Sale reports / Virginia / Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. / 2024-09-18

Southside Livestock Markets, Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Blackstone, Virginia · Wed, Sep 18
● Final42 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2183
Receipts
88 head
▼ 146 vs last sale 234▼ 138 vs year ago 226 · −61.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 26, Heifers 34, Bulls 28)

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $219.86/cwt on 14 head. That ranks 1 of 32 comparable sales and sits −139.48 against this barn's trailing median of $359.34.
Average price
$219.86
14 head · 536 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,178
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$123
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 1
$30.00/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−9.41
vs VA average
−17.15 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1540227.001,2267thin
Medium and Large 2526223.001,1734thin
Medium and Large 3530200.001,0602thin
Small 1560197.001,1031thin
One grade step is worth $30.00/cwt here — about $123 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 sale14 hd
219.86
—
VA average10 barns · 590 hd
229.27
−9.41
National average181 barns · 11,482 hd
237.01
−17.15
This barn, trailing median32 sales
359.34
−139.48
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
416377338299median 359.3403/0404/2906/2409/0910/28
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

42 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.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers14 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 3340225.00/cwt225.00–225.007651
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1435270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,1752
Steers450–500Small 1450242.00/cwt242.00–242.001,0891
Steers450–500Medium and Large 3455255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,1603
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2460273.00/cwt273.00–273.001,2561
Steers500–550Small 1505220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,1111
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2525260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,3652
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2630255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,6071
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1665257.00/cwt257.00–257.001,7091
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2721237.00/cwt237.00–237.001,7094
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1751236.00/cwt236.00–236.001,7724
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1808214.51/cwt212.00–217.001,7332
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1853194.00/cwt194.00–194.001,6552
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1905180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,6291
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1370236.00/cwt236.00–236.008732
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2370221.00/cwt221.00–221.008181
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1405212.00/cwt212.00–212.008592
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2438225.00/cwt225.00–225.009863
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3445215.00/cwt215.00–215.009572
Heifers450–500Small 1490157.00/cwt157.00–157.007691
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2526223.00/cwt223.00–223.001,1734
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3530200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,0602
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1540227.00/cwt227.00–227.001,2267
Heifers550–600Small 1560197.00/cwt197.00–197.001,1031
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1618216.00/cwt216.00–216.001,3352
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2645216.00/cwt216.00–216.001,3932
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2690203.00/cwt203.00–203.001,4011
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 3695167.00/cwt167.00–167.001,1611
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2740154.50/cwt154.50–154.501,1432
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1745180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,3411
Feeder Cattle · Bulls12 lots · lightest first
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2420275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,1552
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1425275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,1692
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2460270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,2421
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1491235.01/cwt160.00–253.001,1545
Bulls450–500Small 1498200.00/cwt200.00–200.009962
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2550246.00/cwt246.00–246.001,3531
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1566233.00/cwt233.00–233.001,3195
Bulls550–600Small 1590225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,3281
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2605175.00/cwt175.00–175.001,0591
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1646230.50/cwt230.50–230.501,4895
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1768199.00/cwt199.00–199.001,5282
Bulls850–900Medium and Large 1865180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,5571

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.