Name: Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2024-12-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-12-04

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 30, Heifers 98, Bulls 67)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $224.54/cwt on 29 head. That ranks 1 of 30 comparable sales and sits −140.23 against this barn's trailing median of $364.76.

Average price

$224.54

29 head · 545 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,224

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$101

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 1

$17.50/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−15.29

vs VA average

−58.78 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	555	227.50	1,263	13thin
Medium and Large 2	536	224.54	1,204	13thin
Medium and Large 3	515	215.00	1,107	1thin
Small 1	553	210.00	1,161	2thin

One grade step is worth $17.50/cwt here — about $101 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale29 hd

224.54

—

VA average6 barns · 508 hd

239.83

−15.29

National average190 barns · 29,311 hd

283.32

−58.78

This barn, trailing median30 sales

364.76

−140.23

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

43 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	550–600	590	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,416	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	625	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,375	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	800–850	805	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,570	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	375	332.00/cwt	332.00–332.00	1,245	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	659	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	1,542	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	732	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,574	6
Steers	Small 1	500–550	510	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,352	1
Steers	Small 1	550–600	575	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,093	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	652	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,663	3
Steers	Small 1	650–700	665	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,629	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	561	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	1,576	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	860	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	1,866	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	531	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,487	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	628	198.44/cwt	194.00–202.00	1,246	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	780	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	1,693	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	515	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,107	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	370	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,147	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	475	309.00/cwt	309.00–309.00	1,468	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	475	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,069	1
Heifers	Small 1	300–350	340	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	738	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	750	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,725	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	447	224.91/cwt	212.00–227.00	1,005	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	685	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,233	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	363	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	871	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	555	227.50/cwt	227.50–227.50	1,263	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	353	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	865	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	465	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,097	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	440	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	946	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	630	210.50/cwt	210.50–210.50	1,326	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	475	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	713	1
Heifers	Small 1	550–600	553	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,161	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	508	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,422	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	723	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	1,316	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	411	312.68/cwt	295.00–315.00	1,285	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	338	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,183	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	423	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,269	5
Bulls	Small 1	350–400	388	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,145	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	625	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	1,456	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	536	224.54/cwt	222.00–225.00	1,204	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	750–800	780	202.00/cwt	202.00–202.00	1,576	1
Bulls	Small 1	650–700	665	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,463	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	548	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,370	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	485	297.00/cwt	297.00–297.00	1,440	13

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 Dec 4, 2024

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

Receipts 195Last week 258Year ago 174

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 30, Heifers 98, Bulls 67)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	375	332.00	332.00
9	400–450	411	295.00–315.00	312.68
13	450–500	485	297.00	297.00
7	500–550	548	250.00	250.00
1	550–600	590	240.00	240.00
1	600–650	625	220.00	220.00
6	650–700	659	234.00	234.00
6	700–750	732	215.00	215.00
1	800–850	805	195.00	195.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	338	350.00	350.00
5	400–450	423	300.00	300.00
5	500–550	508	280.00	280.00
3	600–650	625	233.00	233.00
1	750–800	780	202.00	202.00
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	388	295.00	295.00
1	650–700	665	220.00	220.00
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	510	265.00	265.00
1	550–600	575	190.00	190.00
1	650–700	665	245.00	245.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	550–600	561	281.00	281.00
3	650–700	652	255.00	255.00
1	750–800	750	230.00	230.00
2	850–900	860	217.00	217.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	370	310.00	310.00
3	450–500	475	309.00	309.00
9	500–550	531	280.00	280.00
1	750–800	780	217.00	217.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	475	225.00	225.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	350–400	353	245.00	245.00
14	400–450	447	212.00–227.00	224.91
1	450–500	475	150.00	150.00
13	500–550	536	222.00–225.00	224.54
9	600–650	628	194.00–202.00	198.44
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	440	215.00	215.00
1	500–550	515	215.00	215.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	340	217.00	217.00
2	550–600	553	210.00	210.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	363	240.00	240.00
12	450–500	465	236.00	236.00
13	550–600	555	227.50	227.50
11	600–650	630	210.50	210.50
1	650–700	685	180.00	180.00
4	700–750	723	182.00	182.00

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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