Name: Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2024-09-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-09-18

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 26, Heifers 34, Bulls 28)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $219.86/cwt on 14 head. That ranks 1 of 31 comparable sales and sits −144.47 against this barn's trailing median of $364.33.

Average price

$219.86

14 head · 536 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,178

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$123

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 1

$30.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−9.41

vs VA average

−17.15 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	540	227.00	1,226	7thin
Medium and Large 2	526	223.00	1,173	4thin
Medium and Large 3	530	200.00	1,060	2thin
Small 1	560	197.00	1,103	1thin

One grade step is worth $30.00/cwt here — about $123 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 sale14 hd

219.86

—

VA average10 barns · 590 hd

229.27

−9.41

National average181 barns · 11,482 hd

237.01

−17.15

This barn, trailing median31 sales

364.33

−144.47

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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	850–900	865	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,557	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	425	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,169	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	768	199.00/cwt	199.00–199.00	1,528	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	491	235.01/cwt	160.00–253.00	1,154	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	566	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	1,319	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	646	230.50/cwt	230.50–230.50	1,489	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	751	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,772	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	435	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,175	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	808	214.51/cwt	212.00–217.00	1,733	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	525	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,365	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	721	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	1,709	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	460	273.00/cwt	273.00–273.00	1,256	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	455	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,160	3
Steers	Small 1	450–500	450	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,089	1
Steers	Small 1	500–550	505	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,111	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	905	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,629	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	665	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	1,709	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	853	194.00/cwt	194.00–194.00	1,655	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	690	203.00/cwt	203.00–203.00	1,401	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	645	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	1,393	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	740	154.50/cwt	154.50–154.50	1,143	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	438	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	986	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	630	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,607	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	340	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	765	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	370	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	818	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	526	223.00/cwt	223.00–223.00	1,173	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	745	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,341	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	370	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	873	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	405	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	859	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	618	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	1,335	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	650–700	695	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	1,161	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	445	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	957	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	530	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,060	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	540	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	1,226	7
Heifers	Small 1	450–500	490	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	769	1
Heifers	Small 1	550–600	560	197.00/cwt	197.00–197.00	1,103	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	460	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,242	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	550	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	1,353	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	605	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,059	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	420	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,155	2
Bulls	Small 1	550–600	590	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,328	1
Bulls	Small 1	450–500	498	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	996	2

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 18, 2024

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

Receipts 88Last week 234Year ago 226

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 26, Heifers 34, Bulls 28)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	425	275.00	275.00
5	450–500	491	160.00–253.00	235.01
5	550–600	566	233.00	233.00
5	600–650	646	230.50	230.50
2	750–800	768	199.00	199.00
1	850–900	865	180.00	180.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	420	275.00	275.00
1	450–500	460	270.00	270.00
1	550–600	550	246.00	246.00
1	600–650	605	175.00	175.00
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	498	200.00	200.00
1	550–600	590	225.00	225.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	435	270.00	270.00
1	650–700	665	257.00	257.00
4	750–800	751	236.00	236.00
2	800–850	808	212.00–217.00	214.51
2	850–900	853	194.00	194.00
1	900–950	905	180.00	180.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	460	273.00	273.00
2	500–550	525	260.00	260.00
1	600–650	630	255.00	255.00
4	700–750	721	237.00	237.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	340	225.00	225.00
3	450–500	455	255.00	255.00
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	450	242.00	242.00
1	500–550	505	220.00	220.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	370	221.00	221.00
3	400–450	438	225.00	225.00
4	500–550	526	223.00	223.00
2	600–650	645	216.00	216.00
1	650–700	690	203.00	203.00
2	700–750	740	154.50	154.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	370	236.00	236.00
2	400–450	405	212.00	212.00
7	500–550	540	227.00	227.00
2	600–650	618	216.00	216.00
1	700–750	745	180.00	180.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	445	215.00	215.00
2	500–550	530	200.00	200.00
1	650–700	695	167.00	167.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	490	157.00	157.00
1	550–600	560	197.00	197.00

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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