Sale reports / Virginia / Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. / 2024-06-19

Southside Livestock Markets, Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Blackstone, Virginia · Wed, Jun 19
● Final49 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2183
Receipts
278 head
▲ 58 vs last sale 220▲ 12 vs year ago 266 · +4.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 100, Heifers 96, Bulls 82)

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $296.81/cwt on 18 head. That ranks 1 of 23 comparable sales and sits −113.02 against this barn's trailing median of $409.82.
Average price
$296.81
18 head · 536 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,590
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$54
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 1
$3.83/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.05
vs VA average
−3.85 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2515300.001,5453thin
Medium and Large 1540296.171,59915thin
One grade step is worth $3.83/cwt here — about −$54 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 sale18 hd
296.81
—
VA average9 barns · 590 hd
296.76
+0.05
National average144 barns · 7,865 hd
300.66
−3.85
This barn, trailing median23 sales
409.82
−113.02
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
494441389336median 409.8203/0404/2207/0809/1610/28
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

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.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers12 lots · lightest first
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2365318.00/cwt318.00–318.001,1611
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1390318.00/cwt318.00–318.001,2401
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2430307.00/cwt307.00–307.001,3202
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1460310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,4263
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2515300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,5453
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1528296.85/cwt294.00–298.001,56710
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1564294.81/cwt290.00–298.001,6635
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1614283.00/cwt283.00–283.001,73831
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1663278.65/cwt277.00–280.001,84715
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1725255.71/cwt255.50–256.501,85419
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1783250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,9584
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1819239.00/cwt239.00–239.001,9576
Feeder Cattle · Heifers20 lots · lightest first
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2368266.00/cwt266.00–266.009794
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3395230.00/cwt230.00–230.009092
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3415240.00/cwt240.00–240.009961
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2438259.00/cwt259.00–259.001,1346
Heifers450–500Small 1458226.00/cwt226.00–226.001,0353
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1469256.09/cwt240.00–260.501,20114
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2470220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,0341
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3495195.00/cwt195.00–195.009651
Heifers500–550Small 1537227.00/cwt227.00–227.001,2197
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1545251.50/cwt251.50–251.501,37115
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2546238.66/cwt220.00–246.501,30310
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3548227.00/cwt227.00–227.001,2444
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1562246.00/cwt246.00–246.001,3833
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2595232.00/cwt232.00–232.001,3801
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 3628220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,3822
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2643215.88/cwt155.00–231.001,3885
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1645231.00/cwt231.00–231.001,49011
Heifers650–700Small 1655227.00/cwt227.00–227.001,4872
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2710175.00/cwt175.00–175.001,2431
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1718175.00/cwt175.00–175.001,2573
Feeder Cattle · Bulls17 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1323325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,0502
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2355325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,1541
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1413300.29/cwt295.00–303.001,2406
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2414301.42/cwt295.00–303.001,2485
Bulls400–450Small 1435280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,2181
Bulls450–500Small 1465275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,2791
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2488281.42/cwt270.00–285.001,3734
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1506274.07/cwt250.00–280.501,38713
Bulls500–550Small 1523252.51/cwt250.00–255.001,3212
Bulls550–600Small 1564239.00/cwt239.00–239.001,3486
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1566262.01/cwt257.00–262.501,48311
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2567251.00/cwt251.00–251.001,4236
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1638251.50/cwt251.50–251.501,60514
Bulls650–700Small 1665190.19/cwt165.00–215.001,2652
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1695200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,3901
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1738221.00/cwt221.00–221.001,6314
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 2755221.00/cwt221.00–221.001,6693

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.