Sale reports / Virginia / Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. / 2026-06-17

Southside Livestock Markets, Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Blackstone, Virginia · Wed, Jun 17
● Final33 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2183
Receipts
107 head
▼ 81 vs last sale 188▼ 155 vs year ago 262 · −59.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 19, Heifers 57, Bulls 31)

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $365.97/cwt on 23 head, up $38.28 from the prior sale (only 19 head in that comparison). That ranks 20 of 32 comparable sales and sits +6.63 against this barn's trailing median of $359.34.
Average price
$365.97
▲ 38.28 vs prior sale
23 head · 528 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,934
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$366
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 1
$49.02/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−9.18
vs VA average
−45.53 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1532376.022,00116thin
Medium and Large 2533355.001,8924thin
Medium and Large 3503327.001,6452thin
Small 1500327.001,6351thin
One grade step is worth $49.02/cwt here — about $366 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 sale23 hd
365.97
—
VA average8 barns · 387 hd
375.15
−9.18
National average169 barns · 9,451 hd
411.50
−45.53
This barn, trailing median32 sales
359.34
+6.63
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

33 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 · Steers7 lots · lightest first
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2435455.00/cwt455.00–455.001,9792
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1450370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,6651
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2557422.00/cwt422.00–422.002,3515
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1562435.00/cwt435.00–435.002,4456
Steers600–650Small 1605385.00/cwt385.00–385.002,3291
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1667395.00/cwt395.00–395.002,6353
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1710390.00/cwt390.00–390.002,7691
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 3323427.00/cwt427.00–427.001,3792
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1325400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,3003
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2368402.00/cwt402.00–402.001,4792
Heifers350–400Small 1380340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,2921
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3453375.00/cwt375.00–375.001,6992
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2465405.00/cwt405.00–405.001,8835
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1475420.00/cwt420.00–420.001,9957
Heifers450–500Small 1480350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,6801
Heifers500–550Small 1500327.00/cwt327.00–327.001,6351
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3503327.00/cwt327.00–327.001,6452
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1531377.02/cwt375.00–378.002,00215
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2533355.00/cwt355.00–355.001,8924
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1550361.00/cwt361.00–361.001,9861
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2625321.00/cwt321.00–321.002,0061
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1630332.45/cwt330.00–335.002,0948
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1710295.00/cwt295.00–295.002,0952
Feeder Cattle · Bulls10 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1305490.00/cwt490.00–490.001,4952
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2334485.00/cwt485.00–485.001,6206
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1405470.00/cwt470.00–470.001,9041
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2413472.00/cwt472.00–472.001,9493
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1502425.00/cwt425.00–425.002,1345
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2512416.65/cwt397.00–427.002,1333
Bulls500–550Small 1530382.00/cwt382.00–382.002,0251
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1569387.97/cwt385.00–389.002,2088
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2625370.00/cwt370.00–370.002,3131
Bulls650–700Small 1660362.00/cwt362.00–362.002,3891

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.