Name: Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2024-12-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-12-18

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 11, Heifers 55, Bulls 49)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $244.01/cwt on 18 head. That ranks 1 of 31 comparable sales and sits −120.32 against this barn's trailing median of $364.33.

Average price

$244.01

18 head · 560 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,366

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$16

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 1

$4.49/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−7.42

vs VA average

−40.94 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	545	248.00	1,352	2thin
Medium and Large 1	562	243.51	1,367	16thin

One grade step is worth $4.49/cwt here — about −$16 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 sale18 hd

244.01

—

VA average8 barns · 422 hd

251.43

−7.42

National average180 barns · 17,940 hd

284.95

−40.94

This barn, trailing median31 sales

364.33

−120.32

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

35 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	500–550	540	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,404	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	439	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	1,168	7
Heifers	Small 1	350–400	370	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,092	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	363	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,071	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	360	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	738	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	455	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,229	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	509	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,323	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	615	272.50/cwt	272.50–272.50	1,676	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	405	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,154	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	518	276.00/cwt	276.00–276.00	1,430	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	355	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,225	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	675	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	1,566	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	770	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,579	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	800–850	815	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,223	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	413	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,363	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	476	288.17/cwt	240.00–302.00	1,372	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	610	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,464	1
Heifers	Small 1	450–500	480	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,176	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	341	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	989	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	675	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,418	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	665	213.58/cwt	210.00–216.00	1,420	5
Bulls	Small 1	550–600	553	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	1,399	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	579	238.01/cwt	217.00–257.00	1,378	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	350	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,103	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	470	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,180	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	325	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	796	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	437	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	1,176	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	498	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,419	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	545	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	1,352	2
Bulls	Small 1	450–500	478	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	1,228	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	554	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,496	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	432	307.80/cwt	285.00–315.00	1,330	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	655	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,474	1
Bulls	Small 1	350–400	398	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,194	3
Bulls	Small 1	300–350	335	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	888	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 18, 2024

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

Receipts 115Last week 169Year ago 55

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 11, Heifers 55, Bulls 49)

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	285.00	285.00
1	500–550	540	260.00	260.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	455	270.00	270.00
3	500–550	518	276.00	276.00
4	600–650	615	272.50	272.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	600–650	610	240.00	240.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	341	290.00	290.00
1	350–400	360	205.00	205.00
7	400–450	439	266.00	266.00
4	500–550	509	260.00	260.00
12	550–600	579	217.00–257.00	238.01
5	650–700	665	210.00–216.00	213.58
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	370	295.00	295.00
1	450–500	480	245.00	245.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	325	245.00	245.00
2	350–400	363	295.00	295.00
7	400–450	437	269.00	269.00
2	500–550	545	248.00	248.00
1	650–700	675	210.00	210.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	470	251.00	251.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	355	345.00	345.00
6	400–450	413	330.00	330.00
7	450–500	476	240.00–302.00	288.17
9	550–600	554	270.00	270.00
1	650–700	675	232.00	232.00
1	750–800	770	205.00	205.00
1	800–850	815	150.00	150.00
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	335	265.00	265.00
3	350–400	398	300.00	300.00
2	450–500	478	257.00	257.00
3	550–600	553	253.00	253.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	350	315.00	315.00
4	400–450	432	285.00–315.00	307.80
6	450–500	498	285.00	285.00
1	650–700	655	225.00	225.00

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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