Name: Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2024-03-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-03-20

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 54, Heifers 80, Bulls 63)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $242.47/cwt on 25 head. That ranks 1 of 30 comparable sales and sits −122.30 against this barn's trailing median of $364.76.

Average price

$242.47

25 head · 556 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,349

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$62

per head · Medium and Large 3 over Small 1

$7.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−11.07

vs VA average

−34.75 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 3	519	247.00	1,282	4thin
Medium and Large 2	555	245.00	1,360	2thin
Medium and Large 1	565	241.48	1,365	16thin
Small 1	560	240.00	1,344	3thin

One grade step is worth $7.00/cwt here — about −$62 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale25 hd

242.47

—

VA average10 barns · 832 hd

253.54

−11.07

National average179 barns · 15,589 hd

277.22

−34.75

This barn, trailing median30 sales

364.76

−122.30

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

61 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	333	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	899	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	542	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	1,339	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	478	309.00/cwt	309.00–309.00	1,477	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	695	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	1,821	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	873	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,921	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1050–1100	1,095	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	1,949	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	648	239.75/cwt	239.75–239.75	1,554	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	415	237.50/cwt	237.50–237.50	986	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	595	234.38/cwt	220.00–240.00	1,395	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	556	297.00/cwt	297.00–297.00	1,651	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	728	196.00/cwt	196.00–196.00	1,427	3
Bulls	Small 1	300–350	335	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	844	1
Bulls	Small 1	500–550	545	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,090	1
Bulls	Small 1	400–450	435	297.50/cwt	297.50–297.50	1,294	1
Bulls	Small 1	650–700	685	223.00/cwt	223.00–223.00	1,528	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	557	259.50/cwt	259.50–259.50	1,445	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	654	231.34/cwt	225.00–232.00	1,513	11
Steers	Small 1	450–500	450	282.00/cwt	282.00–282.00	1,269	1
Heifers	Small 1	550–600	560	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,344	3
Steers	Small 1	300–350	343	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	978	2
Heifers	Small 1	450–500	460	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	1,136	2
Bulls	Small 1	450–500	498	283.00/cwt	283.00–283.00	1,409	2
Heifers	Small 1	600–650	600	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	1,092	1
Heifers	Small 1	350–400	355	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	941	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	492	278.00/cwt	278.00–278.00	1,368	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	728	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,602	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	316	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,090	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	800–850	805	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,650	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	695	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,633	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	440	227.50/cwt	227.50–227.50	1,001	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	333	278.30/cwt	275.00–280.00	927	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	460	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,127	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	513	301.50/cwt	301.50–301.50	1,547	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	620	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	1,438	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	519	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	1,282	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	350	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	963	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	334	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,152	7
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	450	302.00/cwt	302.00–302.00	1,359	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	360	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,008	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	356	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	1,022	7
Steers	Medium and Large 3	650–700	670	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	1,688	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	416	314.00/cwt	314.00–314.00	1,306	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	543	281.50/cwt	281.50–281.50	1,529	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	479	299.00/cwt	299.00–299.00	1,432	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	430	316.00/cwt	316.00–316.00	1,359	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	565	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	1,622	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	670	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	1,688	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	555	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,360	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	333	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,149	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	621	243.50/cwt	243.50–243.50	1,512	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	634	268.58/cwt	260.00–287.00	1,703	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	541	299.00/cwt	299.00–299.00	1,618	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	440	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	1,153	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	555	281.50/cwt	281.50–281.50	1,562	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	328	340.71/cwt	320.00–350.00	1,118	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	477	242.37/cwt	227.00–250.00	1,156	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	462	258.61/cwt	258.00–259.00	1,195	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,003	204.00/cwt	204.00–204.00	2,046	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	385	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,328	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	480	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	1,138	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	800	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,720	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 20, 2024

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

Receipts 197Last week 140Year ago 237

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 54, Heifers 80, Bulls 63)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	333	270.00	270.00
2	400–450	415	237.50	237.50
5	450–500	462	258.00–259.00	258.61
9	500–550	542	247.00	247.00
7	550–600	595	220.00–240.00	234.38
11	650–700	654	225.00–232.00	231.34
3	700–750	728	196.00	196.00
2	1050–1100	1,095	178.00	178.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	355	265.00	265.00
2	450–500	460	247.00	247.00
3	550–600	560	240.00	240.00
1	600–650	600	182.00	182.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	333	275.00–280.00	278.30
7	350–400	356	287.00	287.00
5	400–450	440	262.00	262.00
3	450–500	477	227.00–250.00	242.37
2	550–600	555	245.00	245.00
1	600–650	620	232.00	232.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	350	275.00	275.00
3	450–500	460	245.00	245.00
4	500–550	519	247.00	247.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	328	320.00–350.00	340.71
3	450–500	478	309.00	309.00
5	500–550	541	299.00	299.00
7	550–600	556	297.00	297.00
6	600–650	634	260.00–287.00	268.58
4	650–700	695	262.00	262.00
1	800–850	800	215.00	215.00
3	850–900	873	220.00	220.00
5	1000–1050	1,003	204.00	204.00
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	343	285.00	285.00
1	450–500	450	282.00	282.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	333	345.00	345.00
1	350–400	385	345.00	345.00
2	400–450	430	316.00	316.00
1	450–500	480	237.00	237.00
2	500–550	513	301.50	301.50
1	550–600	565	287.00	287.00
1	650–700	670	252.00	252.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	450	302.00	302.00
1	650–700	670	252.00	252.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	316	345.00	345.00
1	400–450	440	227.50	227.50
6	450–500	492	278.00	278.00
6	550–600	557	259.50	259.50
8	600–650	648	239.75	239.75
1	650–700	695	235.00	235.00
5	700–750	728	220.00	220.00
1	800–850	805	205.00	205.00
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	335	252.00	252.00
1	400–450	435	297.50	297.50
2	450–500	498	283.00	283.00
1	500–550	545	200.00	200.00
1	650–700	685	223.00	223.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	334	345.00	345.00
1	350–400	360	280.00	280.00
4	400–450	416	314.00	314.00
4	450–500	479	299.00	299.00
2	500–550	543	281.50	281.50
1	550–600	555	281.50	281.50
6	600–650	621	243.50	243.50

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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