Name: Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2024-05-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-05-01

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 36, Heifers 67, Bulls 48)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $229.97/cwt on 24 head. That ranks 1 of 31 comparable sales and sits −134.36 against this barn's trailing median of $364.33.

Average price

$229.97

24 head · 561 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,289

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$105

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3

$28.57/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−17.59

vs VA average

−38.41 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	546	235.57	1,287	7thin
Medium and Large 1	565	234.02	1,322	13thin
Medium and Large 3	571	207.00	1,182	4thin

One grade step is worth $28.57/cwt here — about $105 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 sale24 hd

229.97

—

VA average8 barns · 494 hd

247.56

−17.59

National average173 barns · 11,009 hd

268.38

−38.41

This barn, trailing median31 sales

364.33

−134.36

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
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	460	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	1,458	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	427	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	1,042	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	720	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,692	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	300	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	555	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	528	268.00/cwt	268.00–268.00	1,415	2
Bulls	Small 1	650–700	670	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,675	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	365	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,004	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	639	254.11/cwt	245.00–260.00	1,624	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	920	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	1,711	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	569	233.94/cwt	230.00–234.50	1,331	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	820	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,230	2
Steers	Small 1	700–750	735	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,433	2
Bulls	Small 1	350–400	375	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,219	1
Heifers	Small 1	600–650	640	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,248	1
Heifers	Small 1	300–350	320	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	752	1
Bulls	Small 1	400–450	422	277.00/cwt	277.00–277.00	1,169	3
Bulls	Small 1	500–550	505	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,212	1
Steers	Small 1	550–600	580	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,160	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	578	287.19/cwt	286.00–287.50	1,660	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	732	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	1,588	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	687	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,724	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	545	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,553	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	420	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,176	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	375	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,219	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	630	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,418	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	628	276.00/cwt	276.00–276.00	1,733	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	567	297.07/cwt	290.00–298.00	1,684	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	540	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,566	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	455	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,433	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	636	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	1,730	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	515	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,210	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	370	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,166	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	672	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	1,794	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	478	281.17/cwt	255.00–302.00	1,344	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	366	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	952	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	452	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,085	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	538	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	1,571	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	418	319.00/cwt	319.00–319.00	1,333	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	540	236.50/cwt	236.50–236.50	1,277	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	449	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,123	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	348	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,131	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	571	207.00/cwt	207.00–207.00	1,182	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	638	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,244	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	563	288.00/cwt	288.00–288.00	1,621	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	585	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,346	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	378	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,040	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	445	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,380	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	630	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,229	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	360	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,170	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 May 1, 2024

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

Receipts 151Last week 211Year ago 163

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 36, Heifers 67, Bulls 48)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	460	317.00	317.00
2	500–550	528	268.00	268.00
9	550–600	567	290.00–298.00	297.07
2	600–650	628	276.00	276.00
3	700–750	720	235.00	235.00
1	900–950	920	186.00	186.00
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	580	200.00	200.00
2	700–750	735	195.00	195.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	370	315.00	315.00
6	450–500	455	315.00	315.00
2	500–550	540	290.00	290.00
3	650–700	672	267.00	267.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	445	310.00	310.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	365	275.00	275.00
5	400–450	427	244.00	244.00
1	500–550	515	235.00	235.00
12	550–600	569	230.00–234.50	233.94
4	600–650	630	225.00	225.00
2	800–850	820	150.00	150.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	300	185.00	185.00
6	350–400	366	260.00	260.00
12	400–450	449	250.00	250.00
6	500–550	540	236.50	236.50
1	550–600	585	230.00	230.00
2	600–650	638	195.00	195.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	320	235.00	235.00
1	600–650	640	195.00	195.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	378	275.00	275.00
3	450–500	452	240.00	240.00
4	550–600	571	207.00	207.00
1	600–650	630	195.00	195.00
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	375	325.00	325.00
3	400–450	422	277.00	277.00
1	500–550	505	240.00	240.00
1	650–700	670	250.00	250.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	375	325.00	325.00
1	400–450	420	280.00	280.00
1	500–550	545	285.00	285.00
5	550–600	578	286.00–287.50	287.19
6	600–650	639	245.00–260.00	254.11
3	650–700	687	251.00	251.00
4	700–750	732	217.00	217.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	348	325.00	325.00
1	350–400	360	325.00	325.00
5	400–450	418	319.00	319.00
4	450–500	478	255.00–302.00	281.17
3	500–550	538	292.00	292.00
2	550–600	563	288.00	288.00
4	600–650	636	272.00	272.00

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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