Name: Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2024-07-31
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-07-31

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 72, Heifers 139, Bulls 54)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $232.76/cwt on 37 head. That ranks 1 of 31 comparable sales and sits −131.57 against this barn's trailing median of $364.33.

Average price

$232.76

37 head · 551 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,282

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$268

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

$54.06/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−10.38

vs VA average

−25.70 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	552	239.17	1,319	24
Medium and Large 2	543	234.00	1,271	8thin
Small 1	552	210.00	1,159	3thin
Medium and Large 3	568	185.11	1,051	2thin

One grade step is worth $54.06/cwt here — about $268 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 sale37 hd

232.76

—

VA average6 barns · 338 hd

243.14

−10.38

National average139 barns · 7,218 hd

258.46

−25.70

This barn, trailing median31 sales

364.33

−131.57

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

56 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	462	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,224	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	714	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,464	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	530	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,246	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	395	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,126	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	556	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,334	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	772	191.35/cwt	170.00–205.00	1,477	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	320	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	944	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	465	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	1,102	3
Bulls	Small 1	550–600	565	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	1,511	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	500	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,200	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	850–900	855	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,582	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	390	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	965	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	557	262.15/cwt	245.00–265.00	1,460	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	492	283.00/cwt	283.00–283.00	1,392	7
Steers	Small 1	400–450	425	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,148	2
Heifers	Small 1	400–450	444	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	977	6
Steers	Small 1	600–650	610	242.50/cwt	242.50–242.50	1,479	1
Heifers	Small 1	650–700	670	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,474	1
Heifers	Small 1	300–350	340	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	765	2
Bulls	Small 1	450–500	485	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,188	2
Heifers	Small 1	550–600	552	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,159	3
Steers	Small 1	350–400	365	272.50/cwt	272.50–272.50	995	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	448	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,098	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	434	292.50/cwt	292.50–292.50	1,269	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	748	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,788	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	559	274.12/cwt	250.00–279.00	1,532	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	736	217.50/cwt	217.50–217.50	1,601	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	646	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,557	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	444	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,043	10
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	450	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	1,134	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	395	272.50/cwt	272.50–272.50	1,076	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	600	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,350	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	412	292.50/cwt	292.50–292.50	1,205	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	375	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	919	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	461	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,088	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	568	185.11/cwt	160.00–210.00	1,051	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	543	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	1,271	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	545	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,526	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	536	256.50/cwt	245.00–260.00	1,375	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	360	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,044	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	450	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	945	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	615	212.54/cwt	205.00–215.00	1,307	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	448	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	1,288	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	705	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,685	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	647	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,559	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	560	252.50/cwt	252.50–252.50	1,414	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	643	231.17/cwt	229.00–236.00	1,486	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	364	237.50/cwt	237.50–237.50	865	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	765	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,828	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	865	197.50/cwt	197.50–197.50	1,708	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	628	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	1,658	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	817	217.49/cwt	216.00–219.00	1,777	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	661	261.18/cwt	247.00–264.00	1,726	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	360	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,008	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	345	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	949	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	543	278.00/cwt	278.00–278.00	1,510	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 Jul 31, 2024

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

Receipts 265Last week 141Year ago 158

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 72, Heifers 139, Bulls 54)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	345	275.00	275.00
1	350–400	395	285.00	285.00
3	450–500	462	265.00	265.00
4	500–550	543	278.00	278.00
6	550–600	559	250.00–279.00	274.12
5	600–650	628	264.00	264.00
12	650–700	661	247.00–264.00	261.18
8	700–750	748	239.00	239.00
2	750–800	765	239.00	239.00
4	800–850	817	216.00–219.00	217.49
1	850–900	865	197.50	197.50
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	365	272.50	272.50
2	400–450	425	270.00	270.00
1	600–650	610	242.50	242.50
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	395	272.50	272.50
3	450–500	450	252.00	252.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	360	280.00	280.00
6	400–450	448	287.50	287.50
1	450–500	450	210.00	210.00
6	500–550	545	280.00	280.00
1	700–750	705	239.00	239.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	390	247.50	247.50
8	400–450	448	245.00	245.00
3	450–500	465	237.00	237.00
4	500–550	530	235.00	235.00
20	550–600	556	240.00	240.00
32	600–650	643	229.00–236.00	231.17
4	700–750	714	205.00	205.00
5	750–800	772	170.00–205.00	191.35
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	340	225.00	225.00
6	400–450	444	220.00	220.00
3	550–600	552	210.00	210.00
1	650–700	670	220.00	220.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	375	245.00	245.00
10	400–450	444	235.00	235.00
2	550–600	568	160.00–210.00	185.11
4	600–650	615	205.00–215.00	212.54
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	364	237.50	237.50
14	450–500	461	236.00	236.00
8	500–550	543	234.00	234.00
1	600–650	600	225.00	225.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	320	295.00	295.00
7	400–450	434	292.50	292.50
7	450–500	492	283.00	283.00
1	500–550	500	240.00	240.00
7	550–600	557	245.00–265.00	262.15
4	600–650	646	241.00	241.00
6	700–750	736	217.50	217.50
1	850–900	855	185.00	185.00
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	485	245.00	245.00
1	550–600	565	267.50	267.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	360	290.00	290.00
6	400–450	412	292.50	292.50
4	500–550	536	245.00–260.00	256.50
1	550–600	560	252.50	252.50
3	600–650	647	241.00	241.00

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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