Name: Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2024-08-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-08-07

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 65, Heifers 89, Bulls 26)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $224.32/cwt on 21 head. That ranks 1 of 30 comparable sales and sits −140.44 against this barn's trailing median of $364.76.

Average price

$224.32

21 head · 557 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,250

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$603

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

$89.60/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−17.96

vs VA average

−20.75 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	571	239.60	1,368	13thin
Medium and Large 2	533	221.19	1,178	5thin
Small 1	555	170.00	944	2thin
Medium and Large 3	510	150.00	765	1thin

One grade step is worth $89.60/cwt here — about $603 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 sale21 hd

224.32

—

VA average9 barns · 485 hd

242.28

−17.96

National average152 barns · 6,273 hd

245.07

−20.75

This barn, trailing median30 sales

364.76

−140.44

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

52 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	800–850	825	199.00/cwt	199.00–199.00	1,642	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	474	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,351	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	633	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	1,500	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	700–750	715	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,359	1
Steers	Small 1	550–600	555	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	1,288	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	721	214.87/cwt	195.00–225.00	1,549	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	655	219.37/cwt	210.00–221.00	1,437	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	708	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	1,643	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	538	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	1,463	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	629	229.58/cwt	210.00–237.00	1,444	20
Bulls	Small 1	500–550	515	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	886	1
Bulls	Small 1	400–450	445	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	699	1
Steers	Small 1	450–500	475	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,150	2
Steers	Small 1	500–550	543	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,249	4
Bulls	Small 1	700–750	700	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	1,589	1
Bulls	Small 1	600–650	610	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,068	1
Heifers	Small 1	400–450	445	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	832	2
Steers	Small 1	650–700	655	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,376	1
Heifers	Small 1	550–600	580	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	986	1
Heifers	Small 1	500–550	530	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	901	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	475	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	1,078	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	659	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,549	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	476	273.00/cwt	273.00–273.00	1,299	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	765	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,645	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	535	231.34/cwt	223.00–240.00	1,238	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	590	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	1,404	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	478	249.53/cwt	244.00–277.00	1,193	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	571	239.60/cwt	230.50–245.00	1,368	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	522	221.99/cwt	221.00–223.00	1,159	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	469	221.92/cwt	220.00–225.00	1,041	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	563	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	1,531	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	639	249.24/cwt	247.00–256.00	1,593	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	420	267.30/cwt	240.00–280.00	1,123	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	378	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,040	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	430	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,032	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	650	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	1,638	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	582	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	1,548	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	518	232.84/cwt	200.00–266.00	1,206	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	607	205.71/cwt	202.00–213.00	1,249	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	684	213.00/cwt	213.00–213.00	1,457	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	435	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,053	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	750–800	760	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,482	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	435	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	948	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	490	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	1,284	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	520	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	1,206	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	726	192.00/cwt	192.00–192.00	1,394	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	510	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	765	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	650–700	660	188.00/cwt	188.00–188.00	1,241	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	495	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	1,074	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	575	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	1,254	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	375	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	795	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	345	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	587	1

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 Aug 7, 2024

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

Receipts 180Last week 265Year ago 146

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 65, Heifers 89, Bulls 26)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	378	275.00	275.00
6	450–500	474	285.00	285.00
3	500–550	538	272.00	272.00
6	550–600	563	272.00	272.00
12	600–650	639	247.00–256.00	249.24
2	700–750	708	232.00	232.00
2	800–850	825	199.00	199.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	430	240.00	240.00
6	450–500	478	244.00–277.00	249.53
2	500–550	518	200.00–266.00	232.84
3	550–600	582	266.00	266.00
2	600–650	633	237.00	237.00
3	650–700	650	252.00	252.00
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	475	242.00	242.00
4	500–550	543	230.00	230.00
1	550–600	555	232.00	232.00
1	650–700	655	210.00	210.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	345	170.00	170.00
1	400–450	435	242.00	242.00
1	500–550	520	232.00	232.00
3	750–800	760	195.00	195.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	420	240.00–280.00	267.30
2	450–500	490	262.00	262.00
1	700–750	715	190.00	190.00
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	445	157.00	157.00
1	500–550	515	172.00	172.00
1	600–650	610	175.00	175.00
1	700–750	700	227.00	227.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	476	273.00	273.00
2	500–550	535	223.00–240.00	231.34
1	550–600	590	238.00	238.00
6	650–700	659	235.00	235.00
2	750–800	765	215.00	215.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	475	227.00	227.00
13	550–600	571	230.50–245.00	239.60
20	600–650	629	210.00–237.00	229.58
7	650–700	655	210.00–221.00	219.37
9	700–750	721	195.00–225.00	214.87
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	445	187.00	187.00
1	500–550	530	170.00	170.00
1	550–600	580	170.00	170.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	375	212.00	212.00
1	400–450	435	218.00	218.00
11	450–500	469	220.00–225.00	221.92
4	500–550	522	221.00–223.00	221.99
1	550–600	575	218.00	218.00
3	600–650	607	202.00–213.00	205.71
4	650–700	684	213.00	213.00
4	700–750	726	192.00	192.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	495	217.00	217.00
1	500–550	510	150.00	150.00
1	650–700	660	188.00	188.00

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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