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Southside Livestock Markets, Inc.

Name: Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2026-08-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-08-05

Feeder Cattle · Blackstone, Virginia · Wed, Aug 5

● Final44 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2183

← Jul 29Aug 5Aug 12 →

Receipts

139 head

▲ 0 vs last sale 139▼ 46 vs year ago 185 · −24.9%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 30, Heifers 59, Bulls 50)

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 $326.67/cwt on 18 head, up $4.13 from the prior sale. That ranks 10 of 32 comparable sales and sits −32.67 against this barn's trailing median of $359.34.

Average price

$326.67

▲ 4.13 vs prior sale

18 head · 553 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,806

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$304

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3

$68.46/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−44.53

vs VA average

−47.36 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	549	343.46	1,885	13thin
Medium and Large 2	552	286.67	1,582	3thin
Small 1	585	280.00	1,638	1thin
Medium and Large 3	575	275.00	1,581	1thin

One grade step is worth $68.46/cwt here — about $304 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 sale18 hd

326.67

—

VA average6 barns · 223 hd

371.20

−44.53

National average160 barns · 6,700 hd

374.03

−47.36

This barn, trailing median32 sales

359.34

−32.67

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

44 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	390	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,658	1
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	459	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,928	4
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	495	396.00/cwt	396.00–396.00	1,960	1
Steers	500–550	Small 1	505	352.00/cwt	352.00–352.00	1,778	1
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	515	377.00/cwt	377.00–377.00	1,942	1
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	554	388.72/cwt	386.00–389.00	2,154	11
Steers	600–650	Small 1	640	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,760	1
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	654	358.00/cwt	358.00–358.00	2,341	4
Steers	650–700	Small 1	685	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,713	1
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	710	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,272	1
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	805	314.00/cwt	314.00–314.00	2,528	4
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	325	357.00/cwt	332.00–365.00	1,160	4
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 3	354	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,168	5
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	360	362.00/cwt	362.00–362.00	1,303	2
Heifers	350–400	Small 1	360	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,170	1
Heifers	400–450	Small 1	410	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	1,300	1
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 3	440	362.00/cwt	362.00–362.00	1,593	4
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	464	348.57/cwt	331.00–367.00	1,617	4
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	465	367.00/cwt	367.00–367.00	1,707	1
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	500	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,675	1
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	540	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,728	1
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	553	344.17/cwt	340.00–345.00	1,903	12
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	558	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,507	2
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 3	575	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,581	1
Heifers	550–600	Small 1	585	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,638	1
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	600	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,740	1
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	648	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	2,087	13
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	716	307.00/cwt	307.00–307.00	2,198	5
Feeder Cattle · Bulls16 lots · lightest first
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1	320	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	1,456	1
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 2	345	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,277	1
Bulls	350–400	Small 1	380	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,520	1
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2	384	433.40/cwt	430.00–440.00	1,664	11
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	418	395.27/cwt	380.00–410.00	1,652	2
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	439	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,800	3
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	470	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,739	1
Bulls	450–500	Small 1	485	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,649	2
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	494	388.00/cwt	388.00–388.00	1,917	7
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2	505	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,894	1
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	548	347.00/cwt	347.00–347.00	1,902	5
Bulls	550–600	Small 1	565	325.61/cwt	317.00–327.00	1,840	7
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2	590	342.00/cwt	342.00–342.00	2,018	1
Bulls	600–650	Small 1	638	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	1,863	5
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 2	645	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,064	1
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1	725	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,248	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 Aug 5, 2026

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

Receipts 139Last week 139Year ago 185

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 30, Heifers 59, Bulls 50)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	320	455.00	455.00
3	400–450	439	410.00	410.00
7	450–500	494	388.00	388.00
5	500–550	548	347.00	347.00
1	700–750	725	310.00	310.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	345	370.00	370.00
11	350–400	384	430.00–440.00	433.40
2	400–450	418	380.00–410.00	395.27
1	450–500	470	370.00	370.00
1	500–550	505	375.00	375.00
1	550–600	590	342.00	342.00
1	600–650	645	165.00	165.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	380	400.00	400.00
2	450–500	485	340.00	340.00
7	550–600	565	317.00–327.00	325.61
5	600–650	638	292.00	292.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	495	396.00	396.00
11	550–600	554	386.00–389.00	388.72
4	650–700	654	358.00	358.00
1	700–750	710	320.00	320.00
4	800–850	805	314.00	314.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	505	352.00	352.00
1	600–650	640	275.00	275.00
1	650–700	685	250.00	250.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	390	425.00	425.00
4	450–500	459	420.00	420.00
1	500–550	515	377.00	377.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	360	362.00	362.00
1	450–500	465	367.00	367.00
1	500–550	500	335.00	335.00
12	550–600	553	340.00–345.00	344.17
13	600–650	648	322.00	322.00
5	700–750	716	307.00	307.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	325	332.00–365.00	357.00
4	450–500	464	331.00–367.00	348.57
1	500–550	540	320.00	320.00
2	550–600	558	270.00	270.00
1	600–650	600	290.00	290.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	354	330.00	330.00
4	400–450	440	362.00	362.00
1	550–600	575	275.00	275.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	360	325.00	325.00
1	400–450	410	317.00	317.00
1	550–600	585	280.00	280.00

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.