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Southside Livestock Markets, Inc.

Name: Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2024-08-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-08-21

Feeder Cattle · Blackstone, Virginia · Wed, Aug 21

● Final46 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2183

← Aug 14Aug 21Aug 28 →

Receipts

171 head

▲ 21 vs last sale 150▲ 35 vs year ago 136 · +25.7%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 23, Heifers 73, Bulls 75)

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb bulls averaged $271.29/cwt on 30 head. That ranks 1 of 24 comparable sales and sits −101.72 against this barn's trailing median of $373.01.

Average price

$271.29

30 head · 534 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,450

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$57

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2

$1.34/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+16.47

vs VA average

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	541	271.74	1,469	20
Medium and Large 2	522	270.40	1,411	10thin

One grade step is worth $1.34/cwt here — about $57 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale30 hd

271.29

—

VA average9 barns · 225 hd

254.82

+16.47

This barn, trailing median24 sales

373.01

−101.72

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

24 sales

Bulls 500–600 lb: high $440.10, low $330.96, median $373.01 across 24 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 · Steers8 lots · lightest first
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	440	294.00/cwt	294.00–294.00	1,294	2
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	495	288.00/cwt	288.00–288.00	1,426	1
Steers	500–550	Small 1	540	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,350	1
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	565	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	1,622	7
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	590	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,357	1
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	645	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	1,683	6
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	743	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,753	4
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	825	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,774	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	363	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	799	2
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	435	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,022	3
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	445	244.25/cwt	232.00–247.00	1,087	11
Heifers	450–500	Small 1	458	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,031	2
Heifers	500–550	Small 1	525	225.05/cwt	205.00–230.00	1,182	5
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	540	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,188	1
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	556	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	1,351	9
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	566	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,415	11
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 3	578	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,156	4
Heifers	550–600	Small 1	585	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,346	1
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 3	610	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,312	1
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	639	222.50/cwt	222.50–222.50	1,422	7
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	640	223.50/cwt	223.50–223.50	1,430	9
Heifers	600–650	Small 1	645	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,387	1
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 3	685	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,473	2
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	705	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	1,530	1
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	732	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	1,588	3
Feeder Cattle · Bulls21 lots · lightest first
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 2	343	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	984	3
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1	355	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,047	3
Bulls	350–400	Small 1	365	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	876	1
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	413	279.55/cwt	277.00–280.00	1,155	7
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	421	269.54/cwt	230.00–280.00	1,135	5
Bulls	400–450	Small 1	423	241.09/cwt	210.00–257.00	1,020	3
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	458	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,260	2
Bulls	450–500	Small 1	485	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,285	3
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	502	279.50/cwt	279.50–279.50	1,403	9
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2	508	273.00/cwt	273.00–273.00	1,387	8
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	572	265.39/cwt	250.00–267.00	1,518	11
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2	578	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,503	2
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 2	625	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,438	1
Bulls	600–650	Small 1	633	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,424	2
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	645	245.68/cwt	243.00–247.00	1,585	6
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1	700	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,540	1
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 2	740	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,480	1
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 1	760	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,672	4
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 2	760	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,558	1
Bulls	750–800	Small 1	790	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,738	1
Bulls	800–850	Medium and Large 1	810	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,580	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 21, 2024

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

Receipts 171Last week 150Year ago 136

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 23, Heifers 73, Bulls 75)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	355	295.00	295.00
7	400–450	413	277.00–280.00	279.55
2	450–500	458	275.00	275.00
9	500–550	502	279.50	279.50
11	550–600	572	250.00–267.00	265.39
6	600–650	645	243.00–247.00	245.68
1	700–750	700	220.00	220.00
4	750–800	760	220.00	220.00
1	800–850	810	195.00	195.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	343	287.00	287.00
5	400–450	421	230.00–280.00	269.54
8	500–550	508	273.00	273.00
2	550–600	578	260.00	260.00
1	600–650	625	230.00	230.00
1	700–750	740	200.00	200.00
1	750–800	760	205.00	205.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	365	240.00	240.00
3	400–450	423	210.00–257.00	241.09
3	450–500	485	265.00	265.00
2	600–650	633	225.00	225.00
1	750–800	790	220.00	220.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	440	294.00	294.00
7	550–600	565	287.00	287.00
6	600–650	645	261.00	261.00
4	700–750	743	236.00	236.00
1	800–850	825	215.00	215.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	495	288.00	288.00
1	550–600	590	230.00	230.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	540	250.00	250.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	363	220.00	220.00
11	400–450	445	232.00–247.00	244.25
1	500–550	540	220.00	220.00
9	550–600	556	243.00	243.00
7	600–650	639	222.50	222.50
1	700–750	705	217.00	217.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	435	235.00	235.00
11	550–600	566	250.00	250.00
9	600–650	640	223.50	223.50
3	700–750	732	217.00	217.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	458	225.00	225.00
5	500–550	525	205.00–230.00	225.05
1	550–600	585	230.00	230.00
1	600–650	645	215.00	215.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	550–600	578	200.00	200.00
1	600–650	610	215.00	215.00
2	650–700	685	215.00	215.00

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.