Name: Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2024-07-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-07-17

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 22, Heifers 27, Bulls 23)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $223.36/cwt on 11 head. That ranks 1 of 31 comparable sales and sits −140.97 against this barn's trailing median of $364.33.

Average price

$223.36

11 head · 548 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,224

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$39

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Small 1

$30.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−22.70

vs VA average

−34.44 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	505	235.00	1,187	2thin
Medium and Large 1	560	233.00	1,305	4thin
Medium and Large 3	548	220.00	1,206	2thin
Small 1	560	205.00	1,148	3thin

One grade step is worth $30.00/cwt here — about $39 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 sale11 hd

223.36

—

VA average10 barns · 647 hd

246.06

−22.70

National average156 barns · 7,883 hd

257.80

−34.44

This barn, trailing median31 sales

364.33

−140.97

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

33 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	403	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,169	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	655	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	1,493	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	500	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,400	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	558	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,350	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	715	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	1,473	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	638	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	1,448	4
Steers	Small 1	500–550	540	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,296	1
Heifers	Small 1	700–750	715	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,323	1
Heifers	Small 1	550–600	560	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,148	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	428	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	1,250	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	472	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,392	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	505	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,187	2
Heifers	Small 1	400–450	425	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	850	1
Heifers	Small 1	450–500	450	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	999	1
Steers	Small 1	400–450	420	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	987	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	500	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,350	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	770	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	1,401	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	460	224.59/cwt	145.00–265.00	1,033	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	838	188.00/cwt	188.00–188.00	1,575	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	468	277.00/cwt	277.00–277.00	1,296	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	562	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	1,484	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	548	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,206	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	445	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	957	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	650–700	670	192.00/cwt	192.00–192.00	1,286	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	455	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,047	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	730	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,387	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	560	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	1,305	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	469	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,079	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	410	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	820	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	650	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	1,424	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	545	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	627	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	680	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,258	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	565	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,328	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 17, 2024

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

Receipts 72Last week 147Year ago 180

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 22, Heifers 27, Bulls 23)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	403	290.00	290.00
3	500–550	500	280.00	280.00
6	550–600	558	242.00	242.00
2	650–700	655	228.00	228.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	428	292.00	292.00
3	450–500	472	295.00	295.00
1	500–550	545	115.00	115.00
2	550–600	565	235.00	235.00
1	650–700	680	185.00	185.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	468	277.00	277.00
8	550–600	562	264.00	264.00
1	700–750	715	206.00	206.00
2	800–850	838	188.00	188.00
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	420	235.00	235.00
1	500–550	540	240.00	240.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	460	145.00–265.00	224.59
1	500–550	500	270.00	270.00
1	750–800	770	182.00	182.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	650–700	670	192.00	192.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	455	230.00	230.00
4	550–600	560	233.00	233.00
4	600–650	638	227.00	227.00
1	700–750	730	190.00	190.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	425	200.00	200.00
1	450–500	450	222.00	222.00
3	550–600	560	205.00	205.00
1	700–750	715	185.00	185.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	410	200.00	200.00
4	450–500	469	230.00	230.00
2	500–550	505	235.00	235.00
1	650–700	650	219.00	219.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	445	215.00	215.00
2	500–550	548	220.00	220.00

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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