Name: Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2024-05-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-05-29

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 40, Heifers 80, Bulls 42)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $251.35/cwt on 35 head. That ranks 1 of 30 comparable sales and sits −113.41 against this barn's trailing median of $364.76.

Average price

$251.35

35 head · 540 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,357

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$186

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 1

$33.17/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−7.53

vs VA average

−16.27 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	539	258.17	1,392	20
Medium and Large 2	539	255.50	1,377	8thin
Medium and Large 3	553	230.00	1,272	3thin
Small 1	536	225.00	1,206	4thin

One grade step is worth $33.17/cwt here — about $186 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

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 sale35 hd

251.35

—

VA average4 barns · 279 hd

258.89

−7.53

National average129 barns · 6,320 hd

267.62

−16.27

This barn, trailing median30 sales

364.76

−113.41

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

45 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	300–350	335	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,106	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	435	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,305	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	730	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	1,584	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	398	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,274	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	630	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	1,632	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	495	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,411	5
Bulls	Small 1	500–550	515	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,185	1
Bulls	Small 1	300–350	335	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,072	1
Bulls	Small 1	400–450	415	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	892	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	674	284.18/cwt	275.00–288.00	1,915	7
Heifers	Small 1	500–550	536	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,206	4
Bulls	Small 1	600–650	640	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,536	1
Heifers	Small 1	450–500	462	231.15/cwt	205.00–245.00	1,068	3
Heifers	Small 1	300–350	340	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	850	1
Heifers	Small 1	600–650	620	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,147	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	539	255.50/cwt	255.50–255.50	1,377	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	805	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,892	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	470	256.51/cwt	235.00–260.00	1,206	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	340	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	901	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	545	303.59/cwt	282.00–307.00	1,655	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	539	258.17/cwt	251.00–260.00	1,392	20
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	600	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,710	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	640	286.61/cwt	285.00–287.00	1,834	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	788	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	1,946	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	720	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,296	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	795	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,511	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	635	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	1,441	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	409	319.49/cwt	290.00–330.00	1,307	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	570	276.22/cwt	270.00–277.50	1,574	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	855	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,796	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	729	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,764	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	500	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,275	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	430	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,011	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	473	307.00/cwt	307.00–307.00	1,452	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	634	234.59/cwt	233.00–239.00	1,487	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	520	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,508	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	580	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,711	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	467	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,144	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	465	254.70/cwt	254.00–255.00	1,184	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	350	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,120	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	487	287.22/cwt	285.00–287.50	1,399	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	435	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,001	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	553	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,272	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	390	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	858	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	715	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,573	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 29, 2024

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

Receipts 162Last week 191Year ago 155

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 40, Heifers 80, Bulls 42)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	335	330.00	330.00
2	350–400	398	320.00	320.00
1	400–450	435	300.00	300.00
5	450–500	495	285.00	285.00
12	550–600	570	270.00–277.50	276.22
2	600–650	630	259.00	259.00
1	700–750	730	217.00	217.00
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	335	320.00	320.00
1	400–450	415	215.00	215.00
1	500–550	515	230.00	230.00
1	600–650	640	240.00	240.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	409	290.00–330.00	319.49
9	450–500	487	285.00–287.50	287.22
1	500–550	500	255.00	255.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	500–550	545	282.00–307.00	303.59
10	600–650	640	285.00–287.00	286.61
7	650–700	674	275.00–288.00	284.18
3	700–750	729	242.00	242.00
3	750–800	788	247.00	247.00
1	800–850	805	235.00	235.00
2	850–900	855	210.00	210.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	350	320.00	320.00
2	450–500	473	307.00	307.00
1	500–550	520	290.00	290.00
1	550–600	580	295.00	295.00
1	600–650	600	285.00	285.00
1	700–750	715	220.00	220.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	340	250.00	250.00
3	450–500	462	205.00–245.00	231.15
4	500–550	536	225.00	225.00
1	600–650	620	185.00	185.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	430	235.00	235.00
10	450–500	465	254.00–255.00	254.70
8	500–550	539	255.50	255.50
3	600–650	635	227.00	227.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	340	265.00	265.00
7	450–500	470	235.00–260.00	256.51
20	500–550	539	251.00–260.00	258.17
8	600–650	634	233.00–239.00	234.59
1	700–750	720	180.00	180.00
2	750–800	795	190.00	190.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	390	220.00	220.00
1	400–450	435	230.00	230.00
5	450–500	467	245.00	245.00
3	550–600	553	230.00	230.00

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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