Name: Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2024-08-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-08-28

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 10, Heifers 41, Bulls 26)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $224.02/cwt on 20 head. That ranks 1 of 30 comparable sales and sits −140.74 against this barn's trailing median of $364.76.

Average price

$224.02

20 head · 544 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,218

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$267

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Small 1

$46.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−11.12

vs VA average

−17.86 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	548	231.00	1,266	2thin
Medium and Large 1	547	230.60	1,261	14thin
Medium and Large 3	518	210.00	1,088	2thin
Small 1	540	185.00	999	2thin

One grade step is worth $46.00/cwt here — about $267 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 sale20 hd

224.02

—

VA average6 barns · 369 hd

235.14

−11.12

National average160 barns · 7,566 hd

241.88

−17.86

This barn, trailing median30 sales

364.76

−140.74

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

28 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	735	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,433	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	557	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,365	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	762	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,486	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	637	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	1,478	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	484	272.30/cwt	232.00–277.00	1,318	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	350	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	910	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	415	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,162	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	665	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,563	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	446	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	1,039	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	547	230.60/cwt	225.00–231.00	1,261	14
Heifers	Small 1	300–350	340	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	714	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	495	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	1,324	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	447	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	961	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	390	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	819	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	590	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,357	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	759	229.50/cwt	229.50–229.50	1,742	6
Heifers	Small 1	500–550	540	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	999	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	460	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,081	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	640	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,152	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	750–800	760	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,406	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	480	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	1,066	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	548	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,266	2
Bulls	Small 1	350–400	350	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	770	1
Bulls	Small 1	400–450	440	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	955	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	641	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,417	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	518	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,088	2
Heifers	Small 1	350–400	385	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	886	1
Heifers	Small 1	450–500	465	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	930	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 28, 2024

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

Receipts 77Last week 171Year ago 153

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 10, Heifers 41, Bulls 26)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	450–500	484	232.00–277.00	272.30
3	550–600	557	245.00	245.00
5	600–650	637	232.00	232.00
1	700–750	735	195.00	195.00
3	750–800	762	195.00	195.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	350	260.00	260.00
1	600–650	640	180.00	180.00
1	750–800	760	185.00	185.00
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	350	220.00	220.00
1	400–450	440	217.00	217.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	415	280.00	280.00
1	650–700	665	235.00	235.00
6	750–800	759	229.50	229.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	495	267.50	267.50
1	550–600	590	230.00	230.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	390	210.00	210.00
4	400–450	446	233.00	233.00
1	450–500	480	222.00	222.00
2	500–550	548	231.00	231.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	460	235.00	235.00
14	500–550	547	225.00–231.00	230.60
4	600–650	641	221.00	221.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	340	210.00	210.00
1	350–400	385	230.00	230.00
1	450–500	465	200.00	200.00
2	500–550	540	185.00	185.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	447	215.00	215.00
2	500–550	518	210.00	210.00

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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