Sale reports / Virginia / Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. / 2026-07-22

Southside Livestock Markets, Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Blackstone, Virginia · Wed, Jul 22
● Final34 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2183
Receipts
87 head
▼ 46 vs last sale 133▼ 180 vs year ago 267 · −67.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 10, Heifers 54, Bulls 23)

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $339.03/cwt on 16 head, down $5.93 from the prior sale. That ranks 14 of 32 comparable sales and sits −20.31 against this barn's trailing median of $359.34.
Average price
$339.03
▼ 5.93 vs prior sale
16 head · 543 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,839
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$18
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$8.77/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−17.70
vs VA average
−36.78 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2529340.771,8047thin
Medium and Large 1557339.301,8907thin
Medium and Large 3538332.001,7862thin
One grade step is worth $8.77/cwt here — about $18 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale16 hd
339.03
—
VA average9 barns · 384 hd
356.73
−17.70
National average148 barns · 5,785 hd
375.81
−36.78
This barn, trailing median32 sales
359.34
−20.31
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

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.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers8 lots · lightest first
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1350455.00/cwt455.00–455.001,5931
Steers450–500Medium and Large 3450397.50/cwt397.50–397.501,7891
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2480402.50/cwt402.50–402.501,9321
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1548407.50/cwt407.50–407.502,2333
Steers550–600Medium and Large 3560385.00/cwt385.00–385.002,1561
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2580390.00/cwt390.00–390.002,2621
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2605375.00/cwt375.00–375.002,2691
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1640380.00/cwt380.00–380.002,4321
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 3310350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,0851
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2367362.53/cwt361.00–366.001,3307
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3370360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,3321
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1378350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,3232
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2432366.00/cwt366.00–366.001,5817
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3444342.50/cwt342.50–342.501,5217
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1476372.01/cwt362.50–375.001,7714
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2480357.00/cwt357.00–357.001,7141
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2526340.90/cwt330.00–343.001,7936
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3538332.00/cwt332.00–332.001,7862
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1545340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,8531
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2550340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,8701
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1559339.18/cwt322.50–345.001,8966
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2623301.00/cwt301.00–301.001,8752
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1645298.00/cwt298.00–298.001,9221
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1671300.18/cwt299.00–305.002,0145
Feeder Cattle · Bulls10 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2323430.00/cwt430.00–430.001,3892
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1380437.66/cwt425.00–450.001,6632
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2385425.00/cwt425.00–425.001,6361
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1405425.00/cwt425.00–425.001,7213
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1479414.97/cwt400.00–417.501,9887
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2480400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,9201
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2525385.00/cwt385.00–385.002,0211
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2560370.00/cwt370.00–370.002,0721
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1575370.00/cwt370.00–370.002,1283
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2618327.39/cwt300.00–355.002,0232

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.