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Southside Livestock Markets, Inc.

Name: Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2026-03-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-03-11

Feeder Cattle · Blackstone, Virginia · Wed, Mar 11

● Final45 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2183

← Mar 4Mar 11Mar 18 →

Receipts

224 head

▲ 66 vs last sale 158▼ 30 vs year ago 254 · −11.8%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 18, Heifers 114, Bulls 92)

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 $368.08/cwt on 26 head, down $3.12 from the prior sale. That ranks 21 of 32 comparable sales and sits +8.74 against this barn's trailing median of $359.34.

Average price

$368.08

▼ 3.12 vs prior sale

26 head · 536 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,971

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$243

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 1

$50.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−15.87

vs VA average

−45.70 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	537	370.00	1,987	11thin
Medium and Large 3	535	370.00	1,980	5thin
Medium and Large 2	533	370.00	1,972	9thin
Small 1	545	320.00	1,744	1thin

One grade step is worth $50.00/cwt here — about $243 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 sale26 hd

368.08

—

VA average9 barns · 702 hd

383.94

−15.87

National average182 barns · 10,991 hd

413.78

−45.70

This barn, trailing median32 sales

359.34

+8.74

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 · Steers10 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	325	535.00/cwt	535.00–535.00	1,739	2
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	333	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	1,598	4
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 3	360	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,440	1
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	410	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,845	1
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	520	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	2,158	1
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	535	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	2,274	2
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	570	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	2,366	1
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	620	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,860	1
Steers	650–700	Small 1	685	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,055	1
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	783	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	2,521	4
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	354	427.00/cwt	427.00–427.00	1,512	7
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	360	407.00/cwt	407.00–407.00	1,465	3
Heifers	350–400	Small 1	390	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,521	2
Heifers	400–450	Small 1	410	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,435	1
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 3	435	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,305	1
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	436	432.00/cwt	432.00–432.00	1,884	19
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	445	418.69/cwt	405.00–420.00	1,863	22
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 3	464	412.65/cwt	300.00–437.00	1,915	6
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	533	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,972	9
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 3	535	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,980	5
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	537	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,987	11
Heifers	500–550	Small 1	545	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,744	1
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	638	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,786	10
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 3	645	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,580	1
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	668	297.89/cwt	280.00–315.00	1,990	4
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	690	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,070	1
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	705	297.00/cwt	297.00–297.00	2,094	1
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	774	267.89/cwt	240.00–295.00	2,073	8
Feeder Cattle · Bulls17 lots · lightest first
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 2	346	515.00/cwt	515.00–515.00	1,782	10
Bulls	300–350	Small 1	346	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,592	4
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1	349	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	1,780	9
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1	365	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	1,734	1
Bulls	350–400	Small 1	398	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,512	2
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	412	440.54/cwt	395.00–450.00	1,815	6
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	426	433.23/cwt	380.00–440.00	1,846	15
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	475	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,971	4
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	485	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	2,061	12
Bulls	450–500	Small 1	485	387.00/cwt	387.00–387.00	1,877	3
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	557	372.95/cwt	330.00–379.00	2,077	8
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2	563	371.00/cwt	371.00–371.00	2,089	3
Bulls	550–600	Small 1	585	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,989	1
Bulls	600–650	Small 1	640	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,760	1
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	648	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,041	8
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 2	666	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,998	4
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1	735	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	2,095	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 Mar 11, 2026

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

Receipts 224Last week 158Year ago 254

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 18, Heifers 114, Bulls 92)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	354	427.00	427.00
19	400–450	436	432.00	432.00
9	500–550	533	370.00	370.00
4	650–700	668	280.00–315.00	297.89

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	360	407.00	407.00
22	400–450	445	405.00–420.00	418.69
11	500–550	537	370.00	370.00
10	600–650	638	280.00	280.00
1	650–700	690	300.00	300.00
1	700–750	705	297.00	297.00
8	750–800	774	240.00–295.00	267.89

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	390	390.00	390.00
1	400–450	410	350.00	350.00
1	500–550	545	320.00	320.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	435	300.00	300.00
6	450–500	464	300.00–437.00	412.65
5	500–550	535	370.00	370.00
1	600–650	645	245.00	245.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	300–350	346	515.00	515.00
6	400–450	412	395.00–450.00	440.54
4	450–500	475	415.00	415.00
3	550–600	563	371.00	371.00
4	650–700	666	300.00	300.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	300–350	349	510.00	510.00
1	350–400	365	475.00	475.00
15	400–450	426	380.00–440.00	433.23
12	450–500	485	425.00	425.00
8	550–600	557	330.00–379.00	372.95
8	600–650	648	315.00	315.00
1	700–750	735	285.00	285.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	346	460.00	460.00
2	350–400	398	380.00	380.00
3	450–500	485	387.00	387.00
1	550–600	585	340.00	340.00
1	600–650	640	275.00	275.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	650–700	685	300.00	300.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	360	400.00	400.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	333	480.00	480.00
1	400–450	410	450.00	450.00
2	500–550	535	425.00	425.00
1	550–600	570	415.00	415.00
4	750–800	783	322.00	322.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	325	535.00	535.00
1	500–550	520	415.00	415.00
1	600–650	620	300.00	300.00

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.