Sale reports / Virginia / Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. / 2026-07-15

Southside Livestock Markets, Inc.

Name: Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2026-07-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-07-15

Feeder Cattle · Blackstone, Virginia · Wed, Jul 15

● Final34 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2183

← Jul 8Jul 15Jul 22 →

Receipts

133 head

▲ 15 vs last sale 118▼ 33 vs year ago 166 · −19.9%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 61, Heifers 55, Bulls 17)

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $386.90/cwt on 17 head, down $19.39 from the prior sale (only 14 head in that comparison). That ranks 9 of 23 comparable sales and sits −22.92 against this barn's trailing median of $409.82.

Average price

$386.90

▼ 19.39 vs prior sale

17 head · 557 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,154

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$176

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2

$33.89/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−59.11

vs VA average

−52.25 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	557	388.89	2,164	16thin
Medium and Large 2	560	355.00	1,988	1thin

One grade step is worth $33.89/cwt here — about $176 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 sale17 hd

386.90

—

VA average7 barns · 437 hd

446.01

−59.11

National average158 barns · 7,617 hd

439.15

−52.25

This barn, trailing median23 sales

409.82

−22.92

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

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

34 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 · Steers14 lots · lightest first
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	359	435.09/cwt	370.00–452.00	1,562	5
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	389	436.64/cwt	420.00–445.00	1,699	3
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	413	367.00/cwt	367.00–367.00	1,516	3
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 3	435	422.00/cwt	422.00–422.00	1,836	2
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	445	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,869	1
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	462	415.55/cwt	380.00–430.00	1,920	11
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	525	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,706	2
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	560	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,988	1
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	561	398.02/cwt	394.00–401.00	2,233	14
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	641	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,468	9
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	650	377.00/cwt	377.00–377.00	2,451	1
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	679	388.00/cwt	388.00–388.00	2,635	6
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	705	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,468	1
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	780	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,691	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	340	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,139	1
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	355	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,491	1
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	383	390.55/cwt	360.00–401.00	1,496	4
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	425	362.00/cwt	362.00–362.00	1,539	1
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	446	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,650	4
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	467	407.48/cwt	390.00–410.00	1,903	8
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	526	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,736	7
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	561	353.02/cwt	342.00–355.00	1,980	13
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	615	333.20/cwt	325.00–345.00	2,049	12
Heifers	600–650	Small 1	640	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,632	1
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 3	645	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,774	1
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	703	280.96/cwt	270.00–292.00	1,975	2
Feeder Cattle · Bulls8 lots · lightest first
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1	323	447.00/cwt	447.00–447.00	1,444	3
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	405	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	1,802	4
Bulls	400–450	Small 1	410	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,702	1
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	505	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,995	2
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	560	362.00/cwt	362.00–362.00	2,027	2
Bulls	550–600	Small 1	575	303.70/cwt	255.00–355.00	1,746	2
Bulls	600–650	Small 1	605	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,118	1
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1	658	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,435	2

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 15, 2026

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

Receipts 133Last week 118Year ago 166

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 61, Heifers 55, Bulls 17)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	323	447.00	447.00
2	500–550	505	395.00	395.00
2	550–600	560	362.00	362.00
2	650–700	658	370.00	370.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	405	445.00	445.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	410	415.00	415.00
2	550–600	575	255.00–355.00	303.70
1	600–650	605	350.00	350.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	359	370.00–452.00	435.09
1	400–450	445	420.00	420.00
1	550–600	560	355.00	355.00
1	650–700	650	377.00	377.00
1	700–750	705	350.00	350.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	389	420.00–445.00	436.64
3	400–450	413	367.00	367.00
11	450–500	462	380.00–430.00	415.55
2	500–550	525	325.00	325.00
14	550–600	561	394.00–401.00	398.02
9	600–650	641	385.00	385.00
6	650–700	679	388.00	388.00
1	750–800	780	345.00	345.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	435	422.00	422.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	383	360.00–401.00	390.55
1	400–450	425	362.00	362.00
8	450–500	467	390.00–410.00	407.48
13	550–600	561	342.00–355.00	353.02
12	600–650	615	325.00–345.00	333.20
2	700–750	703	270.00–292.00	280.96

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	600–650	640	255.00	255.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	340	335.00	335.00
1	350–400	355	420.00	420.00
4	400–450	446	370.00	370.00
7	500–550	526	330.00	330.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	600–650	645	275.00	275.00

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.