Name: Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2024-05-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-05-15

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 27, Heifers 51, Bulls 27)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $238.94/cwt on 24 head. That ranks 1 of 31 comparable sales and sits −125.39 against this barn's trailing median of $364.33.

Average price

$238.94

24 head · 550 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,313

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$139

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Small 1

$19.90/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−10.04

vs VA average

−31.06 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	556	241.90	1,346	14thin
Medium and Large 1	521	240.50	1,253	4thin
Medium and Large 3	562	240.00	1,349	3thin
Small 1	544	222.00	1,207	3thin

One grade step is worth $19.90/cwt here — about $139 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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

238.94

—

VA average9 barns · 509 hd

248.98

−10.04

National average167 barns · 11,471 hd

270.00

−31.06

This barn, trailing median31 sales

364.33

−125.39

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

40 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	420	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,029	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	720	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	1,670	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	680	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	1,693	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	473	274.01/cwt	225.00–290.00	1,296	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	548	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	1,436	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	703	282.50/cwt	282.50–282.50	1,986	9
Heifers	Small 1	600–650	610	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,159	2
Heifers	Small 1	500–550	515	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	1,143	1
Heifers	Small 1	550–600	558	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	1,239	2
Bulls	Small 1	500–550	530	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,405	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	635	286.00/cwt	286.00–286.00	1,816	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	385	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,251	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	668	278.00/cwt	278.00–278.00	1,857	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	588	293.40/cwt	293.00–295.00	1,725	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	625	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,688	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	521	240.50/cwt	240.50–240.50	1,253	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	488	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	1,205	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	570	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	1,465	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	750–800	790	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,738	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	700–750	725	230.50/cwt	230.50–230.50	1,671	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	615	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	1,439	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	735	192.00/cwt	192.00–192.00	1,411	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	608	221.62/cwt	212.00–231.00	1,347	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	725	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,341	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	692	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	1,515	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	558	242.43/cwt	234.50–244.00	1,353	13
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	360	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	1,159	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	442	302.00/cwt	302.00–302.00	1,335	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	380	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,197	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	435	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	1,248	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	567	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,418	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	623	180.54/cwt	165.00–195.00	1,125	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	493	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	1,385	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	623	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,589	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	562	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,349	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	640	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,568	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	345	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	880	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	423	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	1,053	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	325	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	861	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	535	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,257	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 15, 2024

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

Receipts 115Last week 129Year ago 136

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 27, Heifers 51, Bulls 27)

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	420	245.00	245.00
4	450–500	473	225.00–290.00	274.01
4	500–550	548	262.00	262.00
2	650–700	680	249.00	249.00
1	700–750	720	232.00	232.00
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	530	265.00	265.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	385	325.00	325.00
4	450–500	493	281.00	281.00
1	550–600	570	257.00	257.00
5	600–650	623	255.00	255.00
2	700–750	725	230.50	230.50
1	750–800	790	220.00	220.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	600–650	635	286.00	286.00
9	700–750	703	282.50	282.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	360	322.00	322.00
3	400–450	442	302.00	302.00
5	550–600	588	293.00–295.00	293.40
1	600–650	625	270.00	270.00
2	650–700	668	278.00	278.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	380	315.00	315.00
1	400–450	435	287.00	287.00
3	550–600	567	250.00	250.00
1	600–650	640	245.00	245.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	515	222.00	222.00
2	550–600	558	222.00	222.00
2	600–650	610	190.00	190.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	500–550	521	240.50	240.50
1	600–650	615	234.00	234.00
1	700–750	735	192.00	192.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	325	265.00	265.00
2	450–500	488	247.00	247.00
1	500–550	535	235.00	235.00
13	550–600	558	234.50–244.00	242.43
2	600–650	608	212.00–231.00	221.62
3	650–700	692	219.00	219.00
2	700–750	725	185.00	185.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	345	255.00	255.00
7	400–450	423	249.00	249.00
3	550–600	562	240.00	240.00
2	600–650	623	165.00–195.00	180.54

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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