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Southside Livestock Markets, Inc.

Name: Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2024-04-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-04-03

Feeder Cattle · Blackstone, Virginia · Wed, Apr 3

● Final59 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2183

← Mar 27Apr 3Apr 10 →

Receipts

189 head

▲ 43 vs last sale 146▼ 28 vs year ago 217 · −12.9%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 83, Heifers 66, Bulls 40)

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $303.85/cwt on 33 head. That ranks 1 of 23 comparable sales and sits −105.98 against this barn's trailing median of $409.82.

Average price

$303.85

33 head · 547 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,662

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$312

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Small 1

$63.56/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.54

vs VA average

−6.91 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	544	314.65	1,712	24
Medium and Large 1	540	310.00	1,674	3thin
Medium and Large 3	590	290.00	1,711	1thin
Small 1	558	251.09	1,400	5thin

One grade step is worth $63.56/cwt here — about $312 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale33 hd

303.85

—

VA average7 barns · 278 hd

307.38

−3.54

National average173 barns · 11,586 hd

310.76

−6.91

This barn, trailing median23 sales

409.82

−105.98

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

23 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $480.36, low $349.70, median $409.82 across 23 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Every lot

59 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 · Steers23 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	325	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	813	1
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	370	282.74/cwt	265.00–300.00	1,046	2
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 3	405	252.50/cwt	252.50–252.50	1,023	1
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	437	329.39/cwt	312.50–335.00	1,439	4
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	453	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,495	2
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 3	458	328.00/cwt	328.00–328.00	1,502	2
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	459	328.12/cwt	312.50–335.00	1,506	9
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	534	316.78/cwt	315.00–325.00	1,692	16
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	540	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,674	3
Steers	500–550	Small 1	544	239.99/cwt	235.00–242.50	1,306	3
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	564	310.38/cwt	300.00–317.00	1,751	8
Steers	550–600	Small 1	578	267.73/cwt	260.00–275.00	1,547	2
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 3	590	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,711	1
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	604	291.65/cwt	275.00–300.00	1,762	3
Steers	600–650	Small 1	615	263.90/cwt	260.00–275.00	1,623	4
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	630	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	1,644	2
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	670	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,340	1
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	675	263.00/cwt	263.00–263.00	1,775	3
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	705	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,586	1
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	720	240.91/cwt	235.00–247.00	1,735	8
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	835	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	1,820	2
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	914	196.00/cwt	196.00–196.00	1,791	4
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	975	194.00/cwt	194.00–194.00	1,892	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers22 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Small 1	345	177.50/cwt	177.50–177.50	612	1
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	373	271.02/cwt	267.50–275.00	1,011	2
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 3	383	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	946	4
Heifers	350–400	Small 1	395	272.50/cwt	272.50–272.50	1,076	1
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 3	436	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,112	7
Heifers	450–500	Small 1	455	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,069	1
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	459	269.76/cwt	267.50–270.00	1,238	11
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	478	247.53/cwt	240.00–250.00	1,183	6
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 3	480	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,224	1
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 3	500	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,250	1
Heifers	500–550	Small 1	529	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,243	4
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	545	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,308	3
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 3	555	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	1,374	2
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	558	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,339	2
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	575	238.47/cwt	222.50–241.00	1,371	7
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 3	600	207.50/cwt	207.50–207.50	1,245	1
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	625	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,438	2
Heifers	650–700	Small 1	680	167.50/cwt	167.50–167.50	1,139	1
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	715	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	1,208	1
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	760	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	1,345	2
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	852	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,534	3
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	908	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,634	2
Feeder Cattle · Bulls14 lots · lightest first
Bulls	300–350	Small 1	325	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	488	1
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2	363	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	1,153	4
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1	390	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	878	1
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	435	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,349	2
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	483	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	1,478	4
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	493	276.15/cwt	240.00–285.00	1,361	5
Bulls	500–550	Small 1	520	256.25/cwt	215.00–297.50	1,333	2
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	537	235.08/cwt	217.50–272.50	1,262	3
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	558	291.00/cwt	291.00–291.00	1,624	6
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2	561	286.22/cwt	277.50–288.00	1,606	6
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 2	620	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,612	1
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	623	254.94/cwt	250.00–260.00	1,588	2
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1	660	197.50/cwt	197.50–197.50	1,304	1
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1	743	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,635	2

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 Apr 3, 2024

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

Receipts 189Last week 146Year ago 217

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 83, Heifers 66, Bulls 40)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	390	225.00	225.00
5	450–500	493	240.00–285.00	276.15
3	500–550	537	217.50–272.50	235.08
6	550–600	558	291.00	291.00
2	600–650	623	250.00–260.00	254.94
1	650–700	660	197.50	197.50
2	700–750	743	220.00	220.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	363	317.50	317.50
2	400–450	435	310.00	310.00
4	450–500	483	306.00	306.00
6	550–600	561	277.50–288.00	286.22
1	600–650	620	260.00	260.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	325	150.00	150.00
2	500–550	520	215.00–297.50	256.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	450–500	478	240.00–250.00	247.53
7	550–600	575	222.50–241.00	238.47
2	600–650	625	230.00	230.00
1	700–750	715	169.00	169.00
2	750–800	760	177.00	177.00
3	850–900	852	180.00	180.00
2	900–950	908	180.00	180.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	345	177.50	177.50
1	350–400	395	272.50	272.50
1	450–500	455	235.00	235.00
4	500–550	529	235.00	235.00
1	650–700	680	167.50	167.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	383	247.00	247.00
7	400–450	436	255.00	255.00
1	450–500	480	255.00	255.00
1	500–550	500	250.00	250.00
2	550–600	555	247.50	247.50
1	600–650	600	207.50	207.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	373	267.50–275.00	271.02
11	450–500	459	267.50–270.00	269.76
3	500–550	545	240.00	240.00
2	550–600	558	240.00	240.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	453	330.00	330.00
3	500–550	540	310.00	310.00
3	600–650	604	275.00–300.00	291.65
3	650–700	675	263.00	263.00
8	700–750	720	235.00–247.00	240.91
2	800–850	835	218.00	218.00
4	900–950	914	196.00	196.00
1	950–1000	975	194.00	194.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	500–550	544	235.00–242.50	239.99
2	550–600	578	260.00–275.00	267.73
4	600–650	615	260.00–275.00	263.90

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	325	250.00	250.00
2	350–400	370	265.00–300.00	282.74
4	400–450	437	312.50–335.00	329.39
9	450–500	459	312.50–335.00	328.12
16	500–550	534	315.00–325.00	316.78
8	550–600	564	300.00–317.00	310.38
2	600–650	630	261.00	261.00
1	650–700	670	200.00	200.00
1	700–750	705	225.00	225.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	405	252.50	252.50
2	450–500	458	328.00	328.00
1	550–600	590	290.00	290.00

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.