Name: Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2024-03-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-03-27

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 30, Heifers 70, Bulls 46)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $250.85/cwt on 26 head. That ranks 1 of 31 comparable sales and sits −113.48 against this barn's trailing median of $364.33.

Average price

$250.85

26 head · 550 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,379

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$26

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 1

$5.43/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.40

vs VA average

−16.02 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	549	252.43	1,385	14thin
Medium and Large 2	553	250.43	1,384	7thin
Small 1	550	247.00	1,359	5thin

One grade step is worth $5.43/cwt here — about $26 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale26 hd

250.85

—

VA average8 barns · 396 hd

253.24

−2.40

National average161 barns · 9,489 hd

266.87

−16.02

This barn, trailing median31 sales

364.33

−113.48

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

44 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	400–450	445	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,313	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	800–850	810	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,701	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	565	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,526	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	750	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,658	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	479	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,437	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	651	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	1,667	11
Steers	Small 1	550–600	585	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,726	1
Steers	Small 1	650–700	665	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,796	1
Heifers	Small 1	450–500	464	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	1,202	5
Heifers	Small 1	550–600	550	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	1,359	5
Bulls	Small 1	350–400	380	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,026	1
Steers	Small 1	350–400	355	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	976	1
Steers	Small 1	400–450	435	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,370	1
Bulls	Small 1	450–500	485	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,382	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	555	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	1,432	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	487	258.91/cwt	258.00–260.00	1,261	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	740	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,517	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	540	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,323	6
Heifers	Small 1	350–400	355	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	852	1
Heifers	Small 1	400–450	430	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	968	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	486	308.98/cwt	308.50–310.00	1,502	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	906	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	2,029	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	680	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	1,819	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	765	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,913	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	388	238.03/cwt	210.00–265.00	924	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	601	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	1,490	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	833	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	1,983	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	604	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,691	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	354	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	952	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	490	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,421	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	620	282.00/cwt	282.00–282.00	1,748	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	466	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	1,230	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	580	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,363	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	628	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,476	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	370	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	981	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	485	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,261	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	483	314.00/cwt	314.00–314.00	1,517	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	613	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	1,637	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	347	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,215	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	420	321.51/cwt	315.00–325.00	1,350	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	563	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	1,616	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	650	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,528	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	548	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	1,386	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	435	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,022	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 27, 2024

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

Receipts 146Last week 197Year ago 325

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 30, Heifers 70, Bulls 46)

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	445	295.00	295.00
5	450–500	479	300.00	300.00
2	550–600	565	270.00	270.00
11	650–700	651	256.00	256.00
2	750–800	750	221.00	221.00
1	800–850	810	210.00	210.00
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	380	270.00	270.00
1	450–500	485	285.00	285.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	347	350.00	350.00
3	400–450	420	315.00–325.00	321.51
8	450–500	483	314.00	314.00
3	550–600	563	287.00	287.00
3	600–650	613	267.00	267.00
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	355	275.00	275.00
1	400–450	435	315.00	315.00
1	550–600	585	295.00	295.00
1	650–700	665	270.00	270.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	450–500	486	308.50–310.00	308.98
4	600–650	604	280.00	280.00
1	650–700	680	267.50	267.50
3	750–800	765	250.00	250.00
3	800–850	833	238.00	238.00
7	900–950	906	224.00	224.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	490	290.00	290.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	600–650	620	282.00	282.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	355	240.00	240.00
1	400–450	430	225.00	225.00
5	450–500	464	259.00	259.00
5	550–600	550	247.00	247.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	388	210.00–265.00	238.03
9	450–500	487	258.00–260.00	258.91
6	500–550	540	245.00	245.00
8	550–600	555	258.00	258.00
5	600–650	601	248.00	248.00
1	700–750	740	205.00	205.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	354	269.00	269.00
1	400–450	435	235.00	235.00
6	450–500	466	264.00	264.00
6	500–550	548	253.00	253.00
1	550–600	580	235.00	235.00
3	600–650	628	235.00	235.00
3	650–700	650	235.00	235.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	370	265.00	265.00
1	450–500	485	260.00	260.00

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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