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Southside Livestock Markets, Inc.

Name: Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2026-09-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-09-30

Feeder Cattle · Blackstone, Virginia · Wed, Sep 30

● Final46 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2183

← Sep 23Sep 30Oct 7 →

Receipts

145 head

▲ 66 vs last sale 79▼ 7 vs year ago 152 · −4.6%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 36, Heifers 54, Bulls 55)

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 $356.77/cwt on 18 head, up $24.12 from the prior sale (only 11 head in that comparison). That ranks 9 of 24 comparable sales and sits −16.24 against this barn's trailing median of $373.01.

Average price

$356.77

▲ 24.12 vs prior sale

18 head · 544 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,939

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$38

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

$15.14/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.12

vs VA average

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	529	363.50	1,921	10thin
Medium and Large 1	562	348.36	1,959	8thin

One grade step is worth $15.14/cwt here — about −$38 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 sale18 hd

356.77

—

VA average7 barns · 244 hd

356.90

−0.12

This barn, trailing median24 sales

373.01

−16.24

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

46 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 · Steers15 lots · lightest first
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	395	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,560	2
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	435	392.00/cwt	360.00–400.00	1,705	5
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	440	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,716	2
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	536	368.50/cwt	368.50–368.50	1,975	6
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	551	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,066	4
Steers	550–600	Small 1	575	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,696	2
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 3	585	357.00/cwt	357.00–357.00	2,088	2
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	610	340.87/cwt	325.00–357.00	2,079	2
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 3	640	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,760	1
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	645	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,096	2
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 3	720	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,196	1
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	725	313.47/cwt	308.00–325.00	2,273	3
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 2	773	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,474	2
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 3	800	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	2,000	1
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	885	297.00/cwt	297.00–297.00	2,628	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 3	325	347.00/cwt	347.00–347.00	1,128	1
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	350	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,278	2
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	375	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,369	1
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 3	458	346.00/cwt	346.00–346.00	1,585	4
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	462	353.00/cwt	353.00–353.00	1,631	3
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	463	356.69/cwt	350.00–360.00	1,651	3
Heifers	450–500	Small 1	475	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	1,506	1
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	544	321.48/cwt	320.00–326.00	1,749	4
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 3	558	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,786	4
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	561	330.64/cwt	326.00–333.00	1,855	9
Heifers	550–600	Small 1	568	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,732	2
Heifers	600–650	Small 1	610	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,678	1
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	625	294.00/cwt	294.00–294.00	1,838	3
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	629	293.97/cwt	292.00–298.00	1,849	9
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	705	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,904	1
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	732	282.53/cwt	277.00–288.00	2,068	4
Feeder Cattle · Bulls14 lots · lightest first
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 2	337	387.00/cwt	387.00–387.00	1,304	3
Bulls	400–450	Small 1	414	376.00/cwt	376.00–376.00	1,557	4
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	426	376.00/cwt	376.00–376.00	1,602	5
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	440	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,628	1
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	473	368.44/cwt	365.00–372.00	1,743	2
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	496	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,662	5
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2	505	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,894	5
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	515	367.00/cwt	367.00–367.00	1,890	1
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2	552	352.00/cwt	352.00–352.00	1,943	5
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	569	345.70/cwt	345.00–350.00	1,967	7
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	639	314.53/cwt	314.00–319.00	2,010	9
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 2	643	314.00/cwt	314.00–314.00	2,019	3
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 2	705	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,186	1
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1	735	296.27/cwt	295.00–300.00	2,178	4

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 30, 2026

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

Receipts 145Last week 79Year ago 152

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 36, Heifers 54, Bulls 55)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	440	370.00	370.00
5	450–500	496	335.00	335.00
1	500–550	515	367.00	367.00
7	550–600	569	345.00–350.00	345.70
9	600–650	639	314.00–319.00	314.53
4	700–750	735	295.00–300.00	296.27

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	337	387.00	387.00
5	400–450	426	376.00	376.00
2	450–500	473	365.00–372.00	368.44
5	500–550	505	375.00	375.00
5	550–600	552	352.00	352.00
3	600–650	643	314.00	314.00
1	700–750	705	310.00	310.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	414	376.00	376.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	440	390.00	390.00
6	500–550	536	368.50	368.50
2	600–650	645	325.00	325.00
2	750–800	773	320.00	320.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	550–600	585	357.00	357.00
1	600–650	640	275.00	275.00
1	700–750	720	305.00	305.00
1	800–850	800	250.00	250.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	395	395.00	395.00
5	400–450	435	360.00–400.00	392.00
4	550–600	551	375.00	375.00
2	600–650	610	325.00–357.00	340.87
3	700–750	725	308.00–325.00	313.47
1	850–900	885	297.00	297.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	550–600	575	295.00	295.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	350	365.00	365.00
3	450–500	462	353.00	353.00
4	500–550	544	320.00–326.00	321.48
3	600–650	625	294.00	294.00
1	700–750	700	275.00	275.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	325	347.00	347.00
4	450–500	458	346.00	346.00
4	550–600	558	320.00	320.00
1	700–750	705	270.00	270.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	475	317.00	317.00
2	550–600	568	305.00	305.00
1	600–650	610	275.00	275.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	375	365.00	365.00
3	450–500	463	350.00–360.00	356.69
9	550–600	561	326.00–333.00	330.64
9	600–650	629	292.00–298.00	293.97
4	700–750	732	277.00–288.00	282.53

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.