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Southside Livestock Markets, Inc.

Name: Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2025-11-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-11-05

Feeder Cattle · Blackstone, Virginia · Wed, Nov 5

● Final50 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2183

← Oct 29Nov 5Nov 12 →

Receipts

211 head

▲ 71 vs last sale 140▼ 25 vs year ago 236 · −10.6%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 29, Heifers 119, Bulls 63)

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 $299.30/cwt on 30 head. That ranks 1 of 32 comparable sales and sits −60.04 against this barn's trailing median of $359.34.

Average price

$299.30

30 head · 535 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,602

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$278

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 1

$50.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−22.81

vs VA average

−66.31 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	534	320.00	1,709	5thin
Medium and Large 2	532	311.91	1,659	10thin
Medium and Large 3	538	284.98	1,534	14thin
Small 1	530	270.00	1,431	1thin

One grade step is worth $50.00/cwt here — about $278 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale30 hd

299.30

—

VA average8 barns · 445 hd

322.10

−22.81

National average198 barns · 25,157 hd

365.61

−66.31

This barn, trailing median32 sales

359.34

−60.04

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

50 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 · Steers12 lots · lightest first
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 3	390	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,443	1
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	458	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,718	3
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	468	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,755	2
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 3	480	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,416	1
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	562	371.00/cwt	371.00–371.00	2,085	3
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	562	351.00/cwt	351.00–351.00	1,973	3
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 3	575	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,013	1
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 3	615	316.00/cwt	316.00–316.00	1,943	2
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	645	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,193	3
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	656	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,165	4
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 3	705	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	2,080	1
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	705	286.00/cwt	286.00–286.00	2,016	5
Feeder Cattle · Heifers20 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 3	343	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,183	11
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	352	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,267	3
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	363	354.83/cwt	335.00–360.00	1,288	5
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	426	282.94/cwt	275.00–285.00	1,205	5
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 3	434	312.70/cwt	275.00–315.00	1,357	17
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	440	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,430	5
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	452	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	1,451	11
Heifers	500–550	Small 1	530	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,431	1
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	532	311.91/cwt	265.00–317.00	1,659	10
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 3	533	294.98/cwt	240.00–300.00	1,572	12
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	534	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,709	5
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 3	570	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,283	2
Heifers	600–650	Small 1	610	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,373	1
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	634	248.12/cwt	225.00–260.00	1,573	3
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	635	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,778	2
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 3	668	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,403	2
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	680	299.32/cwt	286.00–304.50	2,035	18
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 3	720	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,656	2
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	725	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	1,900	2
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	823	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,975	2
Feeder Cattle · Bulls18 lots · lightest first
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 2	339	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,356	6
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2	365	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,223	1
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1	380	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,254	1
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	420	421.00/cwt	421.00–421.00	1,768	15
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	424	407.00/cwt	407.00–407.00	1,726	5
Bulls	400–450	Small 1	445	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,469	1
Bulls	450–500	Small 1	480	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,416	1
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	486	378.00/cwt	378.00–378.00	1,837	7
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	491	359.06/cwt	320.00–375.00	1,763	7
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	538	372.00/cwt	372.00–372.00	2,001	2
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2	550	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,898	2
Bulls	550–600	Small 1	565	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,695	1
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 2	610	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,800	1
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	645	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,806	5
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 2	675	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,654	2
Bulls	650–700	Small 1	685	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,473	1
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1	739	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,737	4
Bulls	800–850	Medium and Large 1	830	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,785	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 Nov 5, 2025

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

Receipts 211Last week 140Year ago 236

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 29, Heifers 119, Bulls 63)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	352	360.00	360.00
5	400–450	440	325.00	325.00
5	500–550	534	320.00	320.00
2	600–650	635	280.00	280.00
18	650–700	680	286.00–304.50	299.32
2	800–850	823	240.00	240.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	363	335.00–360.00	354.83
5	400–450	426	275.00–285.00	282.94
11	450–500	452	321.00	321.00
10	500–550	532	265.00–317.00	311.91
3	600–650	634	225.00–260.00	248.12
2	700–750	725	262.00	262.00

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	600–650	610	225.00	225.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
11	300–350	343	345.00	345.00
17	400–450	434	275.00–315.00	312.70
12	500–550	533	240.00–300.00	294.98
2	550–600	570	225.00	225.00
2	650–700	668	210.00	210.00
2	700–750	720	230.00	230.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	339	400.00	400.00
1	350–400	365	335.00	335.00
15	400–450	420	421.00	421.00
7	450–500	486	378.00	378.00
2	550–600	550	345.00	345.00
1	600–650	610	295.00	295.00
2	650–700	675	245.00	245.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	380	330.00	330.00
5	400–450	424	407.00	407.00
7	450–500	491	320.00–375.00	359.06
2	500–550	538	372.00	372.00
5	600–650	645	280.00	280.00
4	700–750	739	235.00	235.00
1	800–850	830	215.00	215.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	445	330.00	330.00
1	450–500	480	295.00	295.00
1	550–600	565	300.00	300.00
1	650–700	685	215.00	215.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	458	375.00	375.00
3	550–600	562	371.00	371.00
3	600–650	645	340.00	340.00
5	700–750	705	286.00	286.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	390	370.00	370.00
1	450–500	480	295.00	295.00
1	550–600	575	350.00	350.00
2	600–650	615	316.00	316.00
1	700–750	705	295.00	295.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	468	375.00	375.00
3	550–600	562	351.00	351.00
4	650–700	656	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.