Name: Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2024-05-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-05-22

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 33, Heifers 86, Bulls 72)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $228.88/cwt on 32 head. That ranks 1 of 31 comparable sales and sits −135.45 against this barn's trailing median of $364.33.

Average price

$228.88

32 head · 534 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,222

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$196

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2

$42.90/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−24.40

vs VA average

−47.58 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	538	242.90	1,306	19thin
Small 1	528	220.00	1,162	2thin
Medium and Large 3	518	208.63	1,081	8thin
Medium and Large 2	555	200.00	1,110	3thin

One grade step is worth $42.90/cwt here — about $196 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

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 sale32 hd

228.88

—

VA average8 barns · 450 hd

253.27

−24.40

National average163 barns · 12,702 hd

276.46

−47.58

This barn, trailing median31 sales

364.33

−135.45

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

50 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	550–600	557	231.68/cwt	230.00–235.00	1,290	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	850	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,615	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	495	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,485	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	417	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	1,343	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	499	286.00/cwt	286.00–286.00	1,427	8
Bulls	Small 1	550–600	578	245.39/cwt	215.00–274.00	1,418	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	419	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,299	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	529	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,613	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	649	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,817	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	800–850	828	209.00/cwt	209.00–209.00	1,731	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	636	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	1,666	15
Heifers	Small 1	450–500	466	211.35/cwt	185.00–230.00	985	5
Bulls	Small 1	350–400	380	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	760	1
Bulls	Small 1	450–500	495	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,213	1
Steers	Small 1	450–500	460	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,081	3
Bulls	Small 1	400–450	440	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,320	1
Bulls	Small 1	500–550	513	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,436	3
Heifers	Small 1	500–550	528	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,162	2
Steers	Small 1	500–550	530	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,537	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	705	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,833	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	464	253.50/cwt	253.50–253.50	1,176	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	415	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	955	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	380	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	977	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	478	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,554	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	767	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	1,741	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	520	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,404	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	335	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	854	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	492	277.00/cwt	277.00–277.00	1,363	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	507	207.00/cwt	207.00–207.00	1,049	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	348	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	957	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	430	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	903	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	700–750	710	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	1,690	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	620	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,581	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	626	208.00/cwt	190.00–228.00	1,302	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	447	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,118	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	585	277.00/cwt	277.00–277.00	1,620	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	555	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,110	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	534	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,308	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	595	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,309	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	500	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,425	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	375	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,125	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	453	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	1,436	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	632	276.50/cwt	276.00–277.00	1,747	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	700	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,155	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	625	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,656	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	440	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,342	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	559	274.00/cwt	274.00–274.00	1,532	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	305	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	930	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	651	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,172	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	554	279.50/cwt	279.50–279.50	1,548	9

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 22, 2024

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

Receipts 191Last week 115Year ago 249

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 33, Heifers 86, Bulls 72)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	380	257.00	257.00
1	400–450	415	230.00	230.00
10	450–500	464	253.50	253.50
16	500–550	534	245.00	245.00
3	550–600	557	230.00–235.00	231.68
10	650–700	651	180.00	180.00
2	700–750	700	165.00	165.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	466	185.00–230.00	211.35
2	500–550	528	220.00	220.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	335	255.00	255.00
3	400–450	430	210.00	210.00
7	500–550	507	207.00	207.00
1	550–600	595	220.00	220.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	348	275.00	275.00
9	400–450	447	250.00	250.00
3	550–600	555	200.00	200.00
7	600–650	626	190.00–228.00	208.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	440	305.00	305.00
3	450–500	478	325.00	325.00
4	500–550	529	305.00	305.00
4	600–650	649	280.00	280.00
1	700–750	705	260.00	260.00
1	850–900	850	190.00	190.00
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	460	235.00	235.00
1	500–550	530	290.00	290.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	492	277.00	277.00
1	500–550	520	270.00	270.00
1	600–650	620	255.00	255.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	375	300.00	300.00
2	450–500	453	317.00	317.00
1	500–550	500	285.00	285.00
2	550–600	585	277.00	277.00
4	600–650	632	276.00–277.00	276.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	305	305.00	305.00
3	400–450	417	322.00	322.00
5	450–500	495	300.00	300.00
7	550–600	559	274.00	274.00
2	600–650	625	265.00	265.00
2	700–750	710	238.00	238.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	419	310.00	310.00
8	450–500	499	286.00	286.00
9	550–600	554	279.50	279.50
15	600–650	636	262.00	262.00
3	750–800	767	227.00	227.00
5	800–850	828	209.00	209.00
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	380	200.00	200.00
1	400–450	440	300.00	300.00
1	450–500	495	245.00	245.00
3	500–550	513	280.00	280.00
2	550–600	578	215.00–274.00	245.39

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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