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Southside Livestock Markets, Inc.

Name: Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2026-07-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-07-08

Feeder Cattle · Blackstone, Virginia · Wed, Jul 8

● Final37 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2183

← Jun 24Jul 8Jul 15 →

Receipts

118 head

▼ 166 vs last sale 284▲ 25 vs year ago 93 · +26.9%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 31, Heifers 39, Bulls 48)

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 $368.42/cwt on 12 head, down $61.85 from the prior sale (only 14 head in that comparison). That ranks 11 of 24 comparable sales and sits −4.59 against this barn's trailing median of $373.01.

Average price

$368.42

▼ 61.85 vs prior sale

12 head · 560 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,064

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$394

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 1

$65.33/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−12.94

vs VA average

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	563	387.00	2,179	6thin
Medium and Large 2	560	378.00	2,117	3thin
Small 1	555	321.67	1,785	3thin

One grade step is worth $65.33/cwt here — about $394 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 sale12 hd

368.42

—

VA average2 barns · 28 hd

381.36

−12.94

This barn, trailing median24 sales

373.01

−4.59

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

37 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 · Steers11 lots · lightest first
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 3	415	432.00/cwt	432.00–432.00	1,793	1
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	472	416.71/cwt	410.00–420.00	1,967	3
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	482	421.00/cwt	421.00–421.00	2,029	3
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	538	403.00/cwt	403.00–403.00	2,168	6
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	545	421.00/cwt	421.00–421.00	2,294	2
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	568	407.00/cwt	407.00–407.00	2,312	4
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	590	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,360	2
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	615	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,522	1
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	648	407.00/cwt	407.00–407.00	2,637	4
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	662	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,350	3
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	705	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,609	2
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 3	315	463.07/cwt	455.00–467.00	1,459	3
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	370	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,573	1
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 3	443	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,728	3
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	450	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,890	5
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	450	417.00/cwt	417.00–417.00	1,877	5
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 3	535	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,766	2
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	538	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,071	8
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	544	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,067	4
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 3	640	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,080	2
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	658	337.00/cwt	337.00–337.00	2,217	5
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	730	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,935	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls15 lots · lightest first
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 2	328	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,476	2
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1	355	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	1,580	1
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	418	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,797	2
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	431	426.06/cwt	410.00–430.00	1,836	5
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	473	412.30/cwt	411.00–415.00	1,950	6
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	482	416.00/cwt	416.00–416.00	2,005	5
Bulls	500–550	Small 1	525	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,021	1
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2	560	378.00/cwt	378.00–378.00	2,117	3
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	563	387.00/cwt	387.00–387.00	2,179	6
Bulls	550–600	Small 1	570	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,653	2
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 2	615	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,399	1
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	633	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,437	8
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1	650	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,470	1
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 1	773	314.55/cwt	255.00–335.00	2,431	4
Bulls	850–900	Medium and Large 1	855	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	2,180	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 Jul 8, 2026

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

Receipts 118Last week 284Year ago 93

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 31, Heifers 39, Bulls 48)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	355	445.00	445.00
2	400–450	418	430.00	430.00
6	450–500	473	411.00–415.00	412.30
6	550–600	563	387.00	387.00
8	600–650	633	385.00	385.00
1	650–700	650	380.00	380.00
4	750–800	773	255.00–335.00	314.55
1	850–900	855	255.00	255.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	328	450.00	450.00
5	400–450	431	410.00–430.00	426.06
5	450–500	482	416.00	416.00
3	550–600	560	378.00	378.00
1	600–650	615	390.00	390.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	525	385.00	385.00
2	550–600	570	290.00	290.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	415	432.00	432.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	472	410.00–420.00	416.71
6	500–550	538	403.00	403.00
4	550–600	568	407.00	407.00
4	600–650	648	407.00	407.00
2	700–750	705	370.00	370.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	482	421.00	421.00
2	500–550	545	421.00	421.00
2	550–600	590	400.00	400.00
1	600–650	615	410.00	410.00
3	650–700	662	355.00	355.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	370	425.00	425.00
5	450–500	450	417.00	417.00
8	500–550	538	385.00	385.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	315	455.00–467.00	463.07
3	400–450	443	390.00	390.00
2	500–550	535	330.00	330.00
2	600–650	640	325.00	325.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	450	420.00	420.00
4	500–550	544	380.00	380.00
5	650–700	658	337.00	337.00
1	700–750	730	265.00	265.00

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.