Sale reports / Virginia / Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. / 2024-03-20

Southside Livestock Markets, Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Blackstone, Virginia · Wed, Mar 20
● Final61 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2183
Receipts
197 head
▲ 57 vs last sale 140▼ 40 vs year ago 237 · −16.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 54, Heifers 80, Bulls 63)

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $242.47/cwt on 25 head. That ranks 1 of 32 comparable sales and sits −116.87 against this barn's trailing median of $359.34.
Average price
$242.47
25 head · 556 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,349
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$62
per head · Medium and Large 3 over Small 1
$7.00/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−11.07
vs VA average
−34.75 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 3519247.001,2824thin
Medium and Large 2555245.001,3602thin
Medium and Large 1565241.481,36516thin
Small 1560240.001,3443thin
One grade step is worth $7.00/cwt here — about −$62 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale25 hd
242.47
—
VA average10 barns · 832 hd
253.54
−11.07
National average179 barns · 15,589 hd
277.22
−34.75
This barn, trailing median32 sales
359.34
−116.87
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
416377338299median 359.3403/0404/2906/2409/0910/28
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

61 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.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers20 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1328340.71/cwt320.00–350.001,1183
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2333345.00/cwt345.00–345.001,1493
Steers300–350Small 1343285.00/cwt285.00–285.009782
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2385345.00/cwt345.00–345.001,3281
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2430316.00/cwt316.00–316.001,3592
Steers450–500Medium and Large 3450302.00/cwt302.00–302.001,3592
Steers450–500Small 1450282.00/cwt282.00–282.001,2691
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1478309.00/cwt309.00–309.001,4773
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2480237.00/cwt237.00–237.001,1381
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2513301.50/cwt301.50–301.501,5472
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1541299.00/cwt299.00–299.001,6185
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1556297.00/cwt297.00–297.001,6517
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2565287.00/cwt287.00–287.001,6221
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1634268.58/cwt260.00–287.001,7036
Steers650–700Medium and Large 3670252.00/cwt252.00–252.001,6881
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2670252.00/cwt252.00–252.001,6881
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1695262.00/cwt262.00–262.001,8214
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1800215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,7201
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1873220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,9213
Steers1000–1050Medium and Large 11,003204.00/cwt204.00–204.002,0465
Feeder Cattle · Heifers21 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2333278.30/cwt275.00–280.009273
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1333270.00/cwt270.00–270.008992
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3350275.00/cwt275.00–275.009633
Heifers350–400Small 1355265.00/cwt265.00–265.009411
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2356287.00/cwt287.00–287.001,0227
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1415237.50/cwt237.50–237.509862
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2440262.00/cwt262.00–262.001,1535
Heifers450–500Small 1460247.00/cwt247.00–247.001,1362
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3460245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,1273
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1462258.61/cwt258.00–259.001,1955
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2477242.37/cwt227.00–250.001,1563
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3519247.00/cwt247.00–247.001,2824
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1542247.00/cwt247.00–247.001,3399
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2555245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,3602
Heifers550–600Small 1560240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,3443
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1595234.38/cwt220.00–240.001,3957
Heifers600–650Small 1600182.00/cwt182.00–182.001,0921
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2620232.00/cwt232.00–232.001,4381
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1654231.34/cwt225.00–232.001,51311
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1728196.00/cwt196.00–196.001,4273
Heifers1050–1100Medium and Large 11,095178.00/cwt178.00–178.001,9492
Feeder Cattle · Bulls20 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1316345.00/cwt345.00–345.001,0904
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2334345.00/cwt345.00–345.001,1527
Bulls300–350Small 1335252.00/cwt252.00–252.008441
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2360280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,0081
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2416314.00/cwt314.00–314.001,3064
Bulls400–450Small 1435297.50/cwt297.50–297.501,2941
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1440227.50/cwt227.50–227.501,0011
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2479299.00/cwt299.00–299.001,4324
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1492278.00/cwt278.00–278.001,3686
Bulls450–500Small 1498283.00/cwt283.00–283.001,4092
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2543281.50/cwt281.50–281.501,5292
Bulls500–550Small 1545200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,0901
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2555281.50/cwt281.50–281.501,5621
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1557259.50/cwt259.50–259.501,4456
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2621243.50/cwt243.50–243.501,5126
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1648239.75/cwt239.75–239.751,5548
Bulls650–700Small 1685223.00/cwt223.00–223.001,5281
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1695235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,6331
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1728220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,6025
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1805205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,6501

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.