Name: Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2024-05-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-05-08

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 30, Heifers 59, Bulls 40)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $227.17/cwt on 20 head. That ranks 1 of 30 comparable sales and sits −137.59 against this barn's trailing median of $364.76.

Average price

$227.17

20 head · 547 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,242

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$212

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

$34.19/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−19.24

vs VA average

−40.42 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	539	234.19	1,262	5thin
Medium and Large 1	547	231.04	1,265	12thin
Small 1	575	200.00	1,150	2thin
Medium and Large 3	525	200.00	1,050	1thin

One grade step is worth $34.19/cwt here — about $212 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale20 hd

227.17

—

VA average10 barns · 486 hd

246.42

−19.24

National average178 barns · 10,823 hd

267.59

−40.42

This barn, trailing median30 sales

364.76

−137.59

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

47 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	650–700	675	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,350	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	375	261.81/cwt	238.00–285.00	982	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	559	235.25/cwt	235.25–235.25	1,315	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	435	251.75/cwt	220.00–285.00	1,095	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	514	286.98/cwt	275.00–293.00	1,475	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	459	249.65/cwt	247.00–250.00	1,146	9
Bulls	Small 1	750–800	785	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	1,468	1
Bulls	Small 1	350–400	395	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	672	1
Bulls	Small 1	300–350	345	292.50/cwt	292.50–292.50	1,009	2
Bulls	Small 1	600–650	625	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,406	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	451	296.00/cwt	296.00–296.00	1,335	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	377	252.74/cwt	237.50–260.00	953	3
Steers	Small 1	400–450	445	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,068	1
Heifers	Small 1	550–600	575	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,150	2
Heifers	Small 1	400–450	445	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	890	1
Bulls	Small 1	500–550	505	237.50/cwt	237.50–237.50	1,199	1
Steers	Small 1	600–650	610	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,434	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	715	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,502	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	460	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	1,067	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	750	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,658	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	515	273.00/cwt	273.00–273.00	1,406	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	455	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,001	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	345	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,052	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	330	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,007	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	700–750	735	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,624	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	540	299.00/cwt	299.00–299.00	1,615	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	683	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,612	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	645	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	1,716	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	375	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,031	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	640	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,440	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	408	266.86/cwt	226.00–305.00	1,089	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	315	237.50/cwt	237.50–237.50	748	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	524	222.63/cwt	220.00–223.50	1,167	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	400	293.00/cwt	293.00–293.00	1,172	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	654	230.64/cwt	190.00–244.50	1,508	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	440	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,012	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	525	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,050	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	583	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,411	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	628	226.68/cwt	215.00–229.00	1,424	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	605	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,452	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	350	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	830	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	365	225.48/cwt	190.00–260.00	823	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	479	277.50/cwt	277.50–277.50	1,329	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	715	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,430	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	373	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	959	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	539	234.19/cwt	234.00–235.00	1,262	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	428	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,049	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 May 8, 2024

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

Receipts 129Last week 151Year ago 126

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 30, Heifers 59, Bulls 40)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	377	237.50–260.00	252.74
1	450–500	460	232.00	232.00
4	500–550	524	220.00–223.50	222.63
8	550–600	559	235.25	235.25
6	600–650	628	215.00–229.00	226.68
1	650–700	675	200.00	200.00
1	700–750	715	210.00	210.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	315	237.50	237.50
4	350–400	373	257.00	257.00
9	450–500	459	247.00–250.00	249.65
5	500–550	539	234.00–235.00	234.19
2	600–650	640	225.00	225.00
1	700–750	715	200.00	200.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	445	200.00	200.00
2	550–600	575	200.00	200.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	365	190.00–260.00	225.48
1	400–450	440	230.00	230.00
1	500–550	525	200.00	200.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	428	245.00	245.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	345	305.00	305.00
2	350–400	375	238.00–285.00	261.81
2	400–450	435	220.00–285.00	251.75
1	450–500	455	220.00	220.00
1	500–550	515	273.00	273.00
3	650–700	683	236.00	236.00
1	750–800	750	221.00	221.00
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	345	292.50	292.50
1	350–400	395	170.00	170.00
1	500–550	505	237.50	237.50
1	600–650	625	225.00	225.00
1	750–800	785	187.00	187.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	330	305.00	305.00
2	350–400	350	237.00	237.00
5	400–450	408	226.00–305.00	266.86
7	450–500	479	277.50	277.50
3	550–600	583	242.00	242.00
4	650–700	654	190.00–244.50	230.64
1	700–750	735	221.00	221.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	375	275.00	275.00
1	400–450	400	293.00	293.00
3	500–550	514	275.00–293.00	286.98
1	600–650	605	240.00	240.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	450–500	451	296.00	296.00
12	500–550	540	299.00	299.00
3	600–650	645	266.00	266.00
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	445	240.00	240.00
2	600–650	610	235.00	235.00

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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