Sale reports / Virginia / Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. / 2024-07-17

Southside Livestock Markets, Inc.

Name: Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2024-07-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-07-17

Feeder Cattle · Blackstone, Virginia · Wed, Jul 17

● Final33 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2183

← Jul 10Jul 17Jul 24 →

Receipts

72 head

▼ 75 vs last sale 147▼ 108 vs year ago 180 · −60.0%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 22, Heifers 27, Bulls 23)

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 $223.36/cwt on 11 head. That ranks 1 of 32 comparable sales and sits −135.97 against this barn's trailing median of $359.34.

Average price

$223.36

11 head · 548 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,224

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$39

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Small 1

$30.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−22.70

vs VA average

−34.44 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	505	235.00	1,187	2thin
Medium and Large 1	560	233.00	1,305	4thin
Medium and Large 3	548	220.00	1,206	2thin
Small 1	560	205.00	1,148	3thin

One grade step is worth $30.00/cwt here — about $39 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 sale11 hd

223.36

—

VA average10 barns · 647 hd

246.06

−22.70

National average156 barns · 7,883 hd

257.80

−34.44

This barn, trailing median32 sales

359.34

−135.97

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

33 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 · Steers10 lots · lightest first
Steers	400–450	Small 1	420	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	987	1
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	460	224.59/cwt	145.00–265.00	1,033	3
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	468	277.00/cwt	277.00–277.00	1,296	3
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	500	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,350	1
Steers	500–550	Small 1	540	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,296	1
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	562	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	1,484	8
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 3	670	192.00/cwt	192.00–192.00	1,286	1
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	715	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	1,473	1
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 2	770	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	1,401	1
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	838	188.00/cwt	188.00–188.00	1,575	2
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	410	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	820	1
Heifers	400–450	Small 1	425	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	850	1
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 3	445	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	957	1
Heifers	450–500	Small 1	450	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	999	1
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	455	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,047	1
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	469	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,079	4
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	505	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,187	2
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 3	548	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,206	2
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	560	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	1,305	4
Heifers	550–600	Small 1	560	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,148	3
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	638	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	1,448	4
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	650	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	1,424	1
Heifers	700–750	Small 1	715	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,323	1
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	730	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,387	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls9 lots · lightest first
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	403	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,169	2
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	428	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	1,250	3
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	472	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,392	3
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	500	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,400	3
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2	545	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	627	1
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	558	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,350	6
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2	565	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,328	2
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1	655	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	1,493	2
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 2	680	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,258	1

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 Jul 17, 2024

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

Receipts 72Last week 147Year ago 180

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 22, Heifers 27, Bulls 23)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	403	290.00	290.00
3	500–550	500	280.00	280.00
6	550–600	558	242.00	242.00
2	650–700	655	228.00	228.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	428	292.00	292.00
3	450–500	472	295.00	295.00
1	500–550	545	115.00	115.00
2	550–600	565	235.00	235.00
1	650–700	680	185.00	185.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	468	277.00	277.00
8	550–600	562	264.00	264.00
1	700–750	715	206.00	206.00
2	800–850	838	188.00	188.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	420	235.00	235.00
1	500–550	540	240.00	240.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	460	145.00–265.00	224.59
1	500–550	500	270.00	270.00
1	750–800	770	182.00	182.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	650–700	670	192.00	192.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	455	230.00	230.00
4	550–600	560	233.00	233.00
4	600–650	638	227.00	227.00
1	700–750	730	190.00	190.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	425	200.00	200.00
1	450–500	450	222.00	222.00
3	550–600	560	205.00	205.00
1	700–750	715	185.00	185.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	410	200.00	200.00
4	450–500	469	230.00	230.00
2	500–550	505	235.00	235.00
1	650–700	650	219.00	219.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	445	215.00	215.00
2	500–550	548	220.00	220.00

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.