Name: Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2024-11-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-11-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 47, Heifers 125, Bulls 64)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $217.36/cwt on 35 head. That ranks 1 of 31 comparable sales and sits −146.97 against this barn's trailing median of $364.33.

Average price

$217.36

35 head · 547 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,188

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$275

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3

$65.08/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.30

vs VA average

−41.03 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	545	225.58	1,230	12thin
Medium and Large 1	545	215.45	1,175	22
Medium and Large 3	595	160.50	955	1thin

One grade step is worth $65.08/cwt here — about $275 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

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 sale35 hd

217.36

—

VA average10 barns · 657 hd

220.66

−3.30

National average194 barns · 18,518 hd

258.39

−41.03

This barn, trailing median31 sales

364.33

−146.97

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

53 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 1	300–350	348	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	800	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	550	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,155	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	643	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	1,325	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	534	258.31/cwt	250.00–259.00	1,379	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	300	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	675	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	633	248.99/cwt	247.00–251.00	1,576	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	545	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	1,177	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	445	223.00/cwt	223.00–223.00	992	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	595	160.50/cwt	160.50–160.50	955	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	777	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	1,725	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	433	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	953	3
Steers	Small 1	450–500	480	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,200	1
Steers	Small 1	350–400	360	187.50/cwt	187.50–187.50	675	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	708	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	1,685	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	440	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	880	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	460	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	1,214	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	630	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,512	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	710	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,598	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	505	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,212	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	363	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	971	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	481	244.46/cwt	235.00–246.00	1,176	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	390	232.50/cwt	232.50–232.50	907	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	658	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	1,428	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	335	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	871	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	561	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	1,363	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	645	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	1,406	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	780	193.00/cwt	193.00–193.00	1,505	1
Bulls	Small 1	550–600	563	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	1,312	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	738	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,402	2
Bulls	Small 1	700–750	720	172.50/cwt	172.50–172.50	1,242	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	690	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	1,490	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	414	268.00/cwt	268.00–268.00	1,110	4
Bulls	Small 1	650–700	675	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,316	1
Bulls	Small 1	400–450	405	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	749	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	555	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	1,349	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	409	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,084	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	800–850	815	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,304	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	518	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,238	2
Heifers	Small 1	650–700	680	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,122	1
Bulls	Small 1	300–350	340	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	782	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	439	222.50/cwt	222.50–222.50	977	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	531	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,174	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	565	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	1,311	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	650–700	670	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,240	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	490	223.00/cwt	223.00–223.00	1,093	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	334	260.27/cwt	235.00–268.00	869	12
Heifers	Small 1	400–450	435	186.72/cwt	185.00–187.50	812	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	628	212.46/cwt	201.00–225.00	1,334	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	355	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	817	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	730	176.26/cwt	175.00–177.50	1,287	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	343	220.08/cwt	210.00–225.00	755	6
Heifers	Small 1	350–400	365	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	748	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	695	222.29/cwt	222.00–225.00	1,545	20

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 Nov 6, 2024

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

Receipts 236Last week 308Year ago 191

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 47, Heifers 125, Bulls 64)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	348	230.00	230.00
1	350–400	355	230.00	230.00
16	400–450	439	222.50	222.50
1	450–500	490	223.00	223.00
20	500–550	545	216.00	216.00
2	550–600	550	210.00	210.00
18	600–650	628	201.00–225.00	212.46
20	650–700	695	222.00–225.00	222.29
2	700–750	730	175.00–177.50	176.26
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	300	225.00	225.00
6	400–450	445	223.00	223.00
7	500–550	531	221.00	221.00
5	550–600	565	232.00	232.00
3	600–650	643	206.00	206.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	343	210.00–225.00	220.08
3	400–450	433	220.00	220.00
1	550–600	595	160.50	160.50
2	650–700	670	185.00	185.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	365	205.00	205.00
3	400–450	435	185.00–187.50	186.72
1	650–700	680	165.00	165.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	363	267.50	267.50
1	400–450	440	200.00	200.00
9	450–500	460	264.00	264.00
13	500–550	534	250.00–259.00	258.31
6	600–650	633	247.00–251.00	248.99
4	700–750	708	238.00	238.00
3	750–800	777	222.00	222.00
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	360	187.50	187.50
1	450–500	480	250.00	250.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	505	240.00	240.00
1	600–650	630	240.00	240.00
1	700–750	710	225.00	225.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	300–350	334	235.00–268.00	260.27
1	350–400	390	232.50	232.50
5	400–450	409	265.00	265.00
7	450–500	481	235.00–246.00	244.46
3	550–600	555	243.00	243.00
2	650–700	658	217.00	217.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	335	260.00	260.00
4	400–450	414	268.00	268.00
2	500–550	518	239.00	239.00
9	550–600	561	243.00	243.00
6	600–650	645	218.00	218.00
1	650–700	690	216.00	216.00
2	700–750	738	190.00	190.00
1	750–800	780	193.00	193.00
1	800–850	815	160.00	160.00
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	340	230.00	230.00
1	400–450	405	185.00	185.00
2	550–600	563	233.00	233.00
1	650–700	675	195.00	195.00
1	700–750	720	172.50	172.50

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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