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Southside Livestock Markets, Inc.

Name: Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2026-01-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-01-07

Feeder Cattle · Blackstone, Virginia · Wed, Jan 7

● Final44 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2183

← Dec 17Jan 7Jan 14 →

Receipts

162 head

▲ 17 vs last sale 145▲ 113 vs year ago 49 · +230.6%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 18, Heifers 62, Bulls 82)

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 $341.59/cwt on 15 head. That ranks 5 of 24 comparable sales and sits −31.42 against this barn's trailing median of $373.01.

Average price

$341.59

15 head · 560 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,913

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$247

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Small 1

$43.55/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−29.58

vs VA average

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	558	354.80	1,981	6thin
Medium and Large 1	564	350.00	1,974	5thin
Small 1	557	311.25	1,734	4thin

One grade step is worth $43.55/cwt here — about $247 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 sale15 hd

341.59

—

VA average5 barns · 145 hd

371.16

−29.58

This barn, trailing median24 sales

373.01

−31.42

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

44 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 · Steers8 lots · lightest first
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	445	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,914	1
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	513	417.00/cwt	417.00–417.00	2,139	2
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	585	404.00/cwt	404.00–404.00	2,363	2
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	628	368.00/cwt	368.00–368.00	2,311	2
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 3	640	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,080	1
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	667	356.08/cwt	350.50–360.00	2,375	5
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	700	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,415	1
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	803	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	2,586	4
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 3	348	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,253	3
Heifers	400–450	Small 1	415	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,245	2
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 3	444	351.00/cwt	351.00–351.00	1,558	4
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	450	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,665	8
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	457	368.39/cwt	350.00–371.00	1,684	8
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	528	341.72/cwt	337.00–342.50	1,804	7
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	538	348.50/cwt	348.50–348.50	1,875	11
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 3	541	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,785	5
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	555	327.00/cwt	327.00–327.00	1,815	1
Heifers	550–600	Small 1	568	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,392	2
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	575	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,898	1
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	639	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,981	5
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 3	645	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,645	1
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	663	302.00/cwt	302.00–302.00	2,002	3
Feeder Cattle · Bulls22 lots · lightest first
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 2	334	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	1,637	4
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1	375	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	1,763	1
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2	385	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	1,790	1
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	419	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	1,969	10
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	430	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,935	4
Bulls	400–450	Small 1	445	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,914	1
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	488	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	2,220	11
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	490	431.06/cwt	430.00–445.00	2,112	13
Bulls	500–550	Small 1	525	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,969	1
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2	533	364.41/cwt	340.00–390.00	1,942	2
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	564	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,974	5
Bulls	550–600	Small 1	568	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,647	3
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2	571	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,999	4
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 2	623	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	1,906	3
Bulls	600–650	Small 1	623	302.00/cwt	302.00–302.00	1,881	2
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	635	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,905	10
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1	675	278.46/cwt	277.00–280.00	1,880	2
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 2	710	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,882	1
Bulls	700–750	Small 1	720	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,584	1
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1	725	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,030	1
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 1	755	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,039	1
Bulls	800–850	Medium and Large 1	810	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	2,066	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 Jan 7, 2026

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

Receipts 162Last week 145Year ago 49

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 18, Heifers 62, Bulls 82)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	375	470.00	470.00
4	400–450	430	450.00	450.00
11	450–500	488	455.00	455.00
5	550–600	564	350.00	350.00
10	600–650	635	300.00	300.00
2	650–700	675	277.00–280.00	278.46
1	700–750	725	280.00	280.00
1	750–800	755	270.00	270.00
1	800–850	810	255.00	255.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	445	430.00	430.00
1	500–550	525	375.00	375.00
3	550–600	568	290.00	290.00
2	600–650	623	302.00	302.00
1	700–750	720	220.00	220.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	334	490.00	490.00
1	350–400	385	465.00	465.00
10	400–450	419	470.00	470.00
13	450–500	490	430.00–445.00	431.06
2	500–550	533	340.00–390.00	364.41
4	550–600	571	350.00	350.00
3	600–650	623	306.00	306.00
1	700–750	710	265.00	265.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	348	360.00	360.00
4	400–450	444	351.00	351.00
5	500–550	541	330.00	330.00
1	600–650	645	255.00	255.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	415	300.00	300.00
2	550–600	568	245.00	245.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	450–500	457	350.00–371.00	368.39
7	500–550	528	337.00–342.50	341.72
1	550–600	555	327.00	327.00
3	650–700	663	302.00	302.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	450–500	450	370.00	370.00
11	500–550	538	348.50	348.50
1	550–600	575	330.00	330.00
5	600–650	639	310.00	310.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	600–650	640	325.00	325.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	550–600	585	404.00	404.00
2	600–650	628	368.00	368.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	445	430.00	430.00
2	500–550	513	417.00	417.00
5	650–700	667	350.50–360.00	356.08
1	700–750	700	345.00	345.00
4	800–850	803	322.00	322.00

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.