Name: Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2024-10-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-10-30

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 86, Heifers 143, Bulls 79)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $215.01/cwt on 54 head. That ranks 1 of 31 comparable sales and sits −149.32 against this barn's trailing median of $364.33.

Average price

$215.01

54 head · 541 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,163

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$192

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3

$40.34/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−14.24

vs VA average

−45.45 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	547	220.34	1,205	19thin
Medium and Large 2	536	215.46	1,155	30
Small 1	535	200.00	1,070	3thin
Medium and Large 3	563	180.00	1,013	2thin

One grade step is worth $40.34/cwt here — about $192 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 sale54 hd

215.01

—

VA average9 barns · 662 hd

229.24

−14.24

National average194 barns · 26,693 hd

260.46

−45.45

This barn, trailing median31 sales

364.33

−149.32

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
Steers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	605	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,119	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	405	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	919	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	455	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	819	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	616	194.77/cwt	177.00–201.00	1,200	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	357	226.22/cwt	221.00–227.00	808	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	713	174.57/cwt	172.00–185.00	1,245	5
Steers	Small 1	450–500	464	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	974	4
Steers	Small 1	600–650	600	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,380	1
Steers	Small 1	350–400	385	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	874	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	529	258.19/cwt	258.00–260.00	1,366	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	635	254.58/cwt	250.00–255.00	1,617	12
Steers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	562	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	1,023	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	454	273.00/cwt	273.00–273.00	1,239	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,021	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,889	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	727	236.98/cwt	236.00–240.00	1,723	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	396	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	931	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	843	194.00/cwt	194.00–194.00	1,635	2
Steers	Small 1	500–550	527	208.35/cwt	190.00–227.00	1,098	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	380	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	931	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	535	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	1,370	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	458	268.00/cwt	268.00–268.00	1,227	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	638	237.50/cwt	237.50–237.50	1,515	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	810	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,661	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	570	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	1,465	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	492	240.41/cwt	237.00–241.00	1,183	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	559	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,370	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	648	213.00/cwt	213.00–213.00	1,380	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	418	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	1,095	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	723	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,301	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	343	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	813	2
Bulls	Small 1	550–600	590	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,062	2
Bulls	Small 1	400–450	428	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	877	2
Bulls	Small 1	700–750	715	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,216	1
Bulls	Small 1	350–400	370	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	777	1
Bulls	Small 1	450–500	484	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,065	4
Bulls	Small 1	800–850	830	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,121	2
Bulls	Small 1	650–700	675	189.85/cwt	185.00–195.00	1,281	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	510	237.43/cwt	232.00–240.00	1,211	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	564	216.77/cwt	140.00–236.00	1,223	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	437	225.09/cwt	185.00–245.00	984	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	320	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	736	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	655	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	1,317	7
Heifers	Small 1	350–400	390	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	885	1
Heifers	Small 1	500–550	520	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,040	2
Heifers	Small 1	600–650	600	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	1,092	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	335	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	707	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	563	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,013	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	367	221.01/cwt	219.00–226.00	811	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	463	222.50/cwt	222.50–222.50	1,030	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	627	215.03/cwt	208.00–217.00	1,348	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	342	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	770	3
Heifers	Small 1	450–500	470	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	658	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	640	208.50/cwt	208.50–208.50	1,334	9
Heifers	Small 1	550–600	565	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,130	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	445	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	823	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	536	215.46/cwt	200.00–220.00	1,155	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	455	218.47/cwt	210.00–219.00	994	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	513	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	1,123	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	443	222.50/cwt	222.50–222.50	986	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	551	220.50/cwt	220.50–220.50	1,215	17

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 30, 2024

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

Receipts 308Last week 249Year ago 195

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 86, Heifers 143, Bulls 79)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	405	227.00	227.00
3	550–600	562	182.00	182.00
1	600–650	605	185.00	185.00
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	385	227.00	227.00
4	450–500	464	210.00	210.00
8	500–550	527	190.00–227.00	208.35
1	600–650	600	230.00	230.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	396	235.00	235.00
7	450–500	454	273.00	273.00
10	500–550	529	258.00–260.00	258.19
12	600–650	635	250.00–255.00	254.58
4	700–750	727	236.00–240.00	236.98
2	800–850	843	194.00	194.00
5	1000–1050	1,021	185.00	185.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	380	245.00	245.00
6	450–500	458	268.00	268.00
6	500–550	535	256.00	256.00
6	550–600	570	257.00	257.00
3	600–650	638	237.50	237.50
1	800–850	810	205.00	205.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	335	211.00	211.00
7	350–400	367	219.00–226.00	221.01
5	450–500	455	180.00	180.00
2	550–600	563	180.00	180.00
4	600–650	616	177.00–201.00	194.77
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	350–400	357	221.00–227.00	226.22
1	400–450	445	185.00	185.00
17	450–500	455	210.00–219.00	218.47
30	500–550	536	200.00–220.00	215.46
9	600–650	627	208.00–217.00	215.03
5	700–750	713	172.00–185.00	174.57
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	390	227.00	227.00
1	450–500	470	140.00	140.00
2	500–550	520	200.00	200.00
1	550–600	565	200.00	200.00
1	600–650	600	182.00	182.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	342	225.00	225.00
2	400–450	443	222.50	222.50
12	450–500	463	222.50	222.50
2	500–550	513	219.00	219.00
17	550–600	551	220.50	220.50
9	600–650	640	208.50	208.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	343	237.00	237.00
6	400–450	418	262.00	262.00
13	450–500	492	237.00–241.00	240.41
10	550–600	559	245.00	245.00
9	600–650	648	213.00	213.00
2	700–750	723	180.00	180.00
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	370	210.00	210.00
2	400–450	428	205.00	205.00
4	450–500	484	220.00	220.00
2	550–600	590	180.00	180.00
2	650–700	675	185.00–195.00	189.85
1	700–750	715	170.00	170.00
2	800–850	830	135.00	135.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	320	230.00	230.00
3	400–450	437	185.00–245.00	225.09
6	500–550	510	232.00–240.00	237.43
5	550–600	564	140.00–236.00	216.77
7	650–700	655	201.00	201.00

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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