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Southside Livestock Markets, Inc.

Name: Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2026-08-26
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-08-26

Feeder Cattle · Blackstone, Virginia · Wed, Aug 26

● Final38 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2183

← Aug 19Aug 26Sep 2 →

Receipts

143 head

▼ 5 vs last sale 148▼ 109 vs year ago 252 · −43.3%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 45, Heifers 39, Bulls 59)

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 $345.61/cwt on 20 head, down $8.97 from the prior sale (only 14 head in that comparison). That ranks 5 of 24 comparable sales and sits −27.40 against this barn's trailing median of $373.01.

Average price

$345.61

▼ 8.97 vs prior sale

20 head · 551 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,904

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$75

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

$5.79/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−19.66

vs VA average

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	534	348.79	1,863	9thin
Medium and Large 2	565	343.00	1,938	11thin

One grade step is worth $5.79/cwt here — about −$75 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 sale20 hd

345.61

—

VA average7 barns · 152 hd

365.26

−19.66

This barn, trailing median24 sales

373.01

−27.40

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

38 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	Small 1	435	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,566	2
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	459	376.94/cwt	357.00–384.00	1,730	4
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 3	475	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,710	1
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	520	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,768	2
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 3	550	344.00/cwt	344.00–344.00	1,892	2
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	553	387.00/cwt	387.00–387.00	2,140	11
Steers	600–650	Small 1	600	332.00/cwt	332.00–332.00	1,992	1
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	641	360.15/cwt	350.00–366.00	2,309	11
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	758	342.00/cwt	342.00–342.00	2,592	3
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	832	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	2,263	3
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	959	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	2,359	5
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 3	310	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,085	1
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	363	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,252	2
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	385	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,348	1
Heifers	350–400	Small 1	390	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,365	1
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	432	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,447	7
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 3	435	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,436	1
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	455	342.00/cwt	342.00–342.00	1,556	4
Heifers	450–500	Small 1	465	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,535	2
Heifers	500–550	Small 1	538	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,641	2
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	550	332.00/cwt	332.00–332.00	1,826	1
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	550	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	1,821	5
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 3	635	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	1,822	1
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	640	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,824	4
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	664	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,992	6
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	700	282.00/cwt	282.00–282.00	1,974	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls12 lots · lightest first
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1	320	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,184	2
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1	395	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,521	1
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	420	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,596	2
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	440	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,606	1
Bulls	450–500	Small 1	460	336.52/cwt	330.00–350.00	1,548	3
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	486	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,725	8
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	510	350.22/cwt	347.00–351.00	1,786	5
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	564	347.00/cwt	347.00–347.00	1,957	4
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2	565	343.00/cwt	343.00–343.00	1,938	11
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	643	341.00/cwt	341.00–341.00	2,193	11
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 2	646	341.00/cwt	341.00–341.00	2,203	5
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 1	770	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	2,210	6

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 26, 2026

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

Receipts 143Last week 148Year ago 252

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 45, Heifers 39, Bulls 59)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	320	370.00	370.00
1	350–400	395	385.00	385.00
2	400–450	420	380.00	380.00
5	500–550	510	347.00–351.00	350.22
4	550–600	564	347.00	347.00
11	600–650	643	341.00	341.00
6	750–800	770	287.00	287.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	440	365.00	365.00
8	450–500	486	355.00	355.00
11	550–600	565	343.00	343.00
5	600–650	646	341.00	341.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	460	330.00–350.00	336.52

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	459	357.00–384.00	376.94
2	500–550	520	340.00	340.00
11	550–600	553	387.00	387.00
11	600–650	641	350.00–366.00	360.15
3	750–800	758	342.00	342.00
3	800–850	832	272.00	272.00
5	950–1000	959	246.00	246.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	435	360.00	360.00
1	600–650	600	332.00	332.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	475	360.00	360.00
2	550–600	550	344.00	344.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	310	350.00	350.00
1	400–450	435	330.00	330.00
1	600–650	635	287.00	287.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	385	350.00	350.00
7	400–450	432	335.00	335.00
1	550–600	550	332.00	332.00
4	600–650	640	285.00	285.00
1	700–750	700	282.00	282.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	363	345.00	345.00
4	450–500	455	342.00	342.00
5	550–600	550	331.00	331.00
6	650–700	664	300.00	300.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	390	350.00	350.00
2	450–500	465	330.00	330.00
2	500–550	538	305.00	305.00

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.