Sale reports / Virginia / Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. / 2026-06-03

Southside Livestock Markets, Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Blackstone, Virginia · Wed, Jun 3
● Final47 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2183
Receipts
198 head
▲ 4 vs last sale 194▼ 65 vs year ago 263 · −24.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 41, Heifers 83, Bulls 74)

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $331.21/cwt on 24 head, down $29.34 from the prior sale. That ranks 12 of 32 comparable sales and sits −28.13 against this barn's trailing median of $359.34.
Average price
$331.21
▼ 29.34 vs prior sale
24 head · 550 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,821
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$572
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 1
$100.20/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−47.26
vs VA average
−73.55 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1556350.201,94710thin
Medium and Large 2560347.001,9433thin
Medium and Large 3538332.001,7868thin
Small 1550250.001,3753thin
One grade step is worth $100.20/cwt here — about $572 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale24 hd
331.21
—
VA average7 barns · 476 hd
378.47
−47.26
National average170 barns · 11,904 hd
404.76
−73.55
This barn, trailing median32 sales
359.34
−28.13
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
416377338299median 359.3403/0404/2906/2409/0910/28
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

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.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers11 lots · lightest first
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1370490.00/cwt490.00–490.001,8131
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1480430.00/cwt430.00–430.002,0641
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2510445.00/cwt445.00–445.002,2702
Steers500–550Medium and Large 3525420.00/cwt420.00–420.002,2051
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1537426.77/cwt420.00–430.002,2923
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1565425.00/cwt425.00–425.002,4011
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1622415.00/cwt415.00–415.002,5818
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2635405.00/cwt405.00–405.002,5721
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1709390.00/cwt390.00–390.002,76520
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1755360.00/cwt360.00–360.002,7182
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1870315.00/cwt315.00–315.002,7411
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 3344400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,3764
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2371400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,48410
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1378420.00/cwt420.00–420.001,5884
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3438352.00/cwt352.00–352.001,5424
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2456370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,68710
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1471376.00/cwt376.00–376.001,7716
Heifers450–500Small 1481320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,5394
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3538332.00/cwt332.00–332.001,7868
Heifers550–600Small 1550250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,3753
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1556350.20/cwt350.00–352.001,94710
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2560347.00/cwt347.00–347.001,9433
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1621302.95/cwt300.00–315.001,8815
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 3630270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,7012
Heifers600–650Small 1632277.00/cwt277.00–277.001,7513
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2655307.00/cwt307.00–307.002,0113
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1715295.00/cwt295.00–295.002,1091
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2745295.00/cwt295.00–295.002,1981
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1750270.00/cwt270.00–270.002,0251
Feeder Cattle · Bulls18 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1342480.00/cwt480.00–480.001,6423
Bulls350–400Small 1380390.00/cwt390.00–390.001,4821
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2419459.24/cwt430.00–475.001,9243
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1439435.00/cwt435.00–435.001,9105
Bulls450–500Small 1465370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,7211
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1495396.67/cwt370.00–410.001,9649
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2495305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,5101
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2501410.00/cwt410.00–410.002,0548
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1558380.78/cwt375.00–395.002,12516
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2580370.00/cwt370.00–370.002,1463
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2620375.00/cwt375.00–375.002,3251
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1638380.70/cwt370.00–382.002,4299
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1660378.49/cwt377.00–380.002,4986
Bulls700–750Small 1700355.00/cwt355.00–355.002,4851
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1710370.00/cwt370.00–370.002,6272
Bulls750–800Small 1755315.00/cwt315.00–315.002,3782
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1758340.00/cwt340.00–340.002,5772
Bulls850–900Medium and Large 1890275.00/cwt275.00–275.002,4481

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.