Name: Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2024-07-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-07-10

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 30, Heifers 62, Bulls 55)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $230.78/cwt on 16 head. That ranks 1 of 30 comparable sales and sits −133.98 against this barn's trailing median of $364.76.

Average price

$230.78

16 head · 543 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,253

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$351

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3

$62.50/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−25.15

vs VA average

−38.08 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	548	242.50	1,328	9thin
Medium and Large 2	534	230.00	1,228	5thin
Medium and Large 3	543	180.00	977	2thin

One grade step is worth $62.50/cwt here — about $351 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

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 sale16 hd

230.78

—

VA average5 barns · 404 hd

255.93

−25.15

National average164 barns · 12,328 hd

268.86

−38.08

This barn, trailing median30 sales

364.76

−133.98

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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	662	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,595	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	475	289.29/cwt	287.00–290.00	1,374	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	559	254.47/cwt	242.00–256.00	1,422	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	780	219.37/cwt	200.00–238.00	1,711	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	656	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	1,528	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	415	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,121	1
Bulls	Small 1	500–550	548	227.50/cwt	227.50–227.50	1,247	2
Heifers	Small 1	400–450	448	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	851	2
Steers	Small 1	600–650	640	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,664	1
Bulls	Small 1	400–450	430	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	989	1
Bulls	Small 1	600–650	630	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	1,399	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	751	192.00/cwt	192.00–192.00	1,442	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	350	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	840	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	345	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,139	4
Heifers	Small 1	650–700	680	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	1,285	1
Heifers	Small 1	600–650	608	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,034	2
Bulls	Small 1	450–500	483	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,304	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	637	274.00/cwt	274.00–274.00	1,745	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	333	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	783	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	525	291.00/cwt	291.00–291.00	1,528	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	503	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,459	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	485	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	1,130	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	635	233.13/cwt	231.50–236.50	1,480	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	518	244.85/cwt	200.00–262.00	1,268	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	417	302.00/cwt	302.00–302.00	1,259	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	630	274.00/cwt	274.00–274.00	1,726	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	750	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,500	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	850–900	855	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	1,471	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	745	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,453	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	440	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,276	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	675	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,215	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	628	226.25/cwt	212.00–229.00	1,421	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	525	242.50/cwt	242.50–242.50	1,273	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	960	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,920	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	559	242.50/cwt	242.50–242.50	1,356	6
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	355	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,012	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	615	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,384	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	375	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	675	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	570	286.00/cwt	286.00–286.00	1,630	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	330	230.00/cwt	210.00–250.00	759	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	552	291.00/cwt	291.00–291.00	1,606	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	485	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	1,101	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	543	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	977	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	463	246.50/cwt	246.50–246.50	1,141	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	534	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,228	5
Steers	Medium and Large 3	700–750	733	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,693	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	553	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	1,416	2

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 Jul 10, 2024

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

Receipts 147Last week 230Year ago 140

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 30, Heifers 62, Bulls 55)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	345	330.00	330.00
1	400–450	415	270.00	270.00
8	450–500	475	287.00–290.00	289.29
3	500–550	503	290.00	290.00
9	550–600	559	242.00–256.00	254.47
6	650–700	662	241.00	241.00
4	750–800	750	200.00	200.00
1	850–900	855	172.00	172.00
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	430	230.00	230.00
2	450–500	483	270.00	270.00
2	500–550	548	227.50	227.50
1	600–650	630	222.00	222.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	400–450	417	302.00	302.00
4	500–550	518	200.00–262.00	244.85
2	550–600	553	256.00	256.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	525	291.00	291.00
9	550–600	552	291.00	291.00
9	600–650	637	274.00	274.00
2	750–800	780	200.00–238.00	219.37
1	950–1000	960	200.00	200.00
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	600–650	640	260.00	260.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	440	290.00	290.00
1	550–600	570	286.00	286.00
1	600–650	630	274.00	274.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	355	285.00	285.00
2	700–750	733	231.00	231.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	333	235.00	235.00
1	350–400	350	240.00	240.00
2	450–500	485	233.00	233.00
3	500–550	525	242.50	242.50
6	550–600	559	242.50	242.50
3	600–650	635	231.50–236.50	233.13
8	650–700	656	233.00	233.00
1	700–750	745	195.00	195.00
6	750–800	751	192.00	192.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	448	190.00	190.00
2	600–650	608	170.00	170.00
1	650–700	680	189.00	189.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	330	210.00–250.00	230.00
6	450–500	463	246.50	246.50
5	500–550	534	230.00	230.00
6	600–650	628	212.00–229.00	226.25
1	650–700	675	180.00	180.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	375	180.00	180.00
1	450–500	485	227.00	227.00
2	500–550	543	180.00	180.00
1	600–650	615	225.00	225.00

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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