Name: Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2024-12-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-12-11

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 23, Heifers 100, Bulls 46)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $241.82/cwt on 27 head. That ranks 1 of 31 comparable sales and sits −122.51 against this barn's trailing median of $364.33.

Average price

$241.82

27 head · 539 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,303

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$170

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 1

$22.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−5.47

vs VA average

−38.48 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	547	247.00	1,351	7thin
Medium and Large 3	538	245.00	1,318	9thin
Medium and Large 2	536	238.36	1,279	9thin
Small 1	525	225.00	1,181	2thin

One grade step is worth $22.00/cwt here — about $170 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 700–800 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 sale27 hd

241.82

—

VA average7 barns · 551 hd

247.30

−5.47

National average188 barns · 25,726 hd

280.30

−38.48

This barn, trailing median31 sales

364.33

−122.51

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

49 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 2	350–400	359	242.50/cwt	242.50–242.50	871	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	538	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,318	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	580	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,218	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	775	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,938	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	353	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	847	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	460	326.00/cwt	326.00–326.00	1,500	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	520	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,482	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	640	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	1,658	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	660	212.60/cwt	209.00–228.00	1,403	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	525	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,549	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	452	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,220	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	810	213.00/cwt	213.00–213.00	1,725	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	455	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,479	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	654	263.00/cwt	263.00–263.00	1,720	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	554	285.23/cwt	280.00–287.00	1,580	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	710	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,740	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	810	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	1,766	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	765	237.50/cwt	237.50–237.50	1,817	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	561	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,515	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	503	323.00/cwt	323.00–323.00	1,625	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	639	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	1,591	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	313	367.50/cwt	367.50–367.50	1,150	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	753	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,506	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	390	352.60/cwt	345.00–360.00	1,375	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	493	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	1,587	4
Bulls	Small 1	450–500	472	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	1,428	3
Bulls	Small 1	400–450	420	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,386	1
Bulls	Small 1	500–550	540	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,323	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	470	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	1,255	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	800–850	825	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	1,254	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	700	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,295	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	575	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,553	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	618	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	1,533	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	750–800	750	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,463	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	547	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	1,351	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	440	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	1,551	2
Heifers	Small 1	600–650	625	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	1,319	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	901	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,757	7
Heifers	Small 1	700–750	710	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,136	1
Heifers	Small 1	450–500	472	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,133	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	733	212.50/cwt	212.50–212.50	1,558	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	531	241.90/cwt	185.00–249.50	1,284	8
Heifers	Small 1	500–550	525	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,181	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	753	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,355	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	607	213.00/cwt	213.00–213.00	1,293	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	457	267.68/cwt	249.00–270.00	1,223	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	362	252.50/cwt	252.50–252.50	914	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	831	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,662	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	435	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	1,105	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 Dec 11, 2024

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

Receipts 169Last week 195Year ago 76

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 23, Heifers 100, Bulls 46)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	359	242.50	242.50
9	450–500	457	249.00–270.00	267.68
8	500–550	531	185.00–249.50	241.90
1	550–600	580	210.00	210.00
5	600–650	607	213.00	213.00
1	700–750	700	185.00	185.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	362	252.50	252.50
1	400–450	435	254.00	254.00
2	450–500	470	267.00	267.00
9	500–550	538	245.00	245.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	353	240.00	240.00
6	450–500	452	270.00	270.00
7	500–550	547	247.00	247.00
11	650–700	660	209.00–228.00	212.60
8	700–750	733	212.50	212.50
2	750–800	753	180.00	180.00
4	800–850	831	200.00	200.00
7	900–950	901	195.00	195.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	472	240.00	240.00
2	500–550	525	225.00	225.00
2	600–650	625	211.00	211.00
1	700–750	710	160.00	160.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	455	325.00	325.00
1	500–550	525	295.00	295.00
6	650–700	654	263.00	263.00
1	700–750	710	245.00	245.00
2	750–800	775	250.00	250.00
1	800–850	810	218.00	218.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	460	326.00	326.00
4	550–600	554	280.00–287.00	285.23
1	600–650	640	259.00	259.00
1	750–800	765	237.50	237.50
1	800–850	810	213.00	213.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	520	285.00	285.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	313	367.50	367.50
2	350–400	390	345.00–360.00	352.60
6	500–550	503	323.00	323.00
7	550–600	561	270.00	270.00
4	600–650	639	249.00	249.00
2	750–800	753	200.00	200.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	440	352.50	352.50
4	450–500	493	322.00	322.00
6	550–600	575	270.00	270.00
2	600–650	618	248.00	248.00
1	750–800	750	195.00	195.00
1	800–850	825	152.00	152.00
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	420	330.00	330.00
3	450–500	472	302.50	302.50
1	500–550	540	245.00	245.00

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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