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Southside Livestock Markets, Inc.

Name: Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2024-08-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-08-28

Feeder Cattle · Blackstone, Virginia · Wed, Aug 28

● Final28 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2183

← Aug 21Aug 28Sep 4 →

Receipts

77 head

▼ 94 vs last sale 171▼ 76 vs year ago 153 · −49.7%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 10, Heifers 41, Bulls 26)

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 $224.02/cwt on 20 head. That ranks 1 of 32 comparable sales and sits −135.32 against this barn's trailing median of $359.34.

Average price

$224.02

20 head · 544 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,218

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$267

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Small 1

$46.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−11.12

vs VA average

−17.86 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	548	231.00	1,266	2thin
Medium and Large 1	547	230.60	1,261	14thin
Medium and Large 3	518	210.00	1,088	2thin
Small 1	540	185.00	999	2thin

One grade step is worth $46.00/cwt here — about $267 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 sale20 hd

224.02

—

VA average6 barns · 369 hd

235.14

−11.12

National average160 barns · 7,566 hd

241.88

−17.86

This barn, trailing median32 sales

359.34

−135.32

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

28 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 · Steers5 lots · lightest first
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	415	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,162	1
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	495	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	1,324	1
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	590	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,357	1
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	665	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,563	1
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	759	229.50/cwt	229.50–229.50	1,742	6
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Small 1	340	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	714	1
Heifers	350–400	Small 1	385	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	886	1
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	390	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	819	1
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	446	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	1,039	4
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 3	447	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	961	3
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	460	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,081	5
Heifers	450–500	Small 1	465	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	930	1
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	480	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	1,066	1
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 3	518	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,088	2
Heifers	500–550	Small 1	540	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	999	2
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	547	230.60/cwt	225.00–231.00	1,261	14
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	548	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,266	2
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	641	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,417	4
Feeder Cattle · Bulls10 lots · lightest first
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2	350	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	910	1
Bulls	350–400	Small 1	350	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	770	1
Bulls	400–450	Small 1	440	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	955	1
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	484	272.30/cwt	232.00–277.00	1,318	9
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	557	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,365	3
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	637	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	1,478	5
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 2	640	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,152	1
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1	735	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,433	1
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 2	760	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,406	1
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 1	762	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,486	3

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 28, 2024

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

Receipts 77Last week 171Year ago 153

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 10, Heifers 41, Bulls 26)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	450–500	484	232.00–277.00	272.30
3	550–600	557	245.00	245.00
5	600–650	637	232.00	232.00
1	700–750	735	195.00	195.00
3	750–800	762	195.00	195.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	350	260.00	260.00
1	600–650	640	180.00	180.00
1	750–800	760	185.00	185.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	350	220.00	220.00
1	400–450	440	217.00	217.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	415	280.00	280.00
1	650–700	665	235.00	235.00
6	750–800	759	229.50	229.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	495	267.50	267.50
1	550–600	590	230.00	230.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	390	210.00	210.00
4	400–450	446	233.00	233.00
1	450–500	480	222.00	222.00
2	500–550	548	231.00	231.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	460	235.00	235.00
14	500–550	547	225.00–231.00	230.60
4	600–650	641	221.00	221.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	340	210.00	210.00
1	350–400	385	230.00	230.00
1	450–500	465	200.00	200.00
2	500–550	540	185.00	185.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	447	215.00	215.00
2	500–550	518	210.00	210.00

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.