Sale reports / Virginia / Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. / 2024-09-25

Southside Livestock Markets, Inc.

Name: Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2024-09-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-09-25

Feeder Cattle · Blackstone, Virginia · Wed, Sep 25

● Final36 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2183

← Sep 18Sep 25Oct 2 →

Receipts

149 head

▲ 61 vs last sale 88▼ 190 vs year ago 339 · −56.0%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 29, Heifers 68, Bulls 52)

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 $215.78/cwt on 28 head. That ranks 1 of 32 comparable sales and sits −143.56 against this barn's trailing median of $359.34.

Average price

$215.78

28 head · 549 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,184

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$374

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 1

$61.69/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−12.11

vs VA average

−24.31 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	551	226.69	1,248	22
Medium and Large 2	545	180.00	981	2thin
Medium and Large 3	542	176.58	957	3thin
Small 1	530	165.00	875	1thin

One grade step is worth $61.69/cwt here — about $374 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 sale28 hd

215.78

—

VA average8 barns · 508 hd

227.89

−12.11

National average173 barns · 10,203 hd

240.09

−24.31

This barn, trailing median32 sales

359.34

−143.56

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

36 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	420	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,113	3
Steers	500–550	Small 1	535	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	1,321	1
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	572	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	1,464	3
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	617	245.49/cwt	236.00–253.00	1,515	9
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	670	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	1,568	5
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 3	685	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,302	1
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	698	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,640	2
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	745	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	1,736	5
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	335	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	704	1
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	395	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	928	1
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	415	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	706	1
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 3	430	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	946	1
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	454	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	1,053	8
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	457	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,056	3
Heifers	450–500	Small 1	490	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,078	1
Heifers	500–550	Small 1	530	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	875	1
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 3	542	176.58/cwt	150.00–190.00	957	3
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	544	227.50/cwt	227.50–227.50	1,238	17
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	545	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	981	2
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	573	223.93/cwt	223.00–227.50	1,283	5
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	635	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	1,346	19
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 3	645	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,193	1
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	723	180.02/cwt	170.00–185.00	1,302	3
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	750	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,275	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls12 lots · lightest first
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1	356	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	965	5
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	424	226.21/cwt	151.00–264.00	959	3
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	483	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	1,290	3
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	499	263.00/cwt	263.00–263.00	1,312	4
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	500	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,225	1
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2	545	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,199	1
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	573	238.41/cwt	231.00–239.50	1,366	8
Bulls	600–650	Small 1	620	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	1,159	1
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	641	227.52/cwt	225.50–234.50	1,458	13
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1	732	186.07/cwt	186.00–186.50	1,362	7
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 1	768	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	1,413	3
Bulls	850–900	Medium and Large 1	865	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	1,488	2

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 Sep 25, 2024

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

Receipts 149Last week 88Year ago 339

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 29, Heifers 68, Bulls 52)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	356	271.00	271.00
3	400–450	424	151.00–264.00	226.21
3	450–500	483	267.00	267.00
1	500–550	500	245.00	245.00
8	550–600	573	231.00–239.50	238.41
13	600–650	641	225.50–234.50	227.52
7	700–750	732	186.00–186.50	186.07
3	750–800	768	184.00	184.00
2	850–900	865	172.00	172.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	499	263.00	263.00
1	500–550	545	220.00	220.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	600–650	620	187.00	187.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	420	265.00	265.00
3	550–600	572	256.00	256.00
9	600–650	617	236.00–253.00	245.49
5	650–700	670	234.00	234.00
5	700–750	745	233.00	233.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	535	247.00	247.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	650–700	698	235.00	235.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	650–700	685	190.00	190.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	335	210.00	210.00
1	400–450	415	170.00	170.00
3	450–500	457	231.00	231.00
2	500–550	545	180.00	180.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	395	235.00	235.00
8	450–500	454	232.00	232.00
17	500–550	544	227.50	227.50
5	550–600	573	223.00–227.50	223.93
19	600–650	635	212.00	212.00
3	700–750	723	170.00–185.00	180.02
1	750–800	750	170.00	170.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	490	220.00	220.00
1	500–550	530	165.00	165.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	430	220.00	220.00
3	500–550	542	150.00–190.00	176.58
1	600–650	645	185.00	185.00

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.