Sale reports / Virginia / Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. / 2025-10-22

Southside Livestock Markets, Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Blackstone, Virginia · Wed, Oct 22
● Final66 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2183
Receipts
380 head
▲ 227 vs last sale 153▲ 131 vs year ago 249 · +52.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 110, Heifers 174, Bulls 96)

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $320.12/cwt on 57 head. That ranks 6 of 32 comparable sales and sits −39.22 against this barn's trailing median of $359.34.
Average price
$320.12
57 head · 543 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,739
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$433
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 1
$73.63/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−17.34
vs VA average
−70.70 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1551328.631,81014thin
Medium and Large 2548322.881,76916thin
Medium and Large 3536318.801,71025
Small 1540255.001,3772thin
One grade step is worth $73.63/cwt here — about $433 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 sale57 hd
320.12
—
VA average8 barns · 422 hd
337.46
−17.34
National average186 barns · 24,193 hd
390.82
−70.70
This barn, trailing median32 sales
359.34
−39.22
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
416377338299median 359.3403/0404/2906/2409/0910/28
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

66 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.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers21 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2325367.00/cwt367.00–367.001,1931
Steers300–350Medium and Large 3335330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,1061
Steers350–400Medium and Large 3385368.00/cwt368.00–368.001,4172
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1449385.00/cwt385.00–385.001,7295
Steers400–450Medium and Large 3449360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,6169
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2454374.00/cwt374.00–374.001,6986
Steers450–500Medium and Large 3485390.00/cwt390.00–390.001,8925
Steers500–550Medium and Large 3528375.00/cwt375.00–375.001,9807
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1541408.00/cwt408.00–408.002,2078
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1553389.00/cwt389.00–389.002,1519
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2553382.00/cwt382.00–382.002,1123
Steers550–600Medium and Large 3568335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,9032
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1615362.10/cwt338.00–370.002,22717
Steers600–650Medium and Large 3615340.00/cwt340.00–340.002,0911
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2628342.50/cwt342.50–342.502,1512
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1713331.25/cwt331.25–331.252,36221
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2720317.78/cwt310.00–326.002,2882
Steers750–800Medium and Large 3765319.00/cwt319.00–319.002,4401
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1780318.00/cwt318.00–318.002,4801
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1834315.67/cwt314.00–316.002,6336
Steers850–900Medium and Large 2895280.00/cwt280.00–280.002,5061
Feeder Cattle · Heifers26 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 3335320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,0722
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1345355.00/cwt355.00–355.001,2251
Heifers300–350Small 1345290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,0012
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3351337.00/cwt337.00–337.001,18316
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2354346.00/cwt346.00–346.001,22510
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2421316.99/cwt316.00–320.001,3359
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3436319.75/cwt319.75–319.751,39420
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2450323.00/cwt323.00–323.001,45411
Heifers450–500Small 1450181.00/cwt181.00–181.008152
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1461330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,5215
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3477325.06/cwt312.00–331.001,55110
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1520317.00/cwt317.00–317.001,6481
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2525313.69/cwt313.00–315.001,6473
Heifers500–550Small 1525245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,2861
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3534320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,70922
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1553329.53/cwt327.00–330.001,82213
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2553325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,79713
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 3553310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,7143
Heifers550–600Small 1555265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,4711
Heifers600–650Small 1600165.00/cwt165.00–165.009901
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2633290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,8367
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 3638270.01/cwt250.00–280.001,7236
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1672300.00/cwt300.00–300.002,0167
Heifers700–750Small 1700150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,0501
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 3713179.91/cwt175.00–185.001,2832
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1750245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,8381
Feeder Cattle · Bulls19 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2338397.00/cwt397.00–397.001,3427
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1340395.00/cwt395.00–395.001,3432
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1415370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,5365
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2420390.00/cwt390.00–390.001,63819
Bulls400–450Small 1438320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,4024
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2480379.10/cwt360.00–384.001,82014
Bulls450–500Small 1483332.00/cwt332.00–332.001,6045
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1486368.00/cwt368.00–368.001,7887
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2552362.00/cwt362.00–362.001,9985
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1563383.00/cwt383.00–383.002,1565
Bulls550–600Small 1576301.00/cwt301.00–301.001,7344
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2612337.00/cwt337.00–337.002,0623
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1615275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,6911
Bulls600–650Small 1620275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,7052
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1650339.00/cwt339.00–339.002,2045
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1732305.00/cwt305.00–305.002,2333
Bulls750–800Small 1765250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,9131
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 2800280.00/cwt280.00–280.002,2401
Bulls850–900Medium and Large 1865267.00/cwt267.00–267.002,3101

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.