Name: Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2024-08-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-08-14

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 43, Heifers 67, Bulls 40)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $248.68/cwt on 33 head. That ranks 1 of 31 comparable sales and sits −115.65 against this barn's trailing median of $364.33.

Average price

$248.68

33 head · 553 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,376

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3

$9.11/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.75

vs VA average

−3.26 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	538	254.11	1,367	7thin
Medium and Large 1	560	247.74	1,388	21
Small 1	538	245.00	1,318	3thin
Medium and Large 3	558	245.00	1,367	2thin

One grade step is worth $9.11/cwt here — about $0 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale33 hd

248.68

—

VA average8 barns · 328 hd

249.43

−0.75

National average159 barns · 7,784 hd

251.94

−3.26

This barn, trailing median31 sales

364.33

−115.65

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

46 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	370	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	907	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	483	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,425	2
Steers	Small 1	750–800	760	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,520	1
Heifers	Small 1	500–550	538	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,318	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	547	253.19/cwt	250.00–253.50	1,385	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	825	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,815	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	780	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,794	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	659	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,779	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	531	291.94/cwt	287.00–295.00	1,550	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	528	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	1,515	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	466	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	1,207	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	617	259.47/cwt	254.00–270.00	1,601	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	563	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	1,616	6
Steers	Small 1	550–600	590	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,564	1
Steers	Small 1	450–500	464	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	1,239	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	643	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,575	2
Steers	Small 1	600–650	630	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,638	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	435	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	979	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	647	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	1,540	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	424	274.97/cwt	240.00–290.00	1,166	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	500	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,400	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	355	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,030	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	725	202.00/cwt	202.00–202.00	1,465	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	395	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	968	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	390	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	897	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	558	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,367	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	400	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,060	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	462	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	1,326	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	658	223.02/cwt	220.00–226.00	1,467	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	470	254.80/cwt	250.00–255.50	1,198	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	340	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	986	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	675	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	1,607	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	621	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	1,360	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	538	254.11/cwt	242.00–256.00	1,367	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	395	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,146	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	575	241.75/cwt	239.00–244.00	1,390	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	520	260.06/cwt	245.00–274.00	1,352	2
Bulls	Small 1	300–350	335	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	754	1
Heifers	Small 1	450–500	472	236.53/cwt	220.00–250.00	1,116	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	733	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,393	2
Bulls	Small 1	550–600	570	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,311	1
Bulls	Small 1	500–550	515	224.56/cwt	180.00–270.00	1,156	2
Bulls	Small 1	400–450	428	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,006	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	700–750	715	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,430	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	581	247.06/cwt	210.00–267.00	1,435	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	470	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,340	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 14, 2024

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

Receipts 150Last week 180Year ago 136

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 43, Heifers 67, Bulls 40)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	370	245.00	245.00
8	450–500	470	250.00–255.50	254.80
11	500–550	547	250.00–253.50	253.19
10	550–600	575	239.00–244.00	241.75
6	650–700	658	220.00–226.00	223.02
2	700–750	733	190.00	190.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	472	220.00–250.00	236.53
3	500–550	538	245.00	245.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	395	245.00	245.00
4	450–500	466	259.00	259.00
7	500–550	538	242.00–256.00	254.11
5	600–650	621	219.00	219.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	390	230.00	230.00
2	550–600	558	245.00	245.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	483	295.00	295.00
5	500–550	531	287.00–295.00	291.94
6	550–600	563	287.00	287.00
6	600–650	617	254.00–270.00	259.47
7	650–700	659	270.00	270.00
1	750–800	780	230.00	230.00
1	800–850	825	220.00	220.00
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	464	267.00	267.00
1	550–600	590	265.00	265.00
1	600–650	630	260.00	260.00
1	750–800	760	200.00	200.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	462	287.00	287.00
2	500–550	528	287.00	287.00
2	600–650	643	245.00	245.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	400	265.00	265.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	340	290.00	290.00
2	350–400	395	290.00	290.00
1	400–450	435	225.00	225.00
1	450–500	470	285.00	285.00
2	500–550	520	245.00–274.00	260.06
2	650–700	675	238.00	238.00
1	700–750	715	200.00	200.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	355	290.00	290.00
4	400–450	424	240.00–290.00	274.97
2	500–550	500	280.00	280.00
7	550–600	581	210.00–267.00	247.06
6	600–650	647	238.00	238.00
1	700–750	725	202.00	202.00
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	335	225.00	225.00
3	400–450	428	235.00	235.00
2	500–550	515	180.00–270.00	224.56
1	550–600	570	230.00	230.00

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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