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Southside Livestock Markets, Inc.

Name: Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2024-10-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-10-23

Feeder Cattle · Blackstone, Virginia · Wed, Oct 23

● Final56 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2183

← Oct 16Oct 23Oct 30 →

Receipts

249 head

▼ 23 vs last sale 272▲ 111 vs year ago 138 · +80.4%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 96, Heifers 101, 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 $212.72/cwt on 40 head. That ranks 1 of 32 comparable sales and sits −146.62 against this barn's trailing median of $359.34.

Average price

$212.72

40 head · 551 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,172

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$312

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

$48.22/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−11.94

vs VA average

−46.91 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	551	223.22	1,230	9thin
Medium and Large 1	553	213.39	1,179	28
Small 1	560	175.00	980	1thin
Medium and Large 3	525	175.00	919	2thin

One grade step is worth $48.22/cwt here — about $312 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale40 hd

212.72

—

VA average8 barns · 549 hd

224.66

−11.94

National average195 barns · 25,856 hd

259.63

−46.91

This barn, trailing median32 sales

359.34

−146.62

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

56 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 · Steers18 lots · lightest first
Steers	350–400	Small 1	390	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	683	1
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	446	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,271	4
Steers	450–500	Small 1	470	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	987	1
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	478	266.76/cwt	253.00–274.00	1,275	3
Steers	500–550	Small 1	515	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	876	1
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	538	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	1,431	5
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 3	553	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,161	2
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	563	258.96/cwt	255.00–262.00	1,458	11
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	565	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,413	1
Steers	550–600	Small 1	595	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,190	1
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	615	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	1,458	2
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	645	252.68/cwt	240.00–258.00	1,630	24
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	650	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	1,443	2
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	732	242.35/cwt	220.00–245.00	1,774	31
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	748	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,646	2
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 2	765	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,721	1
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	825	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	949	1
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	890	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,914	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Small 1	325	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	553	1
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	355	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	763	1
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 3	357	196.45/cwt	150.00–220.00	701	3
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	438	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	1,025	12
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	440	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	964	1
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	455	221.50/cwt	221.50–221.50	1,008	10
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 3	470	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	855	2
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 3	525	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	919	2
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	537	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,208	5
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	544	220.75/cwt	220.75–220.75	1,201	18
Heifers	550–600	Small 1	560	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	980	1
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	568	200.13/cwt	185.00–217.00	1,137	10
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	569	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,257	4
Heifers	600–650	Small 1	615	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	923	1
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	620	213.50/cwt	213.50–213.50	1,324	11
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	638	199.58/cwt	191.00–201.00	1,273	7
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	668	197.77/cwt	191.00–206.00	1,321	9
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	720	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	864	1
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	780	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,326	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls19 lots · lightest first
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2	355	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	930	3
Bulls	350–400	Small 1	360	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	558	1
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1	370	219.86/cwt	200.00–242.00	813	2
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	415	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,162	5
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	418	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,170	4
Bulls	400–450	Small 1	445	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	957	1
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	482	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	1,186	3
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	490	245.31/cwt	241.00–246.00	1,202	7
Bulls	450–500	Small 1	495	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,015	1
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	553	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,272	3
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2	585	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,258	3
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	630	207.00/cwt	207.00–207.00	1,304	4
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 2	635	202.00/cwt	202.00–202.00	1,283	4
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1	655	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,114	1
Bulls	650–700	Small 1	677	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,117	3
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 2	720	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	936	1
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1	726	157.59/cwt	150.00–160.00	1,144	4
Bulls	750–800	Small 1	760	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	1,003	1
Bulls	800–850	Small 1	820	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	1,123	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 Oct 23, 2024

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

Receipts 249Last week 272Year ago 138

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 96, Heifers 101, Bulls 52)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	325	170.00	170.00
1	550–600	560	175.00	175.00
1	600–650	615	150.00	150.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	440	219.00	219.00
10	450–500	455	221.50	221.50
18	500–550	544	220.75	220.75
10	550–600	568	185.00–217.00	200.13
7	600–650	638	191.00–201.00	199.58
1	750–800	780	170.00	170.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	355	215.00	215.00
12	400–450	438	234.00	234.00
5	500–550	537	225.00	225.00
4	550–600	569	221.00	221.00
11	600–650	620	213.50	213.50
9	650–700	668	191.00–206.00	197.77
1	700–750	720	120.00	120.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	357	150.00–220.00	196.45
2	450–500	470	182.00	182.00
2	500–550	525	175.00	175.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	478	253.00–274.00	266.76
5	500–550	538	266.00	266.00
11	550–600	563	255.00–262.00	258.96
24	600–650	645	240.00–258.00	252.68
31	700–750	732	220.00–245.00	242.35
1	800–850	825	115.00	115.00
1	850–900	890	215.00	215.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	446	285.00	285.00
1	550–600	565	250.00	250.00
2	600–650	615	237.00	237.00
2	650–700	650	222.00	222.00
2	700–750	748	220.00	220.00
1	750–800	765	225.00	225.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	390	175.00	175.00
1	450–500	470	210.00	210.00
1	500–550	515	170.00	170.00
1	550–600	595	200.00	200.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	550–600	553	210.00	210.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	370	200.00–242.00	219.86
5	400–450	415	280.00	280.00
7	450–500	490	241.00–246.00	245.31
3	550–600	553	230.00	230.00
4	600–650	630	207.00	207.00
1	650–700	655	170.00	170.00
4	700–750	726	150.00–160.00	157.59

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	355	262.00	262.00
4	400–450	418	280.00	280.00
3	450–500	482	246.00	246.00
3	550–600	585	215.00	215.00
4	600–650	635	202.00	202.00
1	700–750	720	130.00	130.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	360	155.00	155.00
1	400–450	445	215.00	215.00
1	450–500	495	205.00	205.00
3	650–700	677	165.00	165.00
1	750–800	760	132.00	132.00
1	800–850	820	137.00	137.00

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.