Name: Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2024-06-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-06-19

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 100, Heifers 96, Bulls 82)

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $296.81/cwt on 18 head. That ranks 1 of 19 comparable sales and sits −125.87 against this barn's trailing median of $422.68.

Average price

$296.81

18 head · 536 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,590

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$54

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

$3.83/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.05

vs VA average

−3.85 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	515	300.00	1,545	3thin
Medium and Large 1	540	296.17	1,599	15thin

One grade step is worth $3.83/cwt here — about −$54 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

19 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $480.36, low $371.45, median $422.68 across 19 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 sale18 hd

296.81

—

VA average9 barns · 590 hd

296.76

+0.05

National average144 barns · 7,865 hd

300.66

−3.85

This barn, trailing median19 sales

422.68

−125.87

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
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	546	238.66/cwt	220.00–246.50	1,303	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	628	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,382	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	415	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	996	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	548	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	1,244	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	595	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	1,380	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	643	215.88/cwt	155.00–231.00	1,388	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	750–800	755	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,669	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	395	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	909	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	470	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,034	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	430	307.00/cwt	307.00–307.00	1,320	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	365	318.00/cwt	318.00–318.00	1,161	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	567	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,423	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	506	274.07/cwt	250.00–280.50	1,387	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	638	251.50/cwt	251.50–251.50	1,605	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	783	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,958	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	819	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,957	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	460	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,426	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	738	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,631	4
Heifers	Small 1	650–700	655	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	1,487	2
Bulls	Small 1	450–500	465	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,279	1
Bulls	Small 1	550–600	564	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,348	6
Bulls	Small 1	400–450	435	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,218	1
Bulls	Small 1	650–700	665	190.19/cwt	165.00–215.00	1,265	2
Bulls	Small 1	500–550	523	252.51/cwt	250.00–255.00	1,321	2
Heifers	Small 1	450–500	458	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	1,035	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	469	256.09/cwt	240.00–260.50	1,201	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	718	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,257	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	413	300.29/cwt	295.00–303.00	1,240	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	323	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,050	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	528	296.85/cwt	294.00–298.00	1,567	10
Heifers	Small 1	500–550	537	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	1,219	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	545	251.50/cwt	251.50–251.50	1,371	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	695	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,390	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	355	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,154	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	645	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,490	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	614	283.00/cwt	283.00–283.00	1,738	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	663	278.65/cwt	277.00–280.00	1,847	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	725	255.71/cwt	255.50–256.50	1,854	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	390	318.00/cwt	318.00–318.00	1,240	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	564	294.81/cwt	290.00–298.00	1,663	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	562	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	1,383	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	438	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	1,134	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	566	262.01/cwt	257.00–262.50	1,483	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	488	281.42/cwt	270.00–285.00	1,373	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	414	301.42/cwt	295.00–303.00	1,248	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	515	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,545	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	710	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,243	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	495	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	965	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	368	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	979	4

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 Jun 19, 2024

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

Receipts 278Last week 220Year ago 266

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 100, Heifers 96, Bulls 82)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	368	266.00	266.00
6	400–450	438	259.00	259.00
1	450–500	470	220.00	220.00
10	500–550	546	220.00–246.50	238.66
1	550–600	595	232.00	232.00
5	600–650	643	155.00–231.00	215.88
1	700–750	710	175.00	175.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	395	230.00	230.00
1	400–450	415	240.00	240.00
1	450–500	495	195.00	195.00
4	500–550	548	227.00	227.00
2	600–650	628	220.00	220.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	458	226.00	226.00
7	500–550	537	227.00	227.00
2	650–700	655	227.00	227.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	450–500	469	240.00–260.50	256.09
15	500–550	545	251.50	251.50
3	550–600	562	246.00	246.00
11	600–650	645	231.00	231.00
3	700–750	718	175.00	175.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	355	325.00	325.00
5	400–450	414	295.00–303.00	301.42
4	450–500	488	270.00–285.00	281.42
6	550–600	567	251.00	251.00
3	750–800	755	221.00	221.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	323	325.00	325.00
6	400–450	413	295.00–303.00	300.29
13	500–550	506	250.00–280.50	274.07
11	550–600	566	257.00–262.50	262.01
14	600–650	638	251.50	251.50
1	650–700	695	200.00	200.00
4	700–750	738	221.00	221.00
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	435	280.00	280.00
1	450–500	465	275.00	275.00
2	500–550	523	250.00–255.00	252.51
6	550–600	564	239.00	239.00
2	650–700	665	165.00–215.00	190.19
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	365	318.00	318.00
2	400–450	430	307.00	307.00
3	500–550	515	300.00	300.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	390	318.00	318.00
3	450–500	460	310.00	310.00
10	500–550	528	294.00–298.00	296.85
5	550–600	564	290.00–298.00	294.81
31	600–650	614	283.00	283.00
15	650–700	663	277.00–280.00	278.65
19	700–750	725	255.50–256.50	255.71
4	750–800	783	250.00	250.00
6	800–850	819	239.00	239.00

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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