Sale reports / Virginia / Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. / 2024-11-06

Southside Livestock Markets, Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Blackstone, Virginia · Wed, Nov 6
● Final53 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2183
Receipts
236 head
▼ 72 vs last sale 308▲ 45 vs year ago 191 · +23.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 47, Heifers 125, Bulls 64)

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $217.36/cwt on 35 head. That ranks 1 of 32 comparable sales and sits −141.98 against this barn's trailing median of $359.34.
Average price
$217.36
35 head · 547 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,188
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$275
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$65.08/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−3.30
vs VA average
−41.03 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2545225.581,23012thin
Medium and Large 1545215.451,17522
Medium and Large 3595160.509551thin
One grade step is worth $65.08/cwt here — about $275 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 sale35 hd
217.36
—
VA average10 barns · 657 hd
220.66
−3.30
National average194 barns · 18,518 hd
258.39
−41.03
This barn, trailing median32 sales
359.34
−141.98
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

53 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 · Steers12 lots · lightest first
Steers350–400Small 1360187.50/cwt187.50–187.506751
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1363267.50/cwt267.50–267.509716
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1440200.00/cwt200.00–200.008801
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1460264.00/cwt264.00–264.001,2149
Steers450–500Small 1480250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,2001
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2505240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,2121
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1534258.31/cwt250.00–259.001,37913
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2630240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,5121
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1633248.99/cwt247.00–251.001,5766
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1708238.00/cwt238.00–238.001,6854
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2710225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,5981
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1777222.00/cwt222.00–222.001,7253
Feeder Cattle · Heifers21 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2300225.00/cwt225.00–225.006751
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 3343220.08/cwt210.00–225.007556
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1348230.00/cwt230.00–230.008006
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1355230.00/cwt230.00–230.008171
Heifers350–400Small 1365205.00/cwt205.00–205.007481
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3433220.00/cwt220.00–220.009533
Heifers400–450Small 1435186.72/cwt185.00–187.508123
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1439222.50/cwt222.50–222.5097716
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2445223.00/cwt223.00–223.009926
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1490223.00/cwt223.00–223.001,0931
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2531221.00/cwt221.00–221.001,1747
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1545216.00/cwt216.00–216.001,17720
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1550210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,1552
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2565232.00/cwt232.00–232.001,3115
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 3595160.50/cwt160.50–160.509551
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1628212.46/cwt201.00–225.001,33418
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2643206.00/cwt206.00–206.001,3253
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 3670185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,2402
Heifers650–700Small 1680165.00/cwt165.00–165.001,1221
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1695222.29/cwt222.00–225.001,54520
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1730176.26/cwt175.00–177.501,2872
Feeder Cattle · Bulls20 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2334260.27/cwt235.00–268.0086912
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1335260.00/cwt260.00–260.008711
Bulls300–350Small 1340230.00/cwt230.00–230.007821
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2390232.50/cwt232.50–232.509071
Bulls400–450Small 1405185.00/cwt185.00–185.007491
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2409265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,0845
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1414268.00/cwt268.00–268.001,1104
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2481244.46/cwt235.00–246.001,1767
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1518239.00/cwt239.00–239.001,2382
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2555243.00/cwt243.00–243.001,3493
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1561243.00/cwt243.00–243.001,3639
Bulls550–600Small 1563233.00/cwt233.00–233.001,3122
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1645218.00/cwt218.00–218.001,4066
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2658217.00/cwt217.00–217.001,4282
Bulls650–700Small 1675195.00/cwt195.00–195.001,3161
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1690216.00/cwt216.00–216.001,4901
Bulls700–750Small 1720172.50/cwt172.50–172.501,2421
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1738190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,4022
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1780193.00/cwt193.00–193.001,5051
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1815160.00/cwt160.00–160.001,3041

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.