Name: Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2024-04-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-04-03

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 83, Heifers 66, Bulls 40)

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $303.85/cwt on 33 head. That ranks 1 of 19 comparable sales and sits −118.83 against this barn's trailing median of $422.68.

Average price

$303.85

33 head · 547 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,662

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$312

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Small 1

$63.56/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.54

vs VA average

−6.91 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	544	314.65	1,712	24
Medium and Large 1	540	310.00	1,674	3thin
Medium and Large 3	590	290.00	1,711	1thin
Small 1	558	251.09	1,400	5thin

One grade step is worth $63.56/cwt here — about $312 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

19 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $480.36, low $371.45, median $422.68 across 19 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 sale33 hd

303.85

—

VA average7 barns · 278 hd

307.38

−3.54

National average173 barns · 11,586 hd

310.76

−6.91

This barn, trailing median19 sales

422.68

−118.83

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

59 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	390	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	878	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	715	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	1,208	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	453	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,495	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	575	238.47/cwt	222.50–241.00	1,371	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	760	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	1,345	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	363	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	1,153	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	908	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,634	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	625	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,438	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	660	197.50/cwt	197.50–197.50	1,304	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	537	235.08/cwt	217.50–272.50	1,262	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	623	254.94/cwt	250.00–260.00	1,588	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	743	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,635	2
Bulls	Small 1	300–350	325	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	488	1
Steers	Small 1	550–600	578	267.73/cwt	260.00–275.00	1,547	2
Bulls	Small 1	500–550	520	256.25/cwt	215.00–297.50	1,333	2
Heifers	Small 1	450–500	455	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,069	1
Steers	Small 1	500–550	544	239.99/cwt	235.00–242.50	1,306	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	852	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,534	3
Heifers	Small 1	500–550	529	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,243	4
Heifers	Small 1	300–350	345	177.50/cwt	177.50–177.50	612	1
Heifers	Small 1	650–700	680	167.50/cwt	167.50–167.50	1,139	1
Heifers	Small 1	350–400	395	272.50/cwt	272.50–272.50	1,076	1
Steers	Small 1	600–650	615	263.90/cwt	260.00–275.00	1,623	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	478	247.53/cwt	240.00–250.00	1,183	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	604	291.65/cwt	275.00–300.00	1,762	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	835	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	1,820	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	975	194.00/cwt	194.00–194.00	1,892	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	558	291.00/cwt	291.00–291.00	1,624	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	493	276.15/cwt	240.00–285.00	1,361	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	480	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,224	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	436	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,112	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	555	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	1,374	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	500	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,250	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	561	286.22/cwt	277.50–288.00	1,606	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	459	328.12/cwt	312.50–335.00	1,506	9
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	458	328.00/cwt	328.00–328.00	1,502	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	590	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,711	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	405	252.50/cwt	252.50–252.50	1,023	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	534	316.78/cwt	315.00–325.00	1,692	16
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	705	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,586	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	600	207.50/cwt	207.50–207.50	1,245	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	670	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,340	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	325	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	813	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	437	329.39/cwt	312.50–335.00	1,439	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	373	271.02/cwt	267.50–275.00	1,011	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	914	196.00/cwt	196.00–196.00	1,791	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	383	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	946	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	545	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,308	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	558	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,339	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	564	310.38/cwt	300.00–317.00	1,751	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	370	282.74/cwt	265.00–300.00	1,046	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	483	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	1,478	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	630	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	1,644	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	435	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,349	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	620	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,612	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	675	263.00/cwt	263.00–263.00	1,775	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	540	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,674	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	720	240.91/cwt	235.00–247.00	1,735	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	459	269.76/cwt	267.50–270.00	1,238	11

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 Apr 3, 2024

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

Receipts 189Last week 146Year ago 217

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 83, Heifers 66, Bulls 40)

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	390	225.00	225.00
5	450–500	493	240.00–285.00	276.15
3	500–550	537	217.50–272.50	235.08
6	550–600	558	291.00	291.00
2	600–650	623	250.00–260.00	254.94
1	650–700	660	197.50	197.50
2	700–750	743	220.00	220.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	363	317.50	317.50
2	400–450	435	310.00	310.00
4	450–500	483	306.00	306.00
6	550–600	561	277.50–288.00	286.22
1	600–650	620	260.00	260.00
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	325	150.00	150.00
2	500–550	520	215.00–297.50	256.25
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	450–500	478	240.00–250.00	247.53
7	550–600	575	222.50–241.00	238.47
2	600–650	625	230.00	230.00
1	700–750	715	169.00	169.00
2	750–800	760	177.00	177.00
3	850–900	852	180.00	180.00
2	900–950	908	180.00	180.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	345	177.50	177.50
1	350–400	395	272.50	272.50
1	450–500	455	235.00	235.00
4	500–550	529	235.00	235.00
1	650–700	680	167.50	167.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	383	247.00	247.00
7	400–450	436	255.00	255.00
1	450–500	480	255.00	255.00
1	500–550	500	250.00	250.00
2	550–600	555	247.50	247.50
1	600–650	600	207.50	207.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	373	267.50–275.00	271.02
11	450–500	459	267.50–270.00	269.76
3	500–550	545	240.00	240.00
2	550–600	558	240.00	240.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	453	330.00	330.00
3	500–550	540	310.00	310.00
3	600–650	604	275.00–300.00	291.65
3	650–700	675	263.00	263.00
8	700–750	720	235.00–247.00	240.91
2	800–850	835	218.00	218.00
4	900–950	914	196.00	196.00
1	950–1000	975	194.00	194.00
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	500–550	544	235.00–242.50	239.99
2	550–600	578	260.00–275.00	267.73
4	600–650	615	260.00–275.00	263.90
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	325	250.00	250.00
2	350–400	370	265.00–300.00	282.74
4	400–450	437	312.50–335.00	329.39
9	450–500	459	312.50–335.00	328.12
16	500–550	534	315.00–325.00	316.78
8	550–600	564	300.00–317.00	310.38
2	600–650	630	261.00	261.00
1	650–700	670	200.00	200.00
1	700–750	705	225.00	225.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	405	252.50	252.50
2	450–500	458	328.00	328.00
1	550–600	590	290.00	290.00

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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