Name: Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2024-11-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-11-13

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 26, Heifers 91, Bulls 92)

Weight class

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb bulls averaged $237.43/cwt on 30 head. That ranks 1 of 23 comparable sales and sits −138.87 against this barn's trailing median of $376.30.

Average price

$237.43

30 head · 543 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,290

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$142

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 1

$17.71/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−5.53

vs VA average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	544	244.33	1,330	15thin
Medium and Large 2	563	235.00	1,323	7thin
Small 1	524	226.62	1,188	8thin

One grade step is worth $17.71/cwt here — about $142 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

23 sales

Bulls 500–600 lb: high $440.10, low $329.37, median $376.30 across 23 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 sale30 hd

237.43

—

VA average7 barns · 219 hd

242.96

−5.53

This barn, trailing median23 sales

376.30

−138.87

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

44 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	850–900	875	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,225	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	345	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	921	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	746	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,268	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	501	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	1,263	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	419	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,089	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	566	240.50/cwt	240.50–240.50	1,361	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	380	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,007	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	740	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,746	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	453	232.97/cwt	170.00–239.00	1,055	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	648	204.00/cwt	204.00–204.00	1,322	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	532	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	1,404	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	469	252.73/cwt	242.00–254.50	1,185	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	485	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,213	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	570	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	1,436	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	553	211.01/cwt	207.00–212.00	1,167	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	650	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	1,339	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	642	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	1,650	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	935	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	1,767	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	344	224.32/cwt	224.00–225.00	772	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	353	223.00/cwt	223.00–223.00	787	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	633	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,266	2
Heifers	Small 1	500–550	510	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,097	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	717	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,326	5
Steers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	610	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,409	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	530	223.00/cwt	223.00–223.00	1,182	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	369	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	852	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	800–850	830	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,079	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	563	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,323	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	540	214.40/cwt	187.00–216.00	1,158	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	575	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	845	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	525	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,181	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	436	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,046	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	655	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,408	12
Bulls	Small 1	650–700	675	192.00/cwt	192.00–192.00	1,296	1
Heifers	Small 1	600–650	610	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,159	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	463	223.53/cwt	212.00–226.00	1,035	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	323	267.21/cwt	260.00–275.00	863	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	487	251.30/cwt	225.00–255.50	1,224	7
Bulls	Small 1	600–650	635	192.00/cwt	192.00–192.00	1,219	3
Bulls	Small 1	500–550	508	235.16/cwt	185.00–245.00	1,195	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	627	207.39/cwt	185.00–211.00	1,300	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	414	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	1,072	11
Bulls	Small 1	400–450	423	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	1,003	2
Bulls	Small 1	550–600	573	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	1,152	2

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 13, 2024

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

Receipts 209Last week 236Year ago 219

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 26, Heifers 91, Bulls 92)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	345	267.00	267.00
7	400–450	419	260.00	260.00
5	500–550	501	252.00	252.00
10	550–600	566	240.50	240.50
12	650–700	655	215.00	215.00
4	700–750	746	170.00	170.00
1	850–900	875	140.00	140.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	323	260.00–275.00	267.21
11	400–450	414	259.00	259.00
7	450–500	487	225.00–255.50	251.30
7	550–600	563	235.00	235.00
7	600–650	627	185.00–211.00	207.39
1	800–850	830	130.00	130.00
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	423	237.00	237.00
6	500–550	508	185.00–245.00	235.16
2	550–600	573	201.00	201.00
3	600–650	635	192.00	192.00
1	650–700	675	192.00	192.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	380	265.00	265.00
1	450–500	485	250.00	250.00
2	550–600	570	252.00	252.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	450–500	469	242.00–254.50	252.73
3	500–550	532	264.00	264.00
6	600–650	642	257.00	257.00
4	700–750	740	236.00	236.00
1	900–950	935	189.00	189.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	600–650	610	231.00	231.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	353	223.00	223.00
12	450–500	453	170.00–239.00	232.97
1	500–550	525	225.00	225.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	344	224.00–225.00	224.32
9	400–450	436	240.00	240.00
4	500–550	530	223.00	223.00
1	550–600	575	147.00	147.00
3	600–650	648	204.00	204.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	369	231.00	231.00
8	450–500	463	212.00–226.00	223.53
18	500–550	540	187.00–216.00	214.40
5	550–600	553	207.00–212.00	211.01
2	600–650	633	200.00	200.00
11	650–700	650	206.00	206.00
5	700–750	717	185.00	185.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	510	215.00	215.00
1	600–650	610	190.00	190.00

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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