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Southside Livestock Markets, Inc.

Name: Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2025-10-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-10-08

Feeder Cattle · Blackstone, Virginia · Wed, Oct 8

● Final39 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2183

← Oct 1Oct 8Oct 15 →

Receipts

100 head

▼ 52 vs last sale 152▼ 194 vs year ago 294 · −66.0%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 21, Heifers 47, Bulls 32)

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 $307.60/cwt on 10 head. That ranks 1 of 32 comparable sales and sits −51.73 against this barn's trailing median of $359.34.

Average price

$307.60

10 head · 535 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,646

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$290

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Small 1

$68.01/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−9.76

vs VA average

−76.79 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	534	323.01	1,725	4thin
Medium and Large 1	528	323.00	1,705	3thin
Medium and Large 3	505	305.00	1,540	1thin
Small 1	563	255.00	1,434	2thin

One grade step is worth $68.01/cwt here — about $290 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 700–800 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

307.60

—

VA average9 barns · 603 hd

317.36

−9.76

National average182 barns · 15,418 hd

384.39

−76.79

This barn, trailing median32 sales

359.34

−51.73

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

39 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 · Steers9 lots · lightest first
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	375	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,538	2
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	480	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,944	2
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	532	387.00/cwt	387.00–387.00	2,059	5
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	558	349.73/cwt	330.00–370.00	1,951	2
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 3	580	342.00/cwt	342.00–342.00	1,984	2
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	605	347.00/cwt	347.00–347.00	2,099	1
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 3	632	332.00/cwt	332.00–332.00	2,098	3
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	662	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,251	3
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	700	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,310	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	345	340.25/cwt	335.00–342.00	1,174	4
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 3	360	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,224	4
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	395	352.00/cwt	352.00–352.00	1,390	2
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	435	339.00/cwt	339.00–339.00	1,475	4
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	455	333.00/cwt	333.00–333.00	1,515	5
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 3	459	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,515	7
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 3	505	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,540	1
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	528	323.00/cwt	323.00–323.00	1,705	3
Heifers	500–550	Small 1	530	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,431	1
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	534	323.01/cwt	320.00–324.00	1,725	4
Heifers	550–600	Small 1	595	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,428	1
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	628	286.68/cwt	286.00–288.00	1,800	3
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 3	670	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,809	2
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	690	277.00/cwt	277.00–277.00	1,911	2
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	708	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,947	2
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	710	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,420	1
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 3	730	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,278	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls13 lots · lightest first
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 2	340	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,411	2
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1	340	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,207	1
Bulls	400–450	Small 1	405	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,235	1
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	435	372.59/cwt	365.00–380.00	1,621	2
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	455	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,570	1
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	474	369.13/cwt	315.00–385.00	1,750	8
Bulls	500–550	Small 1	500	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,375	1
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	510	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,964	2
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	560	364.15/cwt	332.00–380.00	2,039	3
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2	565	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,865	2
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 2	618	310.00/cwt	280.00–340.00	1,916	3
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	637	320.95/cwt	320.00–325.00	2,044	5
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 1	780	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,106	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 Oct 8, 2025

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

Receipts 100Last week 152Year ago 294

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 21, Heifers 47, Bulls 32)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	340	355.00	355.00
1	450–500	455	345.00	345.00
2	500–550	510	385.00	385.00
3	550–600	560	332.00–380.00	364.15
5	600–650	637	320.00–325.00	320.95
1	750–800	780	270.00	270.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	405	305.00	305.00
1	500–550	500	275.00	275.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	340	415.00	415.00
2	400–450	435	365.00–380.00	372.59
8	450–500	474	315.00–385.00	369.13
2	550–600	565	330.00	330.00
3	600–650	618	280.00–340.00	310.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	530	270.00	270.00
1	550–600	595	240.00	240.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	360	340.00	340.00
7	450–500	459	330.00	330.00
1	500–550	505	305.00	305.00
2	650–700	670	270.00	270.00
1	700–750	730	175.00	175.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	345	335.00–342.00	340.25
4	400–450	435	339.00	339.00
4	500–550	534	320.00–324.00	323.01
2	650–700	690	277.00	277.00
1	700–750	710	200.00	200.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	395	352.00	352.00
5	450–500	455	333.00	333.00
3	500–550	528	323.00	323.00
3	600–650	628	286.00–288.00	286.68
2	700–750	708	275.00	275.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	550–600	580	342.00	342.00
3	600–650	632	332.00	332.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	375	410.00	410.00
2	550–600	558	330.00–370.00	349.73
1	600–650	605	347.00	347.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	480	405.00	405.00
5	500–550	532	387.00	387.00
3	650–700	662	340.00	340.00
1	700–750	700	330.00	330.00

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.