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Southside Livestock Markets, Inc.

Name: Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2025-10-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-10-29

Feeder Cattle · Blackstone, Virginia · Wed, Oct 29

● Final45 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2183

← Oct 22Oct 29Nov 5 →

Receipts

140 head

▼ 240 vs last sale 380▼ 168 vs year ago 308 · −54.5%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 38, Heifers 73, Bulls 29)

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 $306.28/cwt on 27 head. That ranks 1 of 32 comparable sales and sits −53.06 against this barn's trailing median of $359.34.

Average price

$306.28

27 head · 541 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,658

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$41

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Small 1

$39.63/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−22.99

vs VA average

−68.61 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	533	313.63	1,671	12thin
Medium and Large 1	559	310.75	1,737	4thin
Medium and Large 3	539	298.90	1,612	10thin
Small 1	595	274.00	1,630	1thin

One grade step is worth $39.63/cwt here — about $41 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 sale27 hd

306.28

—

VA average9 barns · 630 hd

329.26

−22.99

National average184 barns · 21,753 hd

374.89

−68.61

This barn, trailing median32 sales

359.34

−53.06

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

45 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 · Steers14 lots · lightest first
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 3	350	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,295	1
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 3	451	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,669	7
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	495	392.00/cwt	392.00–392.00	1,940	1
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	531	375.74/cwt	374.00–385.00	1,995	6
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 3	535	372.00/cwt	372.00–372.00	1,990	3
Steers	500–550	Small 1	540	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,620	2
Steers	550–600	Small 1	565	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,413	1
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	622	290.97/cwt	289.50–297.00	1,810	5
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	653	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,894	2
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 3	655	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,769	1
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	686	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,058	5
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	710	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	2,038	1
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	738	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	2,118	2
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	810	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	2,228	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	339	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	1,058	6
Heifers	350–400	Small 1	360	314.00/cwt	314.00–314.00	1,130	1
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 3	369	317.32/cwt	300.00–320.00	1,171	8
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 3	444	315.50/cwt	315.50–315.50	1,401	11
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	470	312.91/cwt	305.00–314.00	1,471	8
Heifers	450–500	Small 1	470	252.50/cwt	230.00–275.00	1,187	2
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	527	319.50/cwt	319.50–319.50	1,684	9
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 3	537	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	1,616	9
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	550	296.00/cwt	296.00–296.00	1,628	3
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	559	310.75/cwt	310.00–311.00	1,737	4
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 3	560	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,568	1
Heifers	550–600	Small 1	595	274.00/cwt	274.00–274.00	1,630	1
Heifers	600–650	Small 1	605	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,543	1
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	613	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,778	2
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 3	628	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	1,551	2
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	635	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,715	1
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	660	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,848	1
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	748	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,795	2
Feeder Cattle · Bulls13 lots · lightest first
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 2	340	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,173	1
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2	370	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,536	2
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	423	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,650	5
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	440	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,782	1
Bulls	450–500	Small 1	475	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,568	1
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	485	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,843	1
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	488	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,903	3
Bulls	550–600	Small 1	564	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	1,647	5
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2	567	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,814	3
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	568	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,102	3
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 2	700	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,890	1
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1	738	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,845	2
Bulls	750–800	Small 1	770	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,463	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 29, 2025

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

Receipts 140Last week 380Year ago 308

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 38, Heifers 73, Bulls 29)

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	440	405.00	405.00
1	450–500	485	380.00	380.00
3	550–600	568	370.00	370.00
2	700–750	738	250.00	250.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	475	330.00	330.00
5	550–600	564	292.00	292.00
1	750–800	770	190.00	190.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	340	345.00	345.00
2	350–400	370	415.00	415.00
5	400–450	423	390.00	390.00
3	450–500	488	390.00	390.00
3	550–600	567	320.00	320.00
1	700–750	700	270.00	270.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	495	392.00	392.00
2	650–700	653	290.00	290.00
1	700–750	710	287.00	287.00
1	800–850	810	275.00	275.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	540	300.00	300.00
1	550–600	565	250.00	250.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	350	370.00	370.00
7	450–500	451	370.00	370.00
3	500–550	535	372.00	372.00
1	650–700	655	270.00	270.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	500–550	531	374.00–385.00	375.74
5	600–650	622	289.50–297.00	290.97
5	650–700	686	300.00	300.00
2	700–750	738	287.00	287.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	360	314.00	314.00
2	450–500	470	230.00–275.00	252.50
1	550–600	595	274.00	274.00
1	600–650	605	255.00	255.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
8	350–400	369	300.00–320.00	317.32
11	400–450	444	315.50	315.50
9	500–550	537	301.00	301.00
1	550–600	560	280.00	280.00
2	600–650	628	247.00	247.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	339	312.00	312.00
8	450–500	470	305.00–314.00	312.91
9	500–550	527	319.50	319.50
3	550–600	550	296.00	296.00
1	600–650	635	270.00	270.00
2	700–750	748	240.00	240.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	550–600	559	310.00–311.00	310.75
2	600–650	613	290.00	290.00
1	650–700	660	280.00	280.00

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.