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Southside Livestock Markets, Inc.

Name: Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2025-10-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-10-15

Feeder Cattle · Blackstone, Virginia · Wed, Oct 15

● Final48 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2183

← Oct 8Oct 15Oct 22 →

Receipts

153 head

▲ 53 vs last sale 100▼ 119 vs year ago 272 · −43.8%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 41, Heifers 55, Bulls 57)

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb bulls averaged $364.58/cwt on 12 head. That ranks 10 of 24 comparable sales and sits −8.43 against this barn's trailing median of $373.01.

Average price

$364.58

12 head · 561 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,044

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$205

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

$57.49/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+17.11

vs VA average

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	558	372.49	2,079	10thin
Small 1	550	335.00	1,843	1thin
Medium and Large 2	595	315.00	1,874	1thin

One grade step is worth $57.49/cwt here — about $205 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 sale12 hd

364.58

—

VA average10 barns · 229 hd

347.47

+17.11

This barn, trailing median24 sales

373.01

−8.43

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

24 sales

Bulls 500–600 lb: high $440.10, low $330.96, median $373.01 across 24 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Every lot

48 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	370	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,536	4
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	395	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,620	1
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	425	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,594	3
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	446	399.00/cwt	399.00–399.00	1,780	6
Steers	450–500	Small 1	465	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,256	1
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	490	387.00/cwt	387.00–387.00	1,896	1
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	510	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,454	1
Steers	550–600	Small 1	560	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,708	3
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	565	377.35/cwt	366.00–379.00	2,132	8
Steers	600–650	Small 1	640	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	2,061	1
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	643	352.00/cwt	352.00–352.00	2,263	3
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	690	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,277	1
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 3	730	282.00/cwt	282.00–282.00	2,059	1
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	730	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	2,008	5
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	745	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,347	1
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 2	835	282.00/cwt	282.00–282.00	2,355	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	330	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	990	1
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 3	368	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,214	3
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	375	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,163	1
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	390	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,248	1
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	414	341.00/cwt	341.00–341.00	1,412	10
Heifers	400–450	Small 1	445	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,113	1
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 3	448	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,165	2
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	466	336.00/cwt	336.00–336.00	1,566	4
Heifers	500–550	Small 1	530	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,193	1
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	543	323.00/cwt	323.00–323.00	1,754	6
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 3	545	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	1,455	6
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	557	311.19/cwt	267.00–320.00	1,733	6
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	620	292.61/cwt	292.00–295.00	1,814	5
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 3	633	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,836	2
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	640	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,920	4
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 3	655	288.00/cwt	288.00–288.00	1,886	1
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	700	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,925	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls15 lots · lightest first
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 2	339	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,356	4
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1	345	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,346	1
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	416	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,747	7
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	437	393.88/cwt	330.00–410.00	1,721	5
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	484	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,936	7
Bulls	450–500	Small 1	485	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,431	2
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	486	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,385	7
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	515	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,957	1
Bulls	550–600	Small 1	550	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,843	1
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	563	371.66/cwt	330.00–377.00	2,092	9
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2	595	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,874	1
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 2	628	318.54/cwt	317.00–320.00	2,000	2
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	638	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	2,054	8
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 1	765	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,448	1
Bulls	800–850	Medium and Large 1	810	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	2,147	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 15, 2025

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

Receipts 153Last week 100Year ago 272

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 41, Heifers 55, Bulls 57)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	368	330.00	330.00
2	400–450	448	260.00	260.00
6	500–550	545	267.00	267.00
2	600–650	633	290.00	290.00
1	650–700	655	288.00	288.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	330	300.00	300.00
1	350–400	375	310.00	310.00
4	450–500	466	336.00	336.00
6	550–600	557	267.00–320.00	311.19
5	600–650	620	292.00–295.00	292.61
1	700–750	700	275.00	275.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	445	250.00	250.00
1	500–550	530	225.00	225.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	390	320.00	320.00
10	400–450	414	341.00	341.00
6	500–550	543	323.00	323.00
4	600–650	640	300.00	300.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	339	400.00	400.00
7	400–450	416	420.00	420.00
7	450–500	486	285.00	285.00
1	550–600	595	315.00	315.00
2	600–650	628	317.00–320.00	318.54

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	485	295.00	295.00
1	550–600	550	335.00	335.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	345	390.00	390.00
5	400–450	437	330.00–410.00	393.88
7	450–500	484	400.00	400.00
1	500–550	515	380.00	380.00
9	550–600	563	330.00–377.00	371.66
8	600–650	638	322.00	322.00
1	750–800	765	320.00	320.00
1	800–850	810	265.00	265.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	395	410.00	410.00
3	400–450	425	375.00	375.00
1	650–700	690	330.00	330.00
5	700–750	730	275.00	275.00
1	800–850	835	282.00	282.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	700–750	730	282.00	282.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	465	270.00	270.00
3	550–600	560	305.00	305.00
1	600–650	640	322.00	322.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	370	415.00	415.00
6	400–450	446	399.00	399.00
1	450–500	490	387.00	387.00
1	500–550	510	285.00	285.00
8	550–600	565	366.00–379.00	377.35
3	600–650	643	352.00	352.00
1	700–750	745	315.00	315.00

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.