Name: Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2024-09-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-09-04

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 41, Heifers 91, Bulls 44)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $221.52/cwt on 34 head. That ranks 1 of 31 comparable sales and sits −142.81 against this barn's trailing median of $364.33.

Average price

$221.52

34 head · 554 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,228

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$163

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 1

$32.59/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−6.87

vs VA average

−19.17 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	554	227.59	1,261	20
Medium and Large 2	554	215.83	1,195	12thin
Small 1	563	195.00	1,098	2thin

One grade step is worth $32.59/cwt here — about $163 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 sale34 hd

221.52

—

VA average6 barns · 280 hd

228.40

−6.87

National average148 barns · 7,025 hd

240.69

−19.17

This barn, trailing median31 sales

364.33

−142.81

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

50 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	700–750	720	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	1,339	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	618	218.48/cwt	212.00–237.00	1,350	4
Steers	Small 1	600–650	635	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,429	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	370	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	870	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	663	197.50/cwt	197.50–197.50	1,309	2
Steers	Small 1	550–600	594	230.23/cwt	215.00–234.00	1,368	5
Steers	Small 1	450–500	460	226.81/cwt	220.00–240.00	1,043	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	540	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,161	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	595	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,250	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	710	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,314	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	436	216.73/cwt	160.00–235.00	945	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	627	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,511	3
Steers	Small 1	400–450	420	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	987	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	527	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	1,223	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	463	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,134	2
Steers	Small 1	700–750	730	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,314	1
Steers	Small 1	500–550	502	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	1,250	6
Steers	Small 1	800–850	805	152.50/cwt	152.50–152.50	1,228	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	695	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,605	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	560	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	1,394	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	405	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,073	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	470	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,152	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	633	210.89/cwt	145.00–224.00	1,335	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	660	223.48/cwt	217.50–225.00	1,475	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	365	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,022	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	610	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	1,269	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	556	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	1,201	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	543	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,167	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	375	227.50/cwt	227.50–227.50	853	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	726	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,634	4
Heifers	Small 1	400–450	437	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	699	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	454	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,090	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	494	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,240	4
Bulls	Small 1	600–650	648	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,361	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	685	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,439	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	554	227.59/cwt	226.00–228.00	1,261	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	340	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	765	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	389	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	778	4
Bulls	Small 1	350–400	365	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,022	1
Bulls	Small 1	550–600	555	227.50/cwt	227.50–227.50	1,263	1
Heifers	Small 1	700–750	700	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	1,211	1
Heifers	Small 1	550–600	563	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,098	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	800–850	843	197.50/cwt	197.50–197.50	1,665	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	548	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,370	3
Bulls	Small 1	700–750	740	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,369	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	445	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,113	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	562	226.50/cwt	185.00–248.00	1,273	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	635	209.44/cwt	192.50–219.00	1,330	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	724	217.45/cwt	215.00–220.00	1,574	4
Bulls	Small 1	400–450	421	242.50/cwt	242.50–242.50	1,021	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 Sep 4, 2024

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

Receipts 176Last week 77Year ago 162

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 41, Heifers 91, Bulls 44)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	370	235.00	235.00
4	450–500	454	240.00	240.00
20	550–600	554	226.00–228.00	227.59
17	600–650	635	192.50–219.00	209.44
6	650–700	685	210.00	210.00
1	700–750	720	186.00	186.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	375	227.50	227.50
8	400–450	436	160.00–235.00	216.73
2	500–550	543	215.00	215.00
10	550–600	556	216.00	216.00
2	600–650	610	208.00	208.00
2	650–700	663	197.50	197.50
1	700–750	710	185.00	185.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	437	160.00	160.00
2	550–600	563	195.00	195.00
1	700–750	700	173.00	173.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	340	225.00	225.00
4	350–400	389	200.00	200.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	463	245.00	245.00
3	500–550	527	232.00	232.00
4	600–650	618	212.00–237.00	218.48
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	420	235.00	235.00
3	450–500	460	220.00–240.00	226.81
6	500–550	502	249.00	249.00
5	550–600	594	215.00–234.00	230.23
1	600–650	635	225.00	225.00
1	700–750	730	180.00	180.00
1	800–850	805	152.50	152.50
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	540	215.00	215.00
1	550–600	595	210.00	210.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	600–650	627	241.00	241.00
4	650–700	695	231.00	231.00
4	700–750	726	225.00	225.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	405	265.00	265.00
4	450–500	494	251.00	251.00
3	500–550	548	250.00	250.00
2	550–600	560	249.00	249.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	365	280.00	280.00
2	400–450	445	250.00	250.00
1	450–500	470	245.00	245.00
3	550–600	562	185.00–248.00	226.50
6	600–650	633	145.00–224.00	210.89
5	650–700	660	217.50–225.00	223.48
4	700–750	724	215.00–220.00	217.45
2	800–850	843	197.50	197.50
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	365	280.00	280.00
4	400–450	421	242.50	242.50
1	550–600	555	227.50	227.50
2	600–650	648	210.00	210.00
1	700–750	740	185.00	185.00

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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