Name: Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2024-10-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-10-16

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 75, Heifers 127, Bulls 70)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $208.29/cwt on 36 head. That ranks 1 of 31 comparable sales and sits −156.04 against this barn's trailing median of $364.33.

Average price

$208.29

36 head · 561 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,168

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$528

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 1

$85.59/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−18.14

vs VA average

−49.52 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	563	222.59	1,254	22
Medium and Large 2	560	212.49	1,190	7thin
Medium and Large 3	562	168.00	945	5thin
Small 1	530	137.00	726	2thin

One grade step is worth $85.59/cwt here — about $528 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 sale36 hd

208.29

—

VA average11 barns · 770 hd

226.43

−18.14

National average191 barns · 21,361 hd

257.81

−49.52

This barn, trailing median31 sales

364.33

−156.04

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

61 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 3	550–600	578	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	925	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	728	166.77/cwt	160.00–170.00	1,214	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	700–750	708	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,062	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	732	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	1,735	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	655	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	983	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	815	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,752	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	330	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	660	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	368	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	736	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	470	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	823	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	546	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	1,403	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	618	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	1,156	3
Steers	Small 1	450–500	480	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	576	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	555	255.94/cwt	255.00–256.00	1,420	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	634	247.04/cwt	246.00–253.00	1,566	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	474	289.50/cwt	289.50–289.50	1,372	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	360	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	594	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	540	247.26/cwt	230.00–256.00	1,335	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	747	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	1,711	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	800–850	800	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,360	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	630	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,386	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	830	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,743	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	700–750	705	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,375	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	646	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,583	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	455	288.00/cwt	288.00–288.00	1,310	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	540	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	945	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	358	232.45/cwt	225.00–240.00	832	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	494	258.99/cwt	253.00–261.00	1,279	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	643	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,286	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	750–800	750	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,275	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	335	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	787	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	741	176.21/cwt	175.00–180.00	1,306	4
Bulls	Small 1	600–650	635	202.00/cwt	202.00–202.00	1,283	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	305	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	747	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	605	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,301	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	406	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,117	5
Bulls	Small 1	500–550	500	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,150	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	496	259.79/cwt	244.00–261.00	1,289	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	555	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	1,210	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	658	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	1,395	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	368	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	846	3
Heifers	Small 1	700–750	730	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,022	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	557	220.09/cwt	208.00–222.00	1,226	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	639	209.36/cwt	206.50–217.00	1,338	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	455	231.93/cwt	220.00–233.00	1,055	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	545	223.00/cwt	223.00–223.00	1,215	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	378	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	858	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	369	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	838	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	431	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,185	4
Heifers	Small 1	650–700	653	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,143	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	770	202.00/cwt	202.00–202.00	1,555	2
Heifers	Small 1	400–450	433	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	650	3
Heifers	Small 1	500–550	530	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	726	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	560	212.49/cwt	175.00–219.00	1,190	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	300	172.50/cwt	160.00–185.00	518	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	457	222.92/cwt	207.00–224.50	1,019	12
Heifers	Small 1	450–500	468	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	655	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	634	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,268	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	590	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	1,310	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	650–700	658	151.71/cwt	135.00–160.00	998	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	710	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,278	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	500	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,000	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 16, 2024

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

Receipts 272Last week 294Year ago 245

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 75, Heifers 127, Bulls 70)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	368	200.00	200.00
1	450–500	470	175.00	175.00
1	500–550	500	200.00	200.00
4	550–600	578	160.00	160.00
3	600–650	618	187.00	187.00
3	650–700	658	135.00–160.00	151.71
3	700–750	708	150.00	150.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	330	200.00	200.00
7	350–400	369	227.00	227.00
12	450–500	457	207.00–224.50	222.92
7	550–600	560	175.00–219.00	212.49
7	600–650	634	200.00	200.00
1	650–700	655	150.00	150.00
3	700–750	728	160.00–170.00	166.77
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	433	150.00	150.00
3	450–500	468	140.00	140.00
2	500–550	530	137.00	137.00
2	650–700	653	175.00	175.00
1	700–750	730	140.00	140.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	300	160.00–185.00	172.50
3	350–400	378	227.00	227.00
12	450–500	455	220.00–233.00	231.93
13	500–550	545	223.00	223.00
9	550–600	590	222.00	222.00
17	600–650	639	206.50–217.00	209.36
1	700–750	710	180.00	180.00
2	750–800	770	202.00	202.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	450–500	474	289.50	289.50
3	500–550	540	230.00–256.00	247.26
19	550–600	555	255.00–256.00	255.94
13	600–650	634	246.00–253.00	247.04
7	700–750	732	237.00	237.00
1	800–850	815	215.00	215.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	360	165.00	165.00
5	450–500	455	288.00	288.00
5	500–550	546	257.00	257.00
4	600–650	646	245.00	245.00
3	700–750	747	229.00	229.00
1	800–850	830	210.00	210.00
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	480	120.00	120.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	600–650	630	220.00	220.00
1	700–750	705	195.00	195.00
1	800–850	800	170.00	170.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	305	245.00	245.00
3	350–400	368	230.00	230.00
5	400–450	406	275.00	275.00
13	450–500	496	244.00–261.00	259.79
1	500–550	540	175.00	175.00
10	550–600	557	208.00–222.00	220.09
1	600–650	605	215.00	215.00
12	650–700	658	212.00	212.00
4	700–750	741	175.00–180.00	176.21
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	335	235.00	235.00
2	350–400	358	225.00–240.00	232.45
4	400–450	431	275.00	275.00
4	450–500	494	253.00–261.00	258.99
1	550–600	555	218.00	218.00
3	600–650	643	200.00	200.00
1	750–800	750	170.00	170.00
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	500	230.00	230.00
1	600–650	635	202.00	202.00

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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