Name: Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2024-08-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-08-21

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 23, Heifers 73, Bulls 75)

Weight class

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb bulls averaged $271.29/cwt on 30 head. That ranks 1 of 24 comparable sales and sits −103.42 against this barn's trailing median of $374.71.

Average price

$271.29

30 head · 534 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,450

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$57

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2

$1.34/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+16.47

vs VA average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	541	271.74	1,469	20
Medium and Large 2	522	270.40	1,411	10thin

One grade step is worth $1.34/cwt here — about $57 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

24 sales

Bulls 500–600 lb: high $440.10, low $329.37, median $374.71 across 24 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 sale30 hd

271.29

—

VA average9 barns · 225 hd

254.82

+16.47

This barn, trailing median24 sales

374.71

−103.42

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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	700	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,540	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	800–850	810	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,580	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	458	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,260	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	355	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,047	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	760	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,672	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	578	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,503	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	440	294.00/cwt	294.00–294.00	1,294	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	565	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	1,622	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	363	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	799	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	639	222.50/cwt	222.50–222.50	1,422	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	495	288.00/cwt	288.00–288.00	1,426	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	743	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,753	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	732	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	1,588	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	640	223.50/cwt	223.50–223.50	1,430	9
Steers	Small 1	500–550	540	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,350	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	825	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,774	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	556	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	1,351	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	445	244.25/cwt	232.00–247.00	1,087	11
Heifers	Small 1	550–600	585	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,346	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	566	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,415	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	645	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	1,683	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	590	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,357	1
Heifers	Small 1	500–550	525	225.05/cwt	205.00–230.00	1,182	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	435	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,022	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	413	279.55/cwt	277.00–280.00	1,155	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	625	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,438	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	705	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	1,530	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	540	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,188	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	650–700	685	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,473	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	578	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,156	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	572	265.39/cwt	250.00–267.00	1,518	11
Bulls	Small 1	750–800	790	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,738	1
Heifers	Small 1	450–500	458	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,031	2
Heifers	Small 1	600–650	645	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,387	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	750–800	760	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,558	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	645	245.68/cwt	243.00–247.00	1,585	6
Bulls	Small 1	400–450	423	241.09/cwt	210.00–257.00	1,020	3
Bulls	Small 1	450–500	485	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,285	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	700–750	740	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,480	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	610	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,312	1
Bulls	Small 1	350–400	365	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	876	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	421	269.54/cwt	230.00–280.00	1,135	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	508	273.00/cwt	273.00–273.00	1,387	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	502	279.50/cwt	279.50–279.50	1,403	9
Bulls	Small 1	600–650	633	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,424	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	343	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	984	3

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 21, 2024

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

Receipts 171Last week 150Year ago 136

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 23, Heifers 73, Bulls 75)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	355	295.00	295.00
7	400–450	413	277.00–280.00	279.55
2	450–500	458	275.00	275.00
9	500–550	502	279.50	279.50
11	550–600	572	250.00–267.00	265.39
6	600–650	645	243.00–247.00	245.68
1	700–750	700	220.00	220.00
4	750–800	760	220.00	220.00
1	800–850	810	195.00	195.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	343	287.00	287.00
5	400–450	421	230.00–280.00	269.54
8	500–550	508	273.00	273.00
2	550–600	578	260.00	260.00
1	600–650	625	230.00	230.00
1	700–750	740	200.00	200.00
1	750–800	760	205.00	205.00
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	365	240.00	240.00
3	400–450	423	210.00–257.00	241.09
3	450–500	485	265.00	265.00
2	600–650	633	225.00	225.00
1	750–800	790	220.00	220.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	440	294.00	294.00
7	550–600	565	287.00	287.00
6	600–650	645	261.00	261.00
4	700–750	743	236.00	236.00
1	800–850	825	215.00	215.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	495	288.00	288.00
1	550–600	590	230.00	230.00
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	540	250.00	250.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	363	220.00	220.00
11	400–450	445	232.00–247.00	244.25
1	500–550	540	220.00	220.00
9	550–600	556	243.00	243.00
7	600–650	639	222.50	222.50
1	700–750	705	217.00	217.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	435	235.00	235.00
11	550–600	566	250.00	250.00
9	600–650	640	223.50	223.50
3	700–750	732	217.00	217.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	458	225.00	225.00
5	500–550	525	205.00–230.00	225.05
1	550–600	585	230.00	230.00
1	600–650	645	215.00	215.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	550–600	578	200.00	200.00
1	600–650	610	215.00	215.00
2	650–700	685	215.00	215.00

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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