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Southside Livestock Markets, Inc.

Name: Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2024-03-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-03-13

Feeder Cattle · Blackstone, Virginia · Wed, Mar 13

● Final49 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2183

← Mar 6Mar 13Mar 20 →

Receipts

140 head

▲ 77 vs last sale 63▼ 10 vs year ago 150 · −6.7%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 28, Heifers 69, Bulls 43)

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $233.88/cwt on 24 head. That ranks 1 of 32 comparable sales and sits −125.46 against this barn's trailing median of $359.34.

Average price

$233.88

24 head · 545 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,274

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$109

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3

$22.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−20.20

vs VA average

−42.30 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	550	238.00	1,308	8thin
Medium and Large 2	542	237.00	1,285	8thin
Small 1	535	233.00	1,247	5thin
Medium and Large 3	555	216.00	1,199	3thin

One grade step is worth $22.00/cwt here — about $109 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.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale24 hd

233.88

—

VA average8 barns · 312 hd

254.07

−20.20

National average176 barns · 16,729 hd

276.17

−42.30

This barn, trailing median32 sales

359.34

−125.46

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

32 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $402.15, low $312.68, median $359.34 across 32 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Every lot

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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers14 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	305	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	915	1
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	353	332.00/cwt	332.00–332.00	1,172	2
Steers	350–400	Small 1	360	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	900	1
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	375	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	1,208	4
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	437	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,311	3
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	470	304.00/cwt	304.00–304.00	1,429	2
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	476	302.43/cwt	298.00–307.00	1,440	4
Steers	450–500	Small 1	485	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,455	1
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	530	282.50/cwt	282.50–282.50	1,497	1
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	580	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,653	1
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	595	282.50/cwt	282.50–282.50	1,681	1
Steers	600–650	Small 1	635	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,143	2
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	645	282.00/cwt	282.00–282.00	1,819	3
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	755	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,812	2
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 3	315	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	756	1
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	349	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	960	4
Heifers	350–400	Small 1	363	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	926	4
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 3	380	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,045	1
Heifers	400–450	Small 1	417	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	834	3
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	445	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,202	6
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 3	447	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,229	7
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	461	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	1,226	7
Heifers	500–550	Small 1	535	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	1,247	5
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	541	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,309	6
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	542	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	1,285	8
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 3	555	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	1,199	3
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	575	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	1,300	2
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 3	600	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,326	1
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	615	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	1,433	6
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	658	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	1,441	4
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	735	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,397	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls18 lots · lightest first
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1	315	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	977	1
Bulls	350–400	Small 1	355	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,030	1
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2	365	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,113	1
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	413	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,280	3
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	423	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,332	2
Bulls	400–450	Small 1	423	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,269	2
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	483	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,449	5
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	485	284.72/cwt	220.00–295.00	1,381	7
Bulls	450–500	Small 1	488	232.33/cwt	200.00–265.00	1,134	2
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	500	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,375	1
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2	533	288.12/cwt	283.50–298.00	1,536	3
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	560	282.00/cwt	282.00–282.00	1,579	2
Bulls	550–600	Small 1	578	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,387	2
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 2	633	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	1,620	3
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	643	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	1,601	3
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 2	650	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	1,417	1
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1	740	193.00/cwt	193.00–193.00	1,428	3
Bulls	850–900	Medium and Large 1	890	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	1,638	1

This sale against other markets

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 Mar 13, 2024

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

Receipts 140Last week 63Year ago 150

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 28, Heifers 69, Bulls 43)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	315	310.00	310.00
3	400–450	413	310.00	310.00
7	450–500	485	220.00–295.00	284.72
1	500–550	500	275.00	275.00
2	550–600	560	282.00	282.00
3	600–650	643	249.00	249.00
3	700–750	740	193.00	193.00
1	850–900	890	184.00	184.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	355	290.00	290.00
2	400–450	423	300.00	300.00
2	450–500	488	200.00–265.00	232.33
2	550–600	578	240.00	240.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	365	305.00	305.00
2	400–450	423	315.00	315.00
5	450–500	483	300.00	300.00
3	500–550	533	283.50–298.00	288.12
3	600–650	633	256.00	256.00
1	650–700	650	218.00	218.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	375	322.00	322.00
3	400–450	437	300.00	300.00
2	450–500	470	304.00	304.00
1	500–550	530	282.50	282.50
1	550–600	580	285.00	285.00
3	600–650	645	282.00	282.00
2	750–800	755	240.00	240.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	360	250.00	250.00
1	450–500	485	300.00	300.00
2	600–650	635	180.00	180.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	305	300.00	300.00
2	350–400	353	332.00	332.00
4	450–500	476	298.00–307.00	302.43
1	550–600	595	282.50	282.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	363	255.00	255.00
3	400–450	417	200.00	200.00
5	500–550	535	233.00	233.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	445	270.00	270.00
6	500–550	541	242.00	242.00
2	550–600	575	226.00	226.00
6	600–650	615	233.00	233.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	349	275.00	275.00
7	450–500	461	266.00	266.00
8	500–550	542	237.00	237.00
4	650–700	658	219.00	219.00
1	700–750	735	190.00	190.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	315	240.00	240.00
1	350–400	380	275.00	275.00
7	400–450	447	275.00	275.00
3	550–600	555	216.00	216.00
1	600–650	600	221.00	221.00

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.