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Southside Livestock Markets, Inc.

Name: Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2026-05-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-05-27

Feeder Cattle · Blackstone, Virginia · Wed, May 27

● Final43 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2183

← May 20May 27Jun 3 →

Receipts

194 head

▲ 70 vs last sale 124▲ 32 vs year ago 162 · +19.8%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 36, Heifers 92, Bulls 66)

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 $360.55/cwt on 30 head, down $4.65 from the prior sale. That ranks 18 of 32 comparable sales and sits +1.21 against this barn's trailing median of $359.34.

Average price

$360.55

▼ 4.65 vs prior sale

30 head · 542 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,954

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$241

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3

$46.44/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−21.34

vs VA average

−46.89 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	550	374.17	2,057	12thin
Medium and Large 2	526	372.73	1,961	9thin
Small 1	500	350.00	1,750	1thin
Medium and Large 3	554	327.73	1,816	8thin

One grade step is worth $46.44/cwt here — about $241 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 sale30 hd

360.55

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VA average3 barns · 172 hd

381.89

−21.34

National average128 barns · 4,974 hd

407.44

−46.89

This barn, trailing median32 sales

359.34

+1.21

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

43 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 · Steers13 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	325	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,495	1
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 3	360	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	1,746	4
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 3	420	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	1,911	1
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	437	441.84/cwt	365.00–465.00	1,931	4
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	462	468.67/cwt	465.00–470.00	2,165	4
Steers	500–550	Small 1	510	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	2,219	1
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	525	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	2,310	1
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	546	468.00/cwt	468.00–468.00	2,555	11
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	590	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	2,626	1
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	643	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,701	2
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	645	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,645	1
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	678	412.27/cwt	400.00–425.00	2,795	2
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	732	365.05/cwt	355.00–385.00	2,672	3
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	364	445.71/cwt	405.00–457.00	1,622	5
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	368	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,656	2
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 3	370	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,628	6
Heifers	350–400	Small 1	390	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,638	1
Heifers	400–450	Small 1	431	357.46/cwt	350.00–362.00	1,541	5
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	435	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,718	1
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 3	445	403.99/cwt	402.00–405.00	1,798	6
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	455	408.19/cwt	385.00–417.00	1,857	16
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	464	426.06/cwt	415.00–428.00	1,977	12
Heifers	500–550	Small 1	500	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,750	1
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	526	372.73/cwt	371.00–379.00	1,961	9
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	543	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,955	2
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	551	377.00/cwt	377.00–377.00	2,077	10
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 3	554	327.73/cwt	312.00–330.00	1,816	8
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 3	625	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,969	3
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	641	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,019	4
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	670	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,044	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls13 lots · lightest first
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2	364	478.49/cwt	465.00–485.00	1,742	3
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	423	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	2,052	18
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	440	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	2,046	2
Bulls	450–500	Small 1	475	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,829	1
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	483	427.00/cwt	427.00–427.00	2,062	9
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	487	436.78/cwt	420.00–440.00	2,127	6
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	553	377.00/cwt	377.00–377.00	2,085	9
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2	555	376.00/cwt	376.00–376.00	2,087	2
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	633	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,247	9
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 2	660	367.00/cwt	367.00–367.00	2,422	2
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 2	710	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	2,215	1
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1	730	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,117	2
Bulls	800–850	Medium and Large 1	825	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,310	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 May 27, 2026

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

Receipts 194Last week 124Year ago 162

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 36, Heifers 92, Bulls 66)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	440	465.00	465.00
6	450–500	487	420.00–440.00	436.78
9	550–600	553	377.00	377.00
9	600–650	633	355.00	355.00
2	700–750	730	290.00	290.00
1	800–850	825	280.00	280.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	364	465.00–485.00	478.49
18	400–450	423	485.00	485.00
9	450–500	483	427.00	427.00
2	550–600	555	376.00	376.00
2	650–700	660	367.00	367.00
1	700–750	710	312.00	312.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	475	385.00	385.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	360	485.00	485.00
1	400–450	420	455.00	455.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	462	465.00–470.00	468.67
11	500–550	546	468.00	468.00
1	550–600	590	445.00	445.00
2	600–650	643	420.00	420.00
2	650–700	678	400.00–425.00	412.27
3	700–750	732	355.00–385.00	365.05

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	325	460.00	460.00
4	400–450	437	365.00–465.00	441.84
1	500–550	525	440.00	440.00
1	600–650	645	410.00	410.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	510	435.00	435.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	370	440.00	440.00
6	400–450	445	402.00–405.00	403.99
8	550–600	554	312.00–330.00	327.73
3	600–650	625	315.00	315.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	368	450.00	450.00
12	450–500	464	415.00–428.00	426.06
2	500–550	543	360.00	360.00
10	550–600	551	377.00	377.00
4	600–650	641	315.00	315.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	364	405.00–457.00	445.71
1	400–450	435	395.00	395.00
16	450–500	455	385.00–417.00	408.19
9	500–550	526	371.00–379.00	372.73
1	650–700	670	305.00	305.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	390	420.00	420.00
5	400–450	431	350.00–362.00	357.46
1	500–550	500	350.00	350.00

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.