Name: Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2024-07-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-07-24

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 38, Heifers 53, Bulls 50)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $231.93/cwt on 15 head. That ranks 1 of 30 comparable sales and sits −132.83 against this barn's trailing median of $364.76.

Average price

$231.93

15 head · 535 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,241

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$99

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

$15.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−13.39

vs VA average

−32.70 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	555	239.00	1,326	1thin
Medium and Large 2	525	238.86	1,254	7thin
Small 1	539	224.00	1,207	4thin
Medium and Large 3	548	224.00	1,228	3thin

One grade step is worth $15.00/cwt here — about $99 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 sale15 hd

231.93

—

VA average7 barns · 350 hd

245.33

−13.39

National average157 barns · 8,958 hd

264.63

−32.70

This barn, trailing median30 sales

364.76

−132.83

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

44 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	350–400	375	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,106	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	735	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	1,558	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	648	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	1,601	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	417	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,209	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	507	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	1,364	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	558	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,451	8
Steers	Small 1	600–650	605	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	1,646	1
Heifers	Small 1	450–500	470	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	1,067	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	624	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	1,697	5
Bulls	Small 1	550–600	555	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	1,399	1
Bulls	Small 1	450–500	492	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	1,196	3
Bulls	Small 1	400–450	422	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,055	6
Heifers	Small 1	500–550	539	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	1,207	4
Heifers	Small 1	300–350	345	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	690	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	755	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	1,706	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	555	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,326	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	469	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	1,168	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	605	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,392	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	665	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	1,516	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	735	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,544	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	335	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	938	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	537	278.00/cwt	278.00–278.00	1,493	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	570	278.00/cwt	278.00–278.00	1,585	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	450	279.00/cwt	279.00–279.00	1,256	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	400	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	908	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	560	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,232	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	633	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,456	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	815	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	1,744	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	492	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	1,323	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	600	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	1,572	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	448	279.00/cwt	279.00–279.00	1,250	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	508	277.13/cwt	270.00–282.00	1,408	5
Steers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	526	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,210	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	555	278.00/cwt	278.00–278.00	1,543	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	453	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	1,024	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	350	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	630	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	519	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,256	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	658	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,513	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	348	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	696	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	458	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,099	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	630	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,260	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	548	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	1,228	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	558	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,451	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	422	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,203	5

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 24, 2024

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

Receipts 141Last week 72Year ago 245

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 38, Heifers 53, Bulls 50)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	375	295.00	295.00
5	400–450	417	290.00	290.00
6	500–550	507	269.00	269.00
8	550–600	558	260.00	260.00
4	600–650	648	247.00	247.00
1	700–750	735	212.00	212.00
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	422	250.00	250.00
3	450–500	492	243.00	243.00
1	550–600	555	252.00	252.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	422	285.00	285.00
7	450–500	492	269.00	269.00
2	550–600	558	260.00	260.00
1	600–650	600	262.00	262.00
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	600–650	605	272.00	272.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	450	279.00	279.00
8	500–550	537	278.00	278.00
1	550–600	570	278.00	278.00
5	600–650	624	272.00	272.00
2	750–800	755	226.00	226.00
2	800–850	815	214.00	214.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	335	280.00	280.00
2	400–450	448	279.00	279.00
5	500–550	508	270.00–282.00	277.13
1	550–600	555	278.00	278.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
8	500–550	526	230.00	230.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	345	200.00	200.00
1	450–500	470	227.00	227.00
4	500–550	539	224.00	224.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	469	249.00	249.00
1	550–600	555	239.00	239.00
1	600–650	605	230.00	230.00
2	650–700	665	228.00	228.00
5	700–750	735	210.00	210.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	400	227.00	227.00
4	450–500	458	240.00	240.00
6	500–550	519	242.00	242.00
1	550–600	560	220.00	220.00
3	600–650	633	230.00	230.00
7	650–700	658	230.00	230.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	348	200.00	200.00
1	350–400	350	180.00	180.00
3	450–500	453	226.00	226.00
3	500–550	548	224.00	224.00
1	600–650	630	200.00	200.00

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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