Name: Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2024-10-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-10-09

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 72, Heifers 114, Bulls 108)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $218.14/cwt on 38 head. That ranks 1 of 30 comparable sales and sits −146.63 against this barn's trailing median of $364.76.

Average price

$218.14

38 head · 545 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,188

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$382

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Small 1

$70.81/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−10.09

vs VA average

−34.54 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	540	226.81	1,225	15thin
Medium and Large 1	548	226.33	1,240	18thin
Medium and Large 3	553	167.00	924	3thin
Small 1	540	156.00	842	2thin

One grade step is worth $70.81/cwt here — about $382 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 sale38 hd

218.14

—

VA average9 barns · 519 hd

228.23

−10.09

National average183 barns · 16,319 hd

252.68

−34.54

This barn, trailing median30 sales

364.76

−146.63

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

60 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 2	300–350	343	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	847	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	750–800	760	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	1,353	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	440	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	1,109	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	555	205.00/cwt	180.00–230.00	1,138	2
Heifers	Small 1	450–500	490	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,103	1
Heifers	Small 1	550–600	570	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	923	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	627	208.50/cwt	208.50–208.50	1,307	10
Heifers	Small 1	500–550	510	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	765	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	553	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	924	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	540	226.81/cwt	210.00–228.00	1,225	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	395	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	889	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	445	229.41/cwt	150.00–241.00	1,021	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	371	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	835	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	634	189.71/cwt	130.00–201.00	1,203	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	730	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,168	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	660	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,320	1
Steers	Small 1	500–550	530	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,087	1
Steers	Small 1	450–500	455	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	978	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	353	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	925	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	543	223.37/cwt	210.00–230.00	1,213	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	630	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	1,373	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	483	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	918	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	459	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	1,248	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	833	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	1,816	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	538	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	1,393	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	655	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,572	10
Steers	Small 1	600–650	625	205.00/cwt	190.00–210.00	1,281	4
Steers	Small 1	550–600	568	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,193	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	455	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,229	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	370	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	962	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	653	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,561	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	553	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	1,504	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	553	255.04/cwt	215.00–259.00	1,410	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	733	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,723	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	428	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,113	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	732	179.25/cwt	178.00–180.00	1,312	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	353	249.06/cwt	220.00–255.00	879	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	850–900	850	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,488	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	508	219.35/cwt	190.00–249.00	1,114	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	325	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	553	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	647	214.89/cwt	200.00–216.00	1,390	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	559	220.24/cwt	212.00–222.50	1,231	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	494	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,136	4
Bulls	Small 1	450–500	480	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	984	2
Bulls	Small 1	350–400	398	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	645	3
Bulls	Small 1	600–650	600	203.00/cwt	203.00–203.00	1,218	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	640	203.00/cwt	203.00–203.00	1,299	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	564	197.03/cwt	160.00–210.00	1,111	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	385	243.79/cwt	185.00–255.00	939	6
Bulls	Small 1	500–550	548	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	1,025	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	490	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	1,220	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	800–850	810	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	1,312	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	437	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,005	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	700–750	705	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	1,072	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	620	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,054	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	359	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	808	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	475	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	1,102	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	448	244.50/cwt	244.50–244.50	1,095	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	547	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	1,253	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	724	183.00/cwt	183.00–183.00	1,325	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 Oct 9, 2024

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

Receipts 294Last week 163Year ago 257

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 72, Heifers 114, Bulls 108)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	343	247.00	247.00
6	350–400	385	185.00–255.00	243.79
1	400–450	440	252.00	252.00
4	450–500	494	230.00	230.00
4	550–600	564	160.00–210.00	197.03
7	600–650	640	203.00	203.00
1	750–800	760	178.00	178.00
1	800–850	810	162.00	162.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	325	170.00	170.00
6	350–400	353	220.00–255.00	249.06
12	400–450	428	260.00	260.00
12	450–500	490	249.00	249.00
2	500–550	508	190.00–249.00	219.35
14	550–600	559	212.00–222.50	220.24
14	600–650	647	200.00–216.00	214.89
8	700–750	732	178.00–180.00	179.25
2	850–900	850	175.00	175.00
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	398	162.00	162.00
2	450–500	480	205.00	205.00
2	500–550	548	187.00	187.00
2	600–650	600	203.00	203.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	359	225.00	225.00
17	400–450	448	244.50	244.50
1	450–500	475	232.00	232.00
16	500–550	547	229.00	229.00
2	550–600	555	180.00–230.00	205.00
10	600–650	627	208.50	208.50
1	650–700	660	200.00	200.00
4	700–750	724	183.00	183.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	490	225.00	225.00
1	500–550	510	150.00	150.00
1	550–600	570	162.00	162.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	395	225.00	225.00
3	400–450	437	230.00	230.00
3	550–600	553	167.00	167.00
1	600–650	620	170.00	170.00
1	700–750	705	152.00	152.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	350–400	371	225.00	225.00
15	400–450	445	150.00–241.00	229.41
2	450–500	483	190.00	190.00
15	500–550	540	210.00–228.00	226.81
6	600–650	634	130.00–201.00	189.71
1	700–750	730	160.00	160.00
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	455	215.00	215.00
1	500–550	530	205.00	205.00
4	550–600	568	210.00	210.00
4	600–650	625	190.00–210.00	205.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	353	262.00	262.00
3	450–500	459	272.00	272.00
2	500–550	538	259.00	259.00
15	550–600	553	215.00–259.00	255.04
10	650–700	655	240.00	240.00
11	700–750	733	235.00	235.00
2	800–850	833	218.00	218.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	500–550	543	210.00–230.00	223.37
1	600–650	630	218.00	218.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	370	260.00	260.00
4	450–500	455	270.00	270.00
4	550–600	553	272.00	272.00
4	650–700	653	239.00	239.00

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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