Name: Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2024-03-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-03-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 8, Heifers 36, Bulls 19)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $240.55/cwt on 10 head. That ranks 1 of 30 comparable sales and sits −124.21 against this barn's trailing median of $364.76.

Average price

$240.55

10 head · 527 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,267

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$138

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 1

$19.50/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−5.57

vs VA average

−31.36 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	535	247.00	1,321	3thin
Medium and Large 2	531	240.50	1,277	4thin
Medium and Large 3	510	237.50	1,211	2thin
Small 1	520	227.50	1,183	1thin

One grade step is worth $19.50/cwt here — about $138 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.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

30 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $402.15, low $300.75, median $364.76 across 30 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale10 hd

240.55

—

VA average8 barns · 500 hd

246.12

−5.57

National average176 barns · 15,352 hd

271.91

−31.36

This barn, trailing median30 sales

364.76

−124.21

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot, as filed

30 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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	350	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	1,129	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	550	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	1,337	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	800–850	815	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,467	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	425	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,254	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	530	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,484	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	765	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,836	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	535	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	1,321	3
Bulls	Small 1	400–450	425	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,190	1
Bulls	Small 1	500–550	535	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	963	1
Steers	Small 1	550–600	588	212.55/cwt	200.00–225.00	1,250	2
Heifers	Small 1	450–500	455	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,069	1
Heifers	Small 1	500–550	520	227.50/cwt	227.50–227.50	1,183	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	518	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	1,264	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	460	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,113	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	395	227.50/cwt	227.50–227.50	899	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	660	212.50/cwt	212.50–212.50	1,403	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	950	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,710	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	455	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,297	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	510	237.50/cwt	237.50–237.50	1,211	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	323	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,066	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	545	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	1,341	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	446	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	1,106	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	570	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,311	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	333	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	799	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	456	242.50/cwt	242.50–242.50	1,106	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	639	212.50/cwt	212.50–212.50	1,358	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	482	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,301	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	433	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,277	5
Steers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	320	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	976	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	395	242.50/cwt	242.50–242.50	958	1

How this sale compares

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 Mar 6, 2024

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

Receipts 63Last week 161Year ago 119

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 8, Heifers 36, Bulls 19)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	350	322.50	322.50
2	400–450	425	295.00	295.00
1	550–600	550	243.00	243.00
1	800–850	815	180.00	180.00
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	425	280.00	280.00
1	500–550	535	180.00	180.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	323	330.00	330.00
5	400–450	433	295.00	295.00
3	450–500	482	270.00	270.00
2	500–550	545	246.00	246.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	455	285.00	285.00
1	500–550	530	280.00	280.00
1	750–800	765	240.00	240.00
1	950–1000	950	180.00	180.00
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	550–600	588	200.00–225.00	212.55
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	320	305.00	305.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	395	227.50	227.50
4	450–500	460	242.00	242.00
3	500–550	535	247.00	247.00
1	650–700	660	212.50	212.50
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	455	235.00	235.00
1	500–550	520	227.50	227.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	333	240.00	240.00
7	400–450	446	248.00	248.00
3	500–550	518	244.00	244.00
1	550–600	570	230.00	230.00
4	600–650	639	212.50	212.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	395	242.50	242.50
4	450–500	456	242.50	242.50
2	500–550	510	237.50	237.50

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.

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