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Southside Livestock Markets, Inc.

Name: Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2024-08-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-08-14

Feeder Cattle · Blackstone, Virginia · Wed, Aug 14

● Final46 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2183

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Receipts

150 head

▼ 30 vs last sale 180▲ 14 vs year ago 136 · +10.3%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 43, Heifers 67, Bulls 40)

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 $248.68/cwt on 33 head. That ranks 1 of 32 comparable sales and sits −110.66 against this barn's trailing median of $359.34.

Average price

$248.68

33 head · 553 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,376

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3

$9.11/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.75

vs VA average

−3.26 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	538	254.11	1,367	7thin
Medium and Large 1	560	247.74	1,388	21
Small 1	538	245.00	1,318	3thin
Medium and Large 3	558	245.00	1,367	2thin

One grade step is worth $9.11/cwt here — about $0 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 sale33 hd

248.68

—

VA average8 barns · 328 hd

249.43

−0.75

National average159 barns · 7,784 hd

251.94

−3.26

This barn, trailing median32 sales

359.34

−110.66

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

46 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 · Steers15 lots · lightest first
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 3	400	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,060	1
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	462	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	1,326	3
Steers	450–500	Small 1	464	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	1,239	4
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	483	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,425	2
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	528	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	1,515	2
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	531	291.94/cwt	287.00–295.00	1,550	5
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	563	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	1,616	6
Steers	550–600	Small 1	590	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,564	1
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	617	259.47/cwt	254.00–270.00	1,601	6
Steers	600–650	Small 1	630	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,638	1
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	643	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,575	2
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	659	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,779	7
Steers	750–800	Small 1	760	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,520	1
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	780	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,794	1
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	825	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,815	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	370	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	907	2
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 3	390	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	897	1
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	395	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	968	1
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	466	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	1,207	4
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	470	254.80/cwt	250.00–255.50	1,198	8
Heifers	450–500	Small 1	472	236.53/cwt	220.00–250.00	1,116	5
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	538	254.11/cwt	242.00–256.00	1,367	7
Heifers	500–550	Small 1	538	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,318	3
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	547	253.19/cwt	250.00–253.50	1,385	11
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 3	558	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,367	2
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	575	241.75/cwt	239.00–244.00	1,390	10
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	621	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	1,360	5
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	658	223.02/cwt	220.00–226.00	1,467	6
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	733	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,393	2
Feeder Cattle · Bulls17 lots · lightest first
Bulls	300–350	Small 1	335	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	754	1
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 2	340	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	986	2
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1	355	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,030	2
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2	395	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,146	2
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	424	274.97/cwt	240.00–290.00	1,166	4
Bulls	400–450	Small 1	428	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,006	3
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	435	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	979	1
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	470	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,340	1
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	500	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,400	2
Bulls	500–550	Small 1	515	224.56/cwt	180.00–270.00	1,156	2
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2	520	260.06/cwt	245.00–274.00	1,352	2
Bulls	550–600	Small 1	570	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,311	1
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	581	247.06/cwt	210.00–267.00	1,435	7
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	647	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	1,540	6
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 2	675	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	1,607	2
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 2	715	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,430	1
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1	725	202.00/cwt	202.00–202.00	1,465	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 Aug 14, 2024

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

Receipts 150Last week 180Year ago 136

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 43, Heifers 67, Bulls 40)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	370	245.00	245.00
8	450–500	470	250.00–255.50	254.80
11	500–550	547	250.00–253.50	253.19
10	550–600	575	239.00–244.00	241.75
6	650–700	658	220.00–226.00	223.02
2	700–750	733	190.00	190.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	472	220.00–250.00	236.53
3	500–550	538	245.00	245.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	395	245.00	245.00
4	450–500	466	259.00	259.00
7	500–550	538	242.00–256.00	254.11
5	600–650	621	219.00	219.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	390	230.00	230.00
2	550–600	558	245.00	245.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	483	295.00	295.00
5	500–550	531	287.00–295.00	291.94
6	550–600	563	287.00	287.00
6	600–650	617	254.00–270.00	259.47
7	650–700	659	270.00	270.00
1	750–800	780	230.00	230.00
1	800–850	825	220.00	220.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	464	267.00	267.00
1	550–600	590	265.00	265.00
1	600–650	630	260.00	260.00
1	750–800	760	200.00	200.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	462	287.00	287.00
2	500–550	528	287.00	287.00
2	600–650	643	245.00	245.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	400	265.00	265.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	340	290.00	290.00
2	350–400	395	290.00	290.00
1	400–450	435	225.00	225.00
1	450–500	470	285.00	285.00
2	500–550	520	245.00–274.00	260.06
2	650–700	675	238.00	238.00
1	700–750	715	200.00	200.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	355	290.00	290.00
4	400–450	424	240.00–290.00	274.97
2	500–550	500	280.00	280.00
7	550–600	581	210.00–267.00	247.06
6	600–650	647	238.00	238.00
1	700–750	725	202.00	202.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	335	225.00	225.00
3	400–450	428	235.00	235.00
2	500–550	515	180.00–270.00	224.56
1	550–600	570	230.00	230.00

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.