Sale reports / Virginia / Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. / 2026-09-23

Southside Livestock Markets, Inc.

Name: Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2026-09-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-09-23

Feeder Cattle · Blackstone, Virginia · Wed, Sep 23

● Final31 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2183

← Sep 16Sep 23Sep 30 →

Receipts

79 head

▼ 62 vs last sale 141▼ 126 vs year ago 205 · −61.5%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 17, Heifers 36, Bulls 26)

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 $321.40/cwt on 15 head, down $4.72 from the prior sale. That ranks 6 of 32 comparable sales and sits −37.94 against this barn's trailing median of $359.34.

Average price

$321.40

▼ 4.72 vs prior sale

15 head · 544 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,749

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$116

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3

$20.40/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−15.94

vs VA average

−34.70 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	543	329.00	1,786	7thin
Medium and Large 1	552	325.00	1,794	3thin
Medium and Large 3	541	308.60	1,671	5thin

One grade step is worth $20.40/cwt here — about $116 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 sale15 hd

321.40

—

VA average7 barns · 289 hd

337.34

−15.94

National average179 barns · 11,869 hd

356.10

−34.70

This barn, trailing median32 sales

359.34

−37.94

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

31 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 · Steers7 lots · lightest first
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	490	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,838	1
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 3	515	342.00/cwt	342.00–342.00	1,761	2
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	540	359.00/cwt	359.00–359.00	1,939	5
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	557	366.00/cwt	366.00–366.00	2,039	3
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	638	320.99/cwt	319.00–323.00	2,048	2
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 3	655	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	2,076	3
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	680	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,142	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	320	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,120	1
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 3	383	348.00/cwt	348.00–348.00	1,333	2
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	461	351.00/cwt	351.00–351.00	1,618	6
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 3	470	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	1,556	3
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 3	538	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	1,679	4
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	543	329.00/cwt	329.00–329.00	1,786	7
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	552	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,794	3
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 3	555	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,637	1
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	630	283.00/cwt	283.00–283.00	1,783	1
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 3	635	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	1,911	2
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	635	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,810	3
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	700	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,925	1
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 3	715	277.00/cwt	277.00–277.00	1,981	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls11 lots · lightest first
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 2	325	397.00/cwt	397.00–397.00	1,290	1
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2	398	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,572	2
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	430	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,634	2
Bulls	450–500	Small 1	478	326.25/cwt	315.00–332.00	1,559	3
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2	515	349.71/cwt	332.00–356.00	1,801	4
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	515	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	1,658	1
Bulls	500–550	Small 1	540	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	1,712	3
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	582	329.11/cwt	310.00–339.00	1,915	3
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	643	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,961	4
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 2	720	277.00/cwt	277.00–277.00	1,994	1
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 1	765	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	2,073	3

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 Sep 23, 2026

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

Receipts 79Last week 141Year ago 205

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 17, Heifers 36, Bulls 26)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	430	380.00	380.00
1	500–550	515	322.00	322.00
3	550–600	582	310.00–339.00	329.11
4	600–650	643	305.00	305.00
3	750–800	765	271.00	271.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	325	397.00	397.00
2	350–400	398	395.00	395.00
4	500–550	515	332.00–356.00	349.71
1	700–750	720	277.00	277.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	478	315.00–332.00	326.25
3	500–550	540	317.00	317.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	490	375.00	375.00
3	550–600	557	366.00	366.00
1	650–700	680	315.00	315.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	500–550	540	359.00	359.00
2	600–650	638	319.00–323.00	320.99

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	515	342.00	342.00
3	650–700	655	317.00	317.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	383	348.00	348.00
3	450–500	470	331.00	331.00
4	500–550	538	312.00	312.00
1	550–600	555	295.00	295.00
2	600–650	635	301.00	301.00
1	700–750	715	277.00	277.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	320	350.00	350.00
6	450–500	461	351.00	351.00
7	500–550	543	329.00	329.00
3	600–650	635	285.00	285.00
1	700–750	700	275.00	275.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	550–600	552	325.00	325.00
1	600–650	630	283.00	283.00

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.