Name: Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2024-10-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-10-02

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 66, Heifers 72, Bulls 25)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $216.09/cwt on 22 head. That ranks 1 of 31 comparable sales and sits −148.24 against this barn's trailing median of $364.33.

Average price

$216.09

22 head · 542 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,172

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$228

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 1

$56.50/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−10.86

vs VA average

−30.69 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	539	223.50	1,205	11thin
Medium and Large 2	536	216.50	1,160	9thin
Medium and Large 3	595	180.00	1,071	1thin
Small 1	585	167.00	977	1thin

One grade step is worth $56.50/cwt here — about $228 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale22 hd

216.09

—

VA average7 barns · 238 hd

226.95

−10.86

National average172 barns · 12,740 hd

246.78

−30.69

This barn, trailing median31 sales

364.33

−148.24

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

43 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	450–500	473	260.80/cwt	252.00–265.00	1,234	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	750	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,238	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	800–850	848	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	1,297	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	640	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,248	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	560	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,294	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	420	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	1,121	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	487	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	1,300	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	549	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	1,411	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	830	192.00/cwt	192.00–192.00	1,594	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	370	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,055	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	920	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	1,739	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	444	258.11/cwt	217.00–264.00	1,146	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	657	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	1,557	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	540	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	1,393	15
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	740	223.00/cwt	223.00–223.00	1,650	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	560	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	1,445	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	753	223.00/cwt	223.00–223.00	1,679	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	639	242.67/cwt	234.00–243.50	1,551	11
Steers	Small 1	500–550	515	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	706	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	390	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	624	1
Steers	Small 1	400–450	410	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	554	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	635	200.50/cwt	200.50–200.50	1,273	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	420	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	756	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	430	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	950	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	650–700	665	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	1,044	1
Heifers	Small 1	400–450	447	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	939	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	360	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	864	1
Heifers	Small 1	350–400	360	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	612	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	536	216.50/cwt	216.50–216.50	1,160	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	461	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	922	5
Heifers	Small 1	550–600	585	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	977	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	421	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	1,132	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	595	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,071	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	736	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	1,376	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	539	223.50/cwt	223.50–223.50	1,205	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	645	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,193	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	365	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	821	3
Bulls	Small 1	300–350	320	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	544	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	456	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,049	14
Bulls	Small 1	500–550	545	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,172	1
Bulls	Small 1	350–400	380	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	779	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	535	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	1,273	1
Bulls	Small 1	400–450	440	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	770	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 Oct 2, 2024

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

Receipts 163Last week 149Year ago 214

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 66, Heifers 72, Bulls 25)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	421	269.00	269.00
6	450–500	473	252.00–265.00	260.80
4	550–600	560	231.00	231.00
2	750–800	750	165.00	165.00
2	800–850	848	153.00	153.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	420	267.00	267.00
1	500–550	535	238.00	238.00
1	600–650	640	195.00	195.00
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	320	170.00	170.00
1	350–400	380	205.00	205.00
1	400–450	440	175.00	175.00
1	500–550	545	215.00	215.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	360	240.00	240.00
3	450–500	487	267.00	267.00
4	500–550	549	257.00	257.00
7	650–700	657	237.00	237.00
3	700–750	740	223.00	223.00
2	800–850	830	192.00	192.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	370	285.00	285.00
8	400–450	444	217.00–264.00	258.11
15	500–550	540	258.00	258.00
1	550–600	560	258.00	258.00
11	600–650	639	234.00–243.50	242.67
5	750–800	753	223.00	223.00
1	900–950	920	189.00	189.00
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	410	135.00	135.00
1	500–550	515	137.00	137.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	390	160.00	160.00
1	400–450	420	180.00	180.00
1	550–600	595	180.00	180.00
1	650–700	665	157.00	157.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	430	221.00	221.00
14	450–500	456	230.00	230.00
11	500–550	539	223.50	223.50
11	600–650	635	200.50	200.50
4	700–750	736	187.00	187.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	360	170.00	170.00
3	400–450	447	210.00	210.00
1	550–600	585	167.00	167.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	365	225.00	225.00
5	450–500	461	200.00	200.00
9	500–550	536	216.50	216.50
2	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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