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Southside Livestock Markets, Inc.

Name: Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2024-04-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-04-10

Feeder Cattle · Blackstone, Virginia · Wed, Apr 10

● Final54 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2183

← Apr 3Apr 10Apr 17 →

Receipts

229 head

▲ 40 vs last sale 189▲ 68 vs year ago 161 · +42.2%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 25, Heifers 124, Bulls 80)

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 $240.89/cwt on 37 head. That ranks 1 of 32 comparable sales and sits −118.45 against this barn's trailing median of $359.34.

Average price

$240.89

37 head · 540 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,300

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$202

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 1

$36.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−5.10

vs VA average

−23.07 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	541	247.00	1,336	18thin
Medium and Large 2	540	238.75	1,289	16thin
Medium and Large 3	520	225.00	1,170	1thin
Small 1	538	211.00	1,134	2thin

One grade step is worth $36.00/cwt here — about $202 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 sale37 hd

240.89

—

VA average9 barns · 660 hd

245.99

−5.10

National average181 barns · 13,137 hd

263.96

−23.07

This barn, trailing median32 sales

359.34

−118.45

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

54 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 · Steers11 lots · lightest first
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	375	308.00/cwt	308.00–308.00	1,155	2
Steers	350–400	Small 1	385	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,020	1
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	460	291.00/cwt	277.00–305.00	1,339	2
Steers	500–550	Small 1	518	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,222	2
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	554	293.00/cwt	293.00–293.00	1,623	4
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	560	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,652	2
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 3	570	202.00/cwt	202.00–202.00	1,151	1
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	642	276.00/cwt	276.00–276.00	1,772	3
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	661	268.00/cwt	268.00–268.00	1,771	5
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	715	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,723	2
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 2	825	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	1,716	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers25 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	340	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,037	3
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	355	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,012	4
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 3	362	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	996	5
Heifers	350–400	Small 1	385	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,001	1
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 3	415	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	830	2
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	420	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,092	1
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	458	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	1,159	11
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	465	251.75/cwt	250.00–252.00	1,171	8
Heifers	450–500	Small 1	465	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	1,032	5
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 3	465	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	721	1
Heifers	500–550	Small 1	505	197.00/cwt	197.00–197.00	995	1
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 3	520	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,170	1
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	537	238.75/cwt	238.75–238.75	1,282	13
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	541	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	1,336	18
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	552	238.75/cwt	238.75–238.75	1,318	3
Heifers	550–600	Small 1	570	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,283	1
Heifers	600–650	Small 1	635	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	1,168	1
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	638	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,410	4
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	642	226.66/cwt	220.00–230.00	1,455	12
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	653	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	1,489	8
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	710	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,349	3
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	724	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,376	3
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	790	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	1,493	2
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	844	199.00/cwt	199.00–199.00	1,680	9
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	922	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	1,650	3
Feeder Cattle · Bulls18 lots · lightest first
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 2	330	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	1,026	11
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1	343	298.40/cwt	285.00–312.00	1,024	2
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	419	290.50/cwt	290.50–290.50	1,217	7
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	428	284.00/cwt	284.00–284.00	1,216	5
Bulls	400–450	Small 1	435	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,153	1
Bulls	450–500	Small 1	473	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	1,078	4
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2	500	279.00/cwt	279.00–279.00	1,395	5
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	508	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,397	8
Bulls	550–600	Small 1	564	260.50/cwt	260.50–260.50	1,469	4
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	566	260.50/cwt	260.50–260.50	1,474	8
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2	585	260.50/cwt	260.50–260.50	1,524	4
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	646	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	1,660	8
Bulls	650–700	Small 1	663	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,598	3
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 2	665	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,696	1
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1	670	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,575	1
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 2	753	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	1,551	2
Bulls	750–800	Small 1	758	194.00/cwt	194.00–194.00	1,471	2
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 1	760	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,558	3

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 10, 2024

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

Receipts 229Last week 189Year ago 161

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 25, Heifers 124, Bulls 80)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	340	305.00	305.00
11	450–500	458	253.00	253.00
18	500–550	541	247.00	247.00
12	600–650	642	220.00–230.00	226.66
8	650–700	653	228.00	228.00
3	700–750	724	190.00	190.00
2	750–800	790	189.00	189.00
9	800–850	844	199.00	199.00
3	900–950	922	179.00	179.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	385	260.00	260.00
5	450–500	465	222.00	222.00
1	500–550	505	197.00	197.00
1	550–600	570	225.00	225.00
1	600–650	635	184.00	184.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	362	275.00	275.00
2	400–450	415	200.00	200.00
1	450–500	465	155.00	155.00
1	500–550	520	225.00	225.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	355	285.00	285.00
1	400–450	420	260.00	260.00
8	450–500	465	250.00–252.00	251.75
13	500–550	537	238.75	238.75
3	550–600	552	238.75	238.75
4	600–650	638	221.00	221.00
3	700–750	710	190.00	190.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	343	285.00–312.00	298.40
5	400–450	428	284.00	284.00
8	500–550	508	275.00	275.00
8	550–600	566	260.50	260.50
8	600–650	646	257.00	257.00
1	650–700	670	235.00	235.00
3	750–800	760	205.00	205.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	435	265.00	265.00
4	450–500	473	228.00	228.00
4	550–600	564	260.50	260.50
3	650–700	663	241.00	241.00
2	750–800	758	194.00	194.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	300–350	330	311.00	311.00
7	400–450	419	290.50	290.50
5	500–550	500	279.00	279.00
4	550–600	585	260.50	260.50
1	650–700	665	255.00	255.00
2	750–800	753	206.00	206.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	385	265.00	265.00
2	500–550	518	236.00	236.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	570	202.00	202.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	375	308.00	308.00
2	450–500	460	277.00–305.00	291.00
4	550–600	554	293.00	293.00
3	600–650	642	276.00	276.00
1	800–850	825	208.00	208.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	550–600	560	295.00	295.00
5	650–700	661	268.00	268.00
2	700–750	715	241.00	241.00

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.