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Southside Livestock Markets, Inc.

Name: Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2026-04-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-04-08

Feeder Cattle · Blackstone, Virginia · Wed, Apr 8

● Final47 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2183

← Apr 1Apr 8Apr 15 →

Receipts

159 head

▼ 59 vs last sale 218▲ 14 vs year ago 145 · +9.7%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 37, Heifers 54, 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 $440.10/cwt on 14 head, up $44.45 from the prior sale. That ranks 24 of 24 comparable sales and sits +67.09 against this barn's trailing median of $373.01.

Average price

$440.10

▲ 44.45 vs prior sale

14 head · 546 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,401

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$98

per head · Small 1 over Medium and Large 1

$32.29/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+7.16

vs VA average

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Small 1	500	465.00	2,325	2thin
Medium and Large 2	533	445.67	2,375	3thin
Medium and Large 1	560	432.71	2,423	9thin

One grade step is worth $32.29/cwt here — about −$98 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 sale14 hd

440.10

—

VA average8 barns · 158 hd

432.94

+7.16

This barn, trailing median24 sales

373.01

+67.09

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

47 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 · Steers15 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	325	580.00/cwt	580.00–580.00	1,885	1
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 3	350	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	1,925	1
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	365	560.00/cwt	560.00–560.00	2,044	1
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	380	555.00/cwt	555.00–555.00	2,109	2
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	437	495.26/cwt	485.00–505.00	2,164	4
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	448	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	2,285	2
Steers	450–500	Small 1	455	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	2,184	1
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	532	495.00/cwt	495.00–495.00	2,633	6
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	560	495.00/cwt	495.00–495.00	2,772	1
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	563	495.00/cwt	495.00–495.00	2,787	2
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	605	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,541	1
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	654	418.75/cwt	415.00–420.00	2,739	4
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	728	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,657	2
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	800	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,560	1
Steers	1100–1150	Medium and Large 1	1,133	276.00/cwt	276.00–276.00	3,127	8
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 3	357	517.00/cwt	517.00–517.00	1,846	7
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	395	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	1,916	1
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	395	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,600	1
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 3	436	452.48/cwt	400.00–465.00	1,973	5
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	438	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	2,102	8
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 3	465	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	2,116	1
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	478	443.43/cwt	435.00–445.00	2,120	6
Heifers	450–500	Small 1	485	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,086	1
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	507	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,180	3
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	535	417.00/cwt	417.00–417.00	2,231	4
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	559	386.00/cwt	386.00–386.00	2,158	5
Heifers	550–600	Small 1	585	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,989	1
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 3	605	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,239	1
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	613	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,023	3
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	626	325.91/cwt	320.00–357.00	2,040	6
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	800	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	2,000	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls16 lots · lightest first
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2	354	560.00/cwt	560.00–560.00	1,982	4
Bulls	350–400	Small 1	375	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,556	1
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	408	495.00/cwt	495.00–495.00	2,020	11
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	409	507.00/cwt	507.00–507.00	2,074	4
Bulls	400–450	Small 1	438	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	2,015	2
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	478	470.81/cwt	435.00–475.00	2,250	9
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	480	482.00/cwt	482.00–482.00	2,314	4
Bulls	500–550	Small 1	500	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	2,325	2
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2	533	445.67/cwt	445.00–446.00	2,375	3
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	560	432.71/cwt	375.00–440.00	2,423	9
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	629	405.88/cwt	365.00–411.00	2,553	9
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 2	638	407.00/cwt	407.00–407.00	2,597	2
Bulls	600–650	Small 1	643	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,283	2
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1	680	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,652	1
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1	747	334.26/cwt	317.00–340.00	2,497	4
Bulls	850–900	Medium and Large 1	875	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	2,494	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 Apr 8, 2026

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

Receipts 159Last week 218Year ago 145

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 37, Heifers 54, Bulls 68)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	357	517.00	517.00
5	400–450	436	400.00–465.00	452.48
1	450–500	465	455.00	455.00
1	600–650	605	370.00	370.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	395	405.00	405.00
8	400–450	438	480.00	480.00
4	500–550	535	417.00	417.00
3	600–650	613	330.00	330.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	485	430.00	430.00
1	550–600	585	340.00	340.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	395	485.00	485.00
6	450–500	478	435.00–445.00	443.43
3	500–550	507	430.00	430.00
5	550–600	559	386.00	386.00
6	600–650	626	320.00–357.00	325.91
1	800–850	800	250.00	250.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	354	560.00	560.00
4	400–450	409	507.00	507.00
4	450–500	480	482.00	482.00
3	500–550	533	445.00–446.00	445.67
2	600–650	638	407.00	407.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	375	415.00	415.00
2	400–450	438	460.00	460.00
2	500–550	500	465.00	465.00
2	600–650	643	355.00	355.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	400–450	408	495.00	495.00
9	450–500	478	435.00–475.00	470.81
9	550–600	560	375.00–440.00	432.71
9	600–650	629	365.00–411.00	405.88
1	650–700	680	390.00	390.00
4	700–750	747	317.00–340.00	334.26
1	850–900	875	285.00	285.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	365	560.00	560.00
2	400–450	448	510.00	510.00
1	550–600	560	495.00	495.00
1	600–650	605	420.00	420.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	350	550.00	550.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	455	480.00	480.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	325	580.00	580.00
2	350–400	380	555.00	555.00
4	400–450	437	485.00–505.00	495.26
6	500–550	532	495.00	495.00
2	550–600	563	495.00	495.00
4	650–700	654	415.00–420.00	418.75
2	700–750	728	365.00	365.00
1	800–850	800	320.00	320.00
8	1100–1150	1,133	276.00	276.00

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.