Name: Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2024-09-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-09-25

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 29, Heifers 68, Bulls 52)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $215.78/cwt on 28 head. That ranks 1 of 30 comparable sales and sits −148.98 against this barn's trailing median of $364.76.

Average price

$215.78

28 head · 549 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,184

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$374

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 1

$61.69/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−12.11

vs VA average

−24.31 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	551	226.69	1,248	22
Medium and Large 2	545	180.00	981	2thin
Medium and Large 3	542	176.58	957	3thin
Small 1	530	165.00	875	1thin

One grade step is worth $61.69/cwt here — about $374 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 sale28 hd

215.78

—

VA average8 barns · 508 hd

227.89

−12.11

National average173 barns · 10,203 hd

240.09

−24.31

This barn, trailing median30 sales

364.76

−148.98

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

36 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	500–550	500	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,225	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	850–900	865	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	1,488	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	424	226.21/cwt	151.00–264.00	959	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	483	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	1,290	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	768	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	1,413	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	356	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	965	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	572	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	1,464	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	670	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	1,568	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	745	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	1,736	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	617	245.49/cwt	236.00–253.00	1,515	9
Steers	Small 1	500–550	535	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	1,321	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	420	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,113	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	335	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	704	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	635	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	1,346	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	573	223.93/cwt	223.00–227.50	1,283	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	454	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	1,053	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	698	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,640	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	650–700	685	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,302	1
Heifers	Small 1	500–550	530	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	875	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	395	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	928	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	750	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,275	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	723	180.02/cwt	170.00–185.00	1,302	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	545	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	981	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	457	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,056	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	415	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	706	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	430	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	946	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	542	176.58/cwt	150.00–190.00	957	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	645	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,193	1
Heifers	Small 1	450–500	490	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,078	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	544	227.50/cwt	227.50–227.50	1,238	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	641	227.52/cwt	225.50–234.50	1,458	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	545	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,199	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	499	263.00/cwt	263.00–263.00	1,312	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	732	186.07/cwt	186.00–186.50	1,362	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	573	238.41/cwt	231.00–239.50	1,366	8
Bulls	Small 1	600–650	620	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	1,159	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 25, 2024

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

Receipts 149Last week 88Year ago 339

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 29, Heifers 68, Bulls 52)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	356	271.00	271.00
3	400–450	424	151.00–264.00	226.21
3	450–500	483	267.00	267.00
1	500–550	500	245.00	245.00
8	550–600	573	231.00–239.50	238.41
13	600–650	641	225.50–234.50	227.52
7	700–750	732	186.00–186.50	186.07
3	750–800	768	184.00	184.00
2	850–900	865	172.00	172.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	499	263.00	263.00
1	500–550	545	220.00	220.00
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	600–650	620	187.00	187.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	420	265.00	265.00
3	550–600	572	256.00	256.00
9	600–650	617	236.00–253.00	245.49
5	650–700	670	234.00	234.00
5	700–750	745	233.00	233.00
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	535	247.00	247.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	650–700	698	235.00	235.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	650–700	685	190.00	190.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	335	210.00	210.00
1	400–450	415	170.00	170.00
3	450–500	457	231.00	231.00
2	500–550	545	180.00	180.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	395	235.00	235.00
8	450–500	454	232.00	232.00
17	500–550	544	227.50	227.50
5	550–600	573	223.00–227.50	223.93
19	600–650	635	212.00	212.00
3	700–750	723	170.00–185.00	180.02
1	750–800	750	170.00	170.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	490	220.00	220.00
1	500–550	530	165.00	165.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	430	220.00	220.00
3	500–550	542	150.00–190.00	176.58
1	600–650	645	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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