Name: Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2025-01-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-01-22

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 6, Heifers 10, Bulls 6)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $247.00/cwt on 1 head. That ranks 1 of 31 comparable sales and sits −117.33 against this barn's trailing median of $364.33.

Average price

$247.00

1 head · 500 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,235

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−15.42

vs VA average

−57.42 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	500	247.00	1,235	1thin

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

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 sale1 hd

247.00

—

VA average5 barns · 323 hd

262.42

−15.42

National average149 barns · 17,148 hd

304.42

−57.42

This barn, trailing median31 sales

364.33

−117.33

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

13 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	450–500	470	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,504	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	630	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,481	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	558	257.50/cwt	257.50–257.50	1,437	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	430	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,419	2
Heifers	Small 1	300–350	340	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	867	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	414	282.24/cwt	267.00–289.00	1,168	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	705	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,685	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	730	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	1,701	1
Steers	Small 1	750–800	755	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,737	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	500	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	1,235	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	655	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,310	1
Steers	Small 1	500–550	535	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	1,324	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	625	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	1,681	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 Jan 22, 2025

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

Receipts 22Last week 161Year ago 140

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 6, Heifers 10, Bulls 6)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	470	320.00	320.00
2	550–600	558	257.50	257.50
1	600–650	630	235.00	235.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	430	330.00	330.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	340	255.00	255.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	400–450	414	267.00–289.00	282.24
1	500–550	500	247.00	247.00
1	650–700	655	200.00	200.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	700–750	705	239.00	239.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	600–650	625	269.00	269.00
1	700–750	730	233.00	233.00
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	535	247.50	247.50
2	750–800	755	230.00	230.00

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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