Sale reports / Virginia / Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. / 2026-02-25

Southside Livestock Markets, Inc.

Name: Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2026-02-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-02-25

Feeder Cattle · Blackstone, Virginia · Wed, Feb 25

● Final35 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2183

← Feb 18Feb 25Mar 4 →

Receipts

91 head

▼ 54 vs last sale 145▼ 122 vs year ago 213 · −57.3%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 10, Heifers 42, Bulls 39)

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 $364.33/cwt on 18 head. That ranks 19 of 32 comparable sales and sits +4.99 against this barn's trailing median of $359.34.

Average price

$364.33

18 head · 540 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,968

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$150

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 1

$49.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−57.81

vs VA average

−66.08 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	539	384.00	2,070	9thin
Medium and Large 3	532	347.42	1,848	7thin
Medium and Large 1	573	335.00	1,920	2thin

One grade step is worth $49.00/cwt here — about $150 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 sale18 hd

364.33

—

VA average8 barns · 344 hd

422.14

−57.81

National average177 barns · 14,680 hd

430.41

−66.08

This barn, trailing median32 sales

359.34

+4.99

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

35 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 · Steers6 lots · lightest first
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	365	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	1,862	1
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 3	395	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	1,916	1
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	448	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	2,128	2
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	550	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	2,503	1
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	595	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	2,529	1
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	615	417.00/cwt	417.00–417.00	2,565	4
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	345	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,466	1
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	345	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,466	1
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	432	434.02/cwt	432.00–435.00	1,875	3
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	442	437.00/cwt	437.00–437.00	1,932	5
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 3	453	442.00/cwt	442.00–442.00	2,002	6
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	460	427.00/cwt	427.00–427.00	1,964	1
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 3	532	347.42/cwt	338.00–349.00	1,848	7
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	539	384.00/cwt	384.00–384.00	2,070	9
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	573	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,920	2
Heifers	600–650	Small 1	635	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,746	1
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	658	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,237	2
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	663	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,221	3
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	745	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,086	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls16 lots · lightest first
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1	300	535.00/cwt	535.00–535.00	1,605	1
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2	353	525.00/cwt	525.00–525.00	1,853	3
Bulls	350–400	Small 1	370	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,665	1
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	405	525.00/cwt	525.00–525.00	2,126	6
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	422	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	2,068	3
Bulls	400–450	Small 1	429	462.00/cwt	462.00–462.00	1,982	4
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	474	467.43/cwt	465.00–475.00	2,216	4
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	490	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	2,352	2
Bulls	500–550	Small 1	518	444.66/cwt	435.00–455.00	2,303	2
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	565	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,260	3
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2	575	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,214	1
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 2	640	348.00/cwt	348.00–348.00	2,227	3
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	645	358.00/cwt	358.00–358.00	2,309	3
Bulls	650–700	Small 1	660	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,013	1
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1	665	347.00/cwt	347.00–347.00	2,308	1
Bulls	700–750	Small 1	730	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,409	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 25, 2026

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

Receipts 91Last week 145Year ago 213

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 10, Heifers 42, Bulls 39)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	300	535.00	535.00
3	400–450	422	490.00	490.00
4	450–500	474	465.00–475.00	467.43
3	550–600	565	400.00	400.00
3	600–650	645	358.00	358.00
1	650–700	665	347.00	347.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	370	450.00	450.00
4	400–450	429	462.00	462.00
2	500–550	518	435.00–455.00	444.66
1	650–700	660	305.00	305.00
1	700–750	730	330.00	330.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	353	525.00	525.00
6	400–450	405	525.00	525.00
2	450–500	490	480.00	480.00
1	550–600	575	385.00	385.00
3	600–650	640	348.00	348.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	600–650	635	275.00	275.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	345	425.00	425.00
5	400–450	442	437.00	437.00
1	450–500	460	427.00	427.00
9	500–550	539	384.00	384.00
3	650–700	663	335.00	335.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	450–500	453	442.00	442.00
7	500–550	532	338.00–349.00	347.42

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	345	425.00	425.00
3	400–450	432	432.00–435.00	434.02
2	550–600	573	335.00	335.00
2	650–700	658	340.00	340.00
1	700–750	745	280.00	280.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	395	485.00	485.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	595	425.00	425.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	365	510.00	510.00
2	400–450	448	475.00	475.00
1	550–600	550	455.00	455.00
4	600–650	615	417.00	417.00

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.