Sale reports / Virginia / Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. / 2026-06-10

Southside Livestock Markets, Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Blackstone, Virginia · Wed, Jun 10
● Final38 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2183
Receipts
188 head
▼ 10 vs last sale 198▼ 29 vs year ago 217 · −13.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 108, Heifers 58, Bulls 22)

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $417.03/cwt on 37 head, down $44.97 from the prior sale (only 14 head in that comparison). That ranks 13 of 23 comparable sales and sits +7.21 against this barn's trailing median of $409.82.
Average price
$417.03
▼ 44.97 vs prior sale
37 head · 582 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,427
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$290
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$50.18/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−40.28
vs VA average
−36.69 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1584420.182,45434
Medium and Large 2545387.002,1092thin
Medium and Large 3585370.002,1651thin
One grade step is worth $50.18/cwt here — about $290 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 sale37 hd
417.03
—
VA average7 barns · 442 hd
457.31
−40.28
National average163 barns · 9,671 hd
453.72
−36.69
This barn, trailing median23 sales
409.82
+7.21
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

23 sales
494441389336median 409.8203/0404/2207/0809/1610/28
Steers 500–600 lb: high $480.36, low $349.70, median $409.82 across 23 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Every lot

38 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 · Steers14 lots · lightest first
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1471440.00/cwt440.00–440.002,0725
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2473426.48/cwt420.00–440.002,0173
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1513424.81/cwt395.00–440.002,1793
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2545387.00/cwt387.00–387.002,1092
Steers550–600Medium and Large 3585370.00/cwt370.00–370.002,1651
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1591419.73/cwt406.00–427.002,48131
Steers600–650Small 1600320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,9201
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1631405.06/cwt402.00–410.002,5568
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2643350.00/cwt350.00–350.002,2514
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2655382.00/cwt382.00–382.002,5021
Steers650–700Medium and Large 3655340.00/cwt340.00–340.002,2271
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1677419.00/cwt419.00–419.002,83739
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2720335.00/cwt335.00–335.002,4121
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1766388.31/cwt370.00–391.002,9748
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 3340330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,1221
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3353330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,1652
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2385417.00/cwt417.00–417.001,6051
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2420350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,4701
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3450350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,5757
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1455375.00/cwt375.00–375.001,7063
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2457375.00/cwt375.00–375.001,7149
Heifers450–500Small 1460270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,2422
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2520320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,6641
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2550320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,7605
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 3563300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,6893
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1567345.12/cwt300.00–352.001,9579
Heifers550–600Small 1585300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,7551
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1618322.89/cwt302.00–327.001,9956
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2639303.29/cwt300.00–310.001,9383
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 3645275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,7742
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2715270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,9311
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1750275.00/cwt275.00–275.002,0631
Feeder Cattle · Bulls6 lots · lightest first
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2386465.00/cwt465.00–465.001,7955
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2400440.00/cwt430.00–450.001,7602
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2486410.77/cwt397.00–420.001,9965
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1515400.91/cwt375.00–410.002,0654
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1570355.13/cwt350.00–360.002,0242
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1644345.00/cwt345.00–345.002,2224

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.