.00	351.08
4	700–750	732	305.00–327.00	321.40
3	800–850	818	297.00	297.00
1	900–950	920	280.00	280.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	370	320.00	320.00
1	500–550	505	350.00	350.00
2	650–700	660	250.00	250.00
1	750–800	755	260.00	260.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	328	365.00–415.00	402.41
7	400–450	411	417.00	417.00
4	450–500	495	390.00	390.00
8	550–600	566	351.00	351.00
4	600–650	621	300.00	300.00
1	700–750	720	260.00	260.00
1	850–900	850	235.00	235.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	395	335.00	335.00
5	400–450	409	370.00–420.00	410.22
9	450–500	489	390.00–400.00	397.81
1	500–550	545	260.00	260.00
11	550–600	562	387.00	387.00
4	600–650	638	345.00	345.00
2	750–800	775	255.00–260.00	257.50
1	850–900	895	240.00	240.00

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.