Name: Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2024-03-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-03-13

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 28, Heifers 69, Bulls 43)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $233.88/cwt on 24 head. That ranks 1 of 31 comparable sales and sits −130.46 against this barn's trailing median of $364.33.

Average price

$233.88

24 head · 545 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,274

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$109

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

$22.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−20.20

vs VA average

−42.30 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	550	238.00	1,308	8thin
Medium and Large 2	542	237.00	1,285	8thin
Small 1	535	233.00	1,247	5thin
Medium and Large 3	555	216.00	1,199	3thin

One grade step is worth $22.00/cwt here — about $109 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.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

31 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $402.15, low $300.75, median $364.33 across 31 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 sale24 hd

233.88

—

VA average8 barns · 312 hd

254.07

−20.20

National average176 barns · 16,729 hd

276.17

−42.30

This barn, trailing median31 sales

364.33

−130.46

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

49 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	600–650	643	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	1,601	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	740	193.00/cwt	193.00–193.00	1,428	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	485	284.72/cwt	220.00–295.00	1,381	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	375	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	1,208	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	755	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,812	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	530	282.50/cwt	282.50–282.50	1,497	1
Heifers	Small 1	500–550	535	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	1,247	5
Bulls	Small 1	450–500	488	232.33/cwt	200.00–265.00	1,134	2
Steers	Small 1	600–650	635	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,143	2
Bulls	Small 1	350–400	355	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,030	1
Bulls	Small 1	550–600	578	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,387	2
Heifers	Small 1	400–450	417	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	834	3
Steers	Small 1	450–500	485	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,455	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	315	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	977	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	560	282.00/cwt	282.00–282.00	1,579	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	615	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	1,433	6
Heifers	Small 1	350–400	363	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	926	4
Steers	Small 1	350–400	360	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	900	1
Bulls	Small 1	400–450	423	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,269	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	470	304.00/cwt	304.00–304.00	1,429	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	461	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	1,226	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	437	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,311	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	445	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,202	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	850–900	890	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	1,638	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	413	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,280	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	542	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	1,285	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	650	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	1,417	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	423	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,332	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	365	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,113	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	541	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,309	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	500	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,375	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	447	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,229	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	533	288.12/cwt	283.50–298.00	1,536	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	633	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	1,620	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	580	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,653	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	645	282.00/cwt	282.00–282.00	1,819	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	575	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	1,300	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	380	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,045	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	483	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,449	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	349	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	960	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	305	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	915	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	353	332.00/cwt	332.00–332.00	1,172	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	658	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	1,441	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	600	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,326	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	315	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	756	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	555	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	1,199	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	595	282.50/cwt	282.50–282.50	1,681	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	476	302.43/cwt	298.00–307.00	1,440	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	735	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,397	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 13, 2024

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

Receipts 140Last week 63Year ago 150

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 28, Heifers 69, Bulls 43)

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	315	310.00	310.00
3	400–450	413	310.00	310.00
7	450–500	485	220.00–295.00	284.72
1	500–550	500	275.00	275.00
2	550–600	560	282.00	282.00
3	600–650	643	249.00	249.00
3	700–750	740	193.00	193.00
1	850–900	890	184.00	184.00
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	355	290.00	290.00
2	400–450	423	300.00	300.00
2	450–500	488	200.00–265.00	232.33
2	550–600	578	240.00	240.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	365	305.00	305.00
2	400–450	423	315.00	315.00
5	450–500	483	300.00	300.00
3	500–550	533	283.50–298.00	288.12
3	600–650	633	256.00	256.00
1	650–700	650	218.00	218.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	375	322.00	322.00
3	400–450	437	300.00	300.00
2	450–500	470	304.00	304.00
1	500–550	530	282.50	282.50
1	550–600	580	285.00	285.00
3	600–650	645	282.00	282.00
2	750–800	755	240.00	240.00
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	360	250.00	250.00
1	450–500	485	300.00	300.00
2	600–650	635	180.00	180.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	305	300.00	300.00
2	350–400	353	332.00	332.00
4	450–500	476	298.00–307.00	302.43
1	550–600	595	282.50	282.50
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	363	255.00	255.00
3	400–450	417	200.00	200.00
5	500–550	535	233.00	233.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	445	270.00	270.00
6	500–550	541	242.00	242.00
2	550–600	575	226.00	226.00
6	600–650	615	233.00	233.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	349	275.00	275.00
7	450–500	461	266.00	266.00
8	500–550	542	237.00	237.00
4	650–700	658	219.00	219.00
1	700–750	735	190.00	190.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	315	240.00	240.00
1	350–400	380	275.00	275.00
7	400–450	447	275.00	275.00
3	550–600	555	216.00	216.00
1	600–650	600	221.00	221.00

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.

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