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Southside Livestock Markets, Inc.

Name: Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2026-02-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-02-18

Feeder Cattle · Blackstone, Virginia · Wed, Feb 18

● Final51 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2183

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Receipts

145 head

▼ 61 vs last sale 206▲ 145 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 29, Heifers 48, Bulls 68)

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 $360.76/cwt on 26 head. That ranks 10 of 24 comparable sales and sits −12.25 against this barn's trailing median of $373.01.

Average price

$360.76

26 head · 541 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,952

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$170

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 1

$36.66/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−51.38

vs VA average

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	538	382.66	2,059	6thin
Medium and Large 2	537	364.20	1,955	9thin
Small 1	546	346.00	1,889	11thin

One grade step is worth $36.66/cwt here — about $170 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale26 hd

360.76

—

VA average7 barns · 148 hd

412.14

−51.38

This barn, trailing median24 sales

373.01

−12.25

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

51 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 · Steers17 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 3	310	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	1,457	1
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	350	540.00/cwt	540.00–540.00	1,890	1
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	353	525.00/cwt	525.00–525.00	1,853	2
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 3	410	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,476	1
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	415	492.00/cwt	492.00–492.00	2,042	2
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	465	417.96/cwt	375.00–460.00	1,944	2
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	470	464.47/cwt	415.00–490.00	2,183	3
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	510	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,295	1
Steers	500–550	Small 1	545	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,017	1
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	554	447.00/cwt	447.00–447.00	2,476	5
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	565	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,317	1
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	617	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,468	4
Steers	600–650	Small 1	630	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,426	1
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	645	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,451	1
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	665	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,228	1
Steers	700–750	Small 1	715	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,431	1
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	865	302.00/cwt	302.00–302.00	2,612	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 3	351	452.00/cwt	452.00–452.00	1,587	6
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	355	467.00/cwt	467.00–467.00	1,658	2
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	385	462.00/cwt	462.00–462.00	1,779	3
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	420	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,680	1
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	435	390.69/cwt	330.00–420.00	1,700	3
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 3	454	413.00/cwt	413.00–413.00	1,875	7
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	458	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,992	8
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	515	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,828	1
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	525	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,785	1
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 3	539	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,967	5
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	553	362.00/cwt	362.00–362.00	2,002	2
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	560	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,932	2
Heifers	550–600	Small 1	570	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,938	3
Heifers	600–650	Small 1	600	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,040	1
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	675	302.00/cwt	302.00–302.00	2,039	1
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	705	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,974	1
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	750	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,025	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls17 lots · lightest first
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 2	348	545.00/cwt	545.00–545.00	1,897	6
Bulls	350–400	Small 1	360	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,584	1
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2	388	545.00/cwt	545.00–545.00	2,115	6
Bulls	400–450	Small 1	407	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	1,852	3
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	415	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	1,930	4
Bulls	450–500	Small 1	480	349.38/cwt	340.00–410.00	1,677	7
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	485	422.00/cwt	422.00–422.00	2,047	1
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	493	432.00/cwt	432.00–432.00	2,130	2
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2	508	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,956	4
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	538	382.66/cwt	380.00–397.00	2,059	6
Bulls	500–550	Small 1	546	346.00/cwt	346.00–346.00	1,889	11
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2	560	347.56/cwt	320.00–355.00	1,946	5
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	632	347.00/cwt	347.00–347.00	2,193	3
Bulls	650–700	Small 1	658	323.00/cwt	323.00–323.00	2,125	6
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 2	705	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	2,270	1
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1	710	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,130	1
Bulls	700–750	Small 1	740	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	2,161	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 Feb 18, 2026

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Receipts 145Last week 206Year ago 0

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 29, Heifers 48, Bulls 68)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	353	525.00	525.00
2	400–450	415	492.00	492.00
2	450–500	465	375.00–460.00	417.96
1	500–550	510	450.00	450.00
1	550–600	565	410.00	410.00
1	600–650	645	380.00	380.00
1	650–700	665	335.00	335.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	310	470.00	470.00
1	400–450	410	360.00	360.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	545	370.00	370.00
1	600–650	630	385.00	385.00
1	700–750	715	340.00	340.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	350	540.00	540.00
3	450–500	470	415.00–490.00	464.47
5	550–600	554	447.00	447.00
4	600–650	617	400.00	400.00
1	850–900	865	302.00	302.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	348	545.00	545.00
6	350–400	388	545.00	545.00
1	450–500	485	422.00	422.00
4	500–550	508	385.00	385.00
5	550–600	560	320.00–355.00	347.56
1	700–750	705	322.00	322.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	360	440.00	440.00
3	400–450	407	455.00	455.00
7	450–500	480	340.00–410.00	349.38
11	500–550	546	346.00	346.00
6	650–700	658	323.00	323.00
1	700–750	740	292.00	292.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	415	465.00	465.00
2	450–500	493	432.00	432.00
6	500–550	538	380.00–397.00	382.66
3	600–650	632	347.00	347.00
1	700–750	710	300.00	300.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	550–600	570	340.00	340.00
1	600–650	600	340.00	340.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	355	467.00	467.00
1	400–450	420	400.00	400.00
8	450–500	458	435.00	435.00
1	500–550	525	340.00	340.00
2	550–600	560	345.00	345.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	351	452.00	452.00
7	450–500	454	413.00	413.00
5	500–550	539	365.00	365.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	385	462.00	462.00
3	400–450	435	330.00–420.00	390.69
1	500–550	515	355.00	355.00
2	550–600	553	362.00	362.00
1	650–700	675	302.00	302.00
1	700–750	705	280.00	280.00
1	750–800	750	270.00	270.00

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.