Name: Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2024-09-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-09-11

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 95, Heifers 94, Bulls 45)

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $259.51/cwt on 29 head. That ranks 1 of 19 comparable sales and sits −163.17 against this barn's trailing median of $422.68.

Average price

$259.51

29 head · 543 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,408

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$162

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

$39.75/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−8.82

vs VA average

−8.69 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	541	262.25	1,419	27
Medium and Large 2	565	222.50	1,257	2thin

One grade step is worth $39.75/cwt here — about $162 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 700–800 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

19 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $480.36, low $371.45, median $422.68 across 19 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 sale29 hd

259.51

—

VA average8 barns · 498 hd

268.33

−8.82

National average178 barns · 13,815 hd

268.20

−8.69

This barn, trailing median19 sales

422.68

−163.17

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

42 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 2	350–400	369	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	838	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	522	213.10/cwt	195.00–216.00	1,112	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	670	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,106	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	809	206.14/cwt	180.00–219.00	1,668	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	656	247.63/cwt	247.00–248.00	1,624	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	541	262.25/cwt	254.00–265.50	1,419	27
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	433	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	1,113	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	795	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,431	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	590	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,475	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	735	232.11/cwt	230.00–235.00	1,706	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	462	245.56/cwt	240.00–257.00	1,134	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	967	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	1,567	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	640	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,600	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	360	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	954	1
Steers	Small 1	750–800	780	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	1,303	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	850–900	850	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	1,590	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	738	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	1,594	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	655	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	1,500	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	465	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,097	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	425	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,084	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	320	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	816	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	525	212.11/cwt	209.00–215.00	1,114	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	380	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,007	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	540	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,053	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	733	183.00/cwt	183.00–183.00	1,341	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	640	209.25/cwt	209.25–209.25	1,339	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	420	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	865	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	690	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,346	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	460	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	957	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	408	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	849	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	475	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	950	1
Heifers	Small 1	350–400	350	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	525	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	461	225.50/cwt	225.50–225.50	1,040	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	563	216.96/cwt	209.00–217.75	1,221	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	780	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	1,381	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	953	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	1,506	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	393	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	943	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	503	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,207	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	503	223.04/cwt	214.00–232.00	1,122	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	639	231.69/cwt	224.00–232.25	1,480	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	557	237.22/cwt	220.00–240.00	1,321	9
Bulls	Small 1	750–800	760	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,558	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 Sep 11, 2024

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

Receipts 234Last week 176Year ago 151

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 95, Heifers 94, Bulls 45)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	369	227.00	227.00
2	400–450	408	208.00	208.00
1	450–500	460	208.00	208.00
7	500–550	522	195.00–216.00	213.10
3	650–700	670	165.00	165.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	420	206.00	206.00
12	450–500	461	225.50	225.50
2	500–550	525	209.00–215.00	212.11
22	550–600	563	209.00–217.75	216.96
22	600–650	640	209.25	209.25
1	650–700	690	195.00	195.00
5	700–750	733	183.00	183.00
3	750–800	780	177.00	177.00
3	950–1000	953	158.00	158.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	475	200.00	200.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	350	150.00	150.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	360	265.00	265.00
6	450–500	462	240.00–257.00	245.56
27	500–550	541	254.00–265.50	262.25
2	600–650	640	250.00	250.00
30	650–700	656	247.00–248.00	247.63
12	700–750	735	230.00–235.00	232.11
3	800–850	809	180.00–219.00	206.14
5	950–1000	967	162.00	162.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	380	265.00	265.00
2	400–450	433	257.00	257.00
1	500–550	540	195.00	195.00
1	550–600	590	250.00	250.00
1	750–800	795	180.00	180.00
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	750–800	780	167.00	167.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	320	255.00	255.00
1	400–450	425	255.00	255.00
1	450–500	465	236.00	236.00
5	500–550	503	240.00	240.00
9	550–600	557	220.00–240.00	237.22
14	600–650	639	224.00–232.25	231.69
1	650–700	655	229.00	229.00
2	700–750	738	216.00	216.00
3	850–900	850	187.00	187.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	393	240.00	240.00
2	500–550	503	214.00–232.00	223.04
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	750–800	760	205.00	205.00

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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