Name: Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2024-04-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-04-24

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 40, Heifers 101, Bulls 70)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $225.19/cwt on 24 head. That ranks 1 of 30 comparable sales and sits −139.58 against this barn's trailing median of $364.76.

Average price

$225.19

24 head · 539 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,214

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$153

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 1

$34.82/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−20.24

vs VA average

−45.00 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	537	235.22	1,263	7thin
Medium and Large 2	531	233.09	1,238	10thin
Medium and Large 3	550	212.50	1,169	2thin
Small 1	554	200.40	1,111	5thin

One grade step is worth $34.82/cwt here — about $153 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 sale24 hd

225.19

—

VA average7 barns · 441 hd

245.42

−20.24

National average178 barns · 11,596 hd

270.19

−45.00

This barn, trailing median30 sales

364.76

−139.58

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

52 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
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	698	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	1,822	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	600	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,200	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	645	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,613	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	850–900	884	161.21/cwt	153.00–186.00	1,425	4
Bulls	Small 1	400–450	427	267.25/cwt	220.00–292.00	1,141	3
Bulls	Small 1	700–750	710	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	1,612	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	658	255.31/cwt	225.00–265.00	1,680	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	375	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,088	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	500	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,350	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	537	235.22/cwt	220.00–241.00	1,263	7
Bulls	Small 1	450–500	496	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	1,327	7
Heifers	Small 1	600–650	630	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	1,399	1
Heifers	Small 1	400–450	428	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	856	2
Heifers	Small 1	550–600	583	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	962	2
Heifers	Small 1	300–350	345	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	759	1
Bulls	Small 1	500–550	520	202.21/cwt	170.00–237.00	1,051	2
Heifers	Small 1	750–800	765	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	1,186	1
Heifers	Small 1	450–500	468	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,193	4
Bulls	Small 1	550–600	558	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	1,434	4
Heifers	Small 1	500–550	535	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	1,198	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	458	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	1,159	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	565	265.50/cwt	265.50–265.50	1,500	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	502	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,381	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	622	250.76/cwt	244.00–253.00	1,560	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	420	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,281	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	370	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,184	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	510	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	1,464	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	438	250.09/cwt	230.00–255.00	1,095	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	440	258.75/cwt	247.00–259.50	1,139	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	463	258.65/cwt	252.00–262.50	1,198	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	330	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	660	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	585	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,082	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	672	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,552	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	440	303.00/cwt	303.00–303.00	1,333	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	373	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	914	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	515	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,236	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	620	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	1,562	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	433	309.00/cwt	309.00–309.00	1,338	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	368	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	902	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	490	285.50/cwt	285.50–285.50	1,399	9
Steers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	612	243.27/cwt	240.00–250.00	1,489	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	531	233.09/cwt	185.00–245.00	1,238	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	555	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	1,621	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	644	240.42/cwt	233.00–242.50	1,548	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	453	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,291	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	570	289.00/cwt	289.00–289.00	1,647	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	383	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	1,191	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	565	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	1,475	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	471	291.31/cwt	280.00–306.00	1,372	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	357	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,196	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	375	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	919	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	662	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,556	6

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 24, 2024

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

Receipts 211Last week 226Year ago 179

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 40, Heifers 101, Bulls 70)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	383	311.00	311.00
1	400–450	440	303.00	303.00
2	450–500	453	285.00	285.00
3	550–600	555	292.00	292.00
1	600–650	645	250.00	250.00
4	650–700	698	261.00	261.00
4	850–900	884	153.00–186.00	161.21
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	375	290.00	290.00
7	450–500	471	280.00–306.00	291.31
1	500–550	500	270.00	270.00
2	550–600	570	289.00	289.00
5	650–700	658	225.00–265.00	255.31
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	510	287.00	287.00
3	600–650	612	240.00–250.00	243.27
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	375	245.00	245.00
7	450–500	458	253.00	253.00
7	500–550	537	220.00–241.00	235.22
1	600–650	600	200.00	200.00
6	650–700	662	235.00	235.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	345	220.00	220.00
2	400–450	428	200.00	200.00
4	450–500	468	255.00	255.00
3	500–550	535	224.00	224.00
2	550–600	583	165.00	165.00
1	600–650	630	222.00	222.00
1	750–800	765	155.00	155.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	330	200.00	200.00
2	350–400	373	245.00	245.00
5	400–450	438	230.00–255.00	250.09
1	500–550	515	240.00	240.00
1	550–600	585	185.00	185.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	368	245.00	245.00
16	400–450	440	247.00–259.50	258.75
8	450–500	463	252.00–262.50	258.65
10	500–550	531	185.00–245.00	233.09
9	600–650	644	233.00–242.50	240.42
6	650–700	672	231.00	231.00
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	427	220.00–292.00	267.25
7	450–500	496	267.50	267.50
2	500–550	520	170.00–237.00	202.21
4	550–600	558	257.00	257.00
2	700–750	710	227.00	227.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	370	320.00	320.00
3	400–450	420	305.00	305.00
7	500–550	502	275.00	275.00
11	550–600	565	265.50	265.50
4	600–650	622	244.00–253.00	250.76
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	357	335.00	335.00
6	400–450	433	309.00	309.00
9	450–500	490	285.50	285.50
4	550–600	565	261.00	261.00
1	600–650	620	252.00	252.00

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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