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Southside Livestock Markets, Inc.

Name: Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2024-07-31
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-07-31

Feeder Cattle · Blackstone, Virginia · Wed, Jul 31

● Final56 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2183

← Jul 24Jul 31Aug 7 →

Receipts

265 head

▲ 124 vs last sale 141▲ 107 vs year ago 158 · +67.7%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 72, Heifers 139, Bulls 54)

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 $232.76/cwt on 37 head. That ranks 1 of 32 comparable sales and sits −126.58 against this barn's trailing median of $359.34.

Average price

$232.76

37 head · 551 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,282

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$268

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3

$54.06/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−10.38

vs VA average

−25.70 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	552	239.17	1,319	24
Medium and Large 2	543	234.00	1,271	8thin
Small 1	552	210.00	1,159	3thin
Medium and Large 3	568	185.11	1,051	2thin

One grade step is worth $54.06/cwt here — about $268 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 sale37 hd

232.76

—

VA average6 barns · 338 hd

243.14

−10.38

National average139 barns · 7,218 hd

258.46

−25.70

This barn, trailing median32 sales

359.34

−126.58

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

56 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 · Steers21 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	345	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	949	1
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	360	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,008	1
Steers	350–400	Small 1	365	272.50/cwt	272.50–272.50	995	3
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	395	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,126	1
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 3	395	272.50/cwt	272.50–272.50	1,076	1
Steers	400–450	Small 1	425	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,148	2
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	448	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	1,288	6
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 3	450	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	1,134	3
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	450	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	945	1
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	462	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,224	3
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	543	278.00/cwt	278.00–278.00	1,510	4
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	545	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,526	6
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	559	274.12/cwt	250.00–279.00	1,532	6
Steers	600–650	Small 1	610	242.50/cwt	242.50–242.50	1,479	1
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	628	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	1,658	5
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	661	261.18/cwt	247.00–264.00	1,726	12
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	705	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,685	1
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	748	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,788	8
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	765	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,828	2
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	817	217.49/cwt	216.00–219.00	1,777	4
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	865	197.50/cwt	197.50–197.50	1,708	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers20 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Small 1	340	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	765	2
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	364	237.50/cwt	237.50–237.50	865	6
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 3	375	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	919	5
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	390	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	965	1
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 3	444	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,043	10
Heifers	400–450	Small 1	444	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	977	6
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	448	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,098	8
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	461	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,088	14
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	465	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	1,102	3
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	530	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,246	4
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	543	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	1,271	8
Heifers	550–600	Small 1	552	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,159	3
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	556	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,334	20
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 3	568	185.11/cwt	160.00–210.00	1,051	2
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	600	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,350	1
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 3	615	212.54/cwt	205.00–215.00	1,307	4
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	643	231.17/cwt	229.00–236.00	1,486	32
Heifers	650–700	Small 1	670	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,474	1
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	714	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,464	4
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	772	191.35/cwt	170.00–205.00	1,477	5
Feeder Cattle · Bulls15 lots · lightest first
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1	320	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	944	3
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2	360	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,044	1
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	412	292.50/cwt	292.50–292.50	1,205	6
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	434	292.50/cwt	292.50–292.50	1,269	7
Bulls	450–500	Small 1	485	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,188	2
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	492	283.00/cwt	283.00–283.00	1,392	7
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	500	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,200	1
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2	536	256.50/cwt	245.00–260.00	1,375	4
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	557	262.15/cwt	245.00–265.00	1,460	7
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2	560	252.50/cwt	252.50–252.50	1,414	1
Bulls	550–600	Small 1	565	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	1,511	1
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	646	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,557	4
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 2	647	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,559	3
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1	736	217.50/cwt	217.50–217.50	1,601	6
Bulls	850–900	Medium and Large 1	855	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,582	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 31, 2024

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

Receipts 265Last week 141Year ago 158

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 72, Heifers 139, Bulls 54)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	345	275.00	275.00
1	350–400	395	285.00	285.00
3	450–500	462	265.00	265.00
4	500–550	543	278.00	278.00
6	550–600	559	250.00–279.00	274.12
5	600–650	628	264.00	264.00
12	650–700	661	247.00–264.00	261.18
8	700–750	748	239.00	239.00
2	750–800	765	239.00	239.00
4	800–850	817	216.00–219.00	217.49
1	850–900	865	197.50	197.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	365	272.50	272.50
2	400–450	425	270.00	270.00
1	600–650	610	242.50	242.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	395	272.50	272.50
3	450–500	450	252.00	252.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	360	280.00	280.00
6	400–450	448	287.50	287.50
1	450–500	450	210.00	210.00
6	500–550	545	280.00	280.00
1	700–750	705	239.00	239.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	390	247.50	247.50
8	400–450	448	245.00	245.00
3	450–500	465	237.00	237.00
4	500–550	530	235.00	235.00
20	550–600	556	240.00	240.00
32	600–650	643	229.00–236.00	231.17
4	700–750	714	205.00	205.00
5	750–800	772	170.00–205.00	191.35

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	340	225.00	225.00
6	400–450	444	220.00	220.00
3	550–600	552	210.00	210.00
1	650–700	670	220.00	220.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	375	245.00	245.00
10	400–450	444	235.00	235.00
2	550–600	568	160.00–210.00	185.11
4	600–650	615	205.00–215.00	212.54

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	364	237.50	237.50
14	450–500	461	236.00	236.00
8	500–550	543	234.00	234.00
1	600–650	600	225.00	225.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	320	295.00	295.00
7	400–450	434	292.50	292.50
7	450–500	492	283.00	283.00
1	500–550	500	240.00	240.00
7	550–600	557	245.00–265.00	262.15
4	600–650	646	241.00	241.00
6	700–750	736	217.50	217.50
1	850–900	855	185.00	185.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	485	245.00	245.00
1	550–600	565	267.50	267.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	360	290.00	290.00
6	400–450	412	292.50	292.50
4	500–550	536	245.00–260.00	256.50
1	550–600	560	252.50	252.50
3	600–650	647	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.