Sale reports / Virginia / Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. / 2024-07-10

Southside Livestock Markets, Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Blackstone, Virginia · Wed, Jul 10
● Final47 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2183
Receipts
147 head
▼ 83 vs last sale 230▲ 7 vs year ago 140 · +5.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 30, Heifers 62, Bulls 55)

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $230.78/cwt on 16 head. That ranks 1 of 32 comparable sales and sits −128.56 against this barn's trailing median of $359.34.
Average price
$230.78
16 head · 543 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,253
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$351
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$62.50/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−25.15
vs VA average
−38.08 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1548242.501,3289thin
Medium and Large 2534230.001,2285thin
Medium and Large 3543180.009772thin
One grade step is worth $62.50/cwt here — about $351 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 sale16 hd
230.78
—
VA average5 barns · 404 hd
255.93
−25.15
National average164 barns · 12,328 hd
268.86
−38.08
This barn, trailing median32 sales
359.34
−128.56
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

47 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 · Steers11 lots · lightest first
Steers350–400Medium and Large 3355285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,0121
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2440290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,2762
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1525291.00/cwt291.00–291.001,5281
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1552291.00/cwt291.00–291.001,6069
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2570286.00/cwt286.00–286.001,6301
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2630274.00/cwt274.00–274.001,7261
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1637274.00/cwt274.00–274.001,7459
Steers600–650Small 1640260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,6641
Steers700–750Medium and Large 3733231.00/cwt231.00–231.001,6932
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1780219.37/cwt200.00–238.001,7112
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1960200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,9201
Feeder Cattle · Heifers21 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2330230.00/cwt210.00–250.007592
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1333235.00/cwt235.00–235.007832
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1350240.00/cwt240.00–240.008401
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3375180.00/cwt180.00–180.006751
Heifers400–450Small 1448190.00/cwt190.00–190.008512
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2463246.50/cwt246.50–246.501,1416
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1485233.00/cwt233.00–233.001,1302
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3485227.00/cwt227.00–227.001,1011
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1525242.50/cwt242.50–242.501,2733
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2534230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,2285
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3543180.00/cwt180.00–180.009772
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1559242.50/cwt242.50–242.501,3566
Heifers600–650Small 1608170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,0342
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 3615225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,3841
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2628226.25/cwt212.00–229.001,4216
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1635233.13/cwt231.50–236.501,4803
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1656233.00/cwt233.00–233.001,5288
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2675180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,2151
Heifers650–700Small 1680189.00/cwt189.00–189.001,2851
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1745195.00/cwt195.00–195.001,4531
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1751192.00/cwt192.00–192.001,4426
Feeder Cattle · Bulls15 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1345330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,1394
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1415270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,1211
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2417302.00/cwt302.00–302.001,2597
Bulls400–450Small 1430230.00/cwt230.00–230.009891
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1475289.29/cwt287.00–290.001,3748
Bulls450–500Small 1483270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,3042
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1503290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,4593
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2518244.85/cwt200.00–262.001,2684
Bulls500–550Small 1548227.50/cwt227.50–227.501,2472
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2553256.00/cwt256.00–256.001,4162
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1559254.47/cwt242.00–256.001,4229
Bulls600–650Small 1630222.00/cwt222.00–222.001,3991
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1662241.00/cwt241.00–241.001,5956
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1750200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,5004
Bulls850–900Medium and Large 1855172.00/cwt172.00–172.001,4711

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.