Sale reports / Virginia / Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. / 2026-07-29

Southside Livestock Markets, Inc.

Name: Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2026-07-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-07-29

Feeder Cattle · Blackstone, Virginia · Wed, Jul 29

● Final34 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2183

← Jul 22Jul 29Aug 5 →

Receipts

139 head

▲ 52 vs last sale 87▲ 47 vs year ago 92 · +51.1%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 36, Heifers 65, Bulls 38)

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $322.53/cwt on 23 head, down $16.50 from the prior sale (only 16 head in that comparison). That ranks 7 of 32 comparable sales and sits −36.80 against this barn's trailing median of $359.34.

Average price

$322.53

▼ 16.50 vs prior sale

23 head · 536 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,729

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$91

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

$22.98/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−27.87

vs VA average

−37.99 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	533	329.53	1,756	16thin
Medium and Large 2	543	306.55	1,665	7thin

One grade step is worth $22.98/cwt here — about $91 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 sale23 hd

322.53

—

VA average5 barns · 238 hd

350.41

−27.87

National average152 barns · 4,754 hd

360.52

−37.99

This barn, trailing median32 sales

359.34

−36.80

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

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.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers11 lots · lightest first
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	383	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,455	2
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	423	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,523	2
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 3	460	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,472	1
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	480	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,776	1
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	505	387.00/cwt	387.00–387.00	1,954	1
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	513	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,155	2
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	572	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,345	14
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	605	346.00/cwt	346.00–346.00	2,093	1
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	610	383.00/cwt	383.00–383.00	2,336	7
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	652	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,249	3
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	933	274.00/cwt	274.00–274.00	2,556	2
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	340	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,258	1
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	360	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,332	1
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	361	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,300	4
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 3	380	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,406	1
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 3	420	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,407	2
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	452	339.10/cwt	335.00–342.00	1,533	18
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	464	333.10/cwt	320.00–340.00	1,546	6
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	520	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,612	4
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	533	329.53/cwt	328.00–330.00	1,756	16
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	574	301.94/cwt	285.00–310.00	1,733	3
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	611	313.84/cwt	302.00–322.00	1,918	5
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	630	303.42/cwt	300.00–307.00	1,912	2
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	725	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,885	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls10 lots · lightest first
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1	352	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,390	3
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	423	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,586	2
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	440	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,694	3
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	482	358.00/cwt	358.00–358.00	1,726	3
Bulls	450–500	Small 1	483	356.00/cwt	356.00–356.00	1,719	3
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	484	358.00/cwt	358.00–358.00	1,733	8
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	552	354.00/cwt	354.00–354.00	1,954	9
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2	570	347.00/cwt	347.00–347.00	1,978	1
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	635	326.06/cwt	322.00–327.00	2,070	5
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1	745	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,161	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 29, 2026

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

Receipts 139Last week 87Year ago 92

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 36, Heifers 65, Bulls 38)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	352	395.00	395.00
3	400–450	440	385.00	385.00
8	450–500	484	358.00	358.00
9	550–600	552	354.00	354.00
5	600–650	635	322.00–327.00	326.06
1	700–750	745	290.00	290.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	423	375.00	375.00
3	450–500	482	358.00	358.00
1	550–600	570	347.00	347.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	483	356.00	356.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	423	360.00	360.00
1	450–500	480	370.00	370.00
2	500–550	513	420.00	420.00
14	550–600	572	410.00	410.00
7	600–650	610	383.00	383.00
3	650–700	652	345.00	345.00
2	900–950	933	274.00	274.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	383	380.00	380.00
1	500–550	505	387.00	387.00
1	600–650	605	346.00	346.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	460	320.00	320.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	340	370.00	370.00
4	350–400	361	360.00	360.00
18	450–500	452	335.00–342.00	339.10
16	500–550	533	328.00–330.00	329.53
5	600–650	611	302.00–322.00	313.84
1	700–750	725	260.00	260.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	360	370.00	370.00
6	450–500	464	320.00–340.00	333.10
4	500–550	520	310.00	310.00
3	550–600	574	285.00–310.00	301.94
2	600–650	630	300.00–307.00	303.42

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	380	370.00	370.00
2	400–450	420	335.00	335.00

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.