Sale reports / Virginia / Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. / 2024-11-13

Southside Livestock Markets, Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Blackstone, Virginia · Wed, Nov 13
● Final44 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2183
Receipts
209 head
▼ 27 vs last sale 236▼ 10 vs year ago 219 · −4.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 26, Heifers 91, Bulls 92)

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb bulls averaged $237.43/cwt on 30 head. That ranks 1 of 24 comparable sales and sits −135.58 against this barn's trailing median of $373.01.
Average price
$237.43
30 head · 543 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,290
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$142
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 1
$17.71/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−5.53
vs VA average

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1544244.331,33015thin
Medium and Large 2563235.001,3237thin
Small 1524226.621,1888thin
One grade step is worth $17.71/cwt here — about $142 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 sale30 hd
237.43
—
VA average7 barns · 219 hd
242.96
−5.53
This barn, trailing median24 sales
373.01
−135.58
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

24 sales
454408363317median 373.0103/0404/2906/2408/2610/28
Bulls 500–600 lb: high $440.10, low $330.96, median $373.01 across 24 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Every lot

44 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 · Steers9 lots · lightest first
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2380265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,0071
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1469252.73/cwt242.00–254.501,1857
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2485250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,2131
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1532264.00/cwt264.00–264.001,4043
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2570252.00/cwt252.00–252.001,4362
Steers600–650Medium and Large 3610231.00/cwt231.00–231.001,4091
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1642257.00/cwt257.00–257.001,6506
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1740236.00/cwt236.00–236.001,7464
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1935189.00/cwt189.00–189.001,7671
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2344224.32/cwt224.00–225.007723
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3353223.00/cwt223.00–223.007873
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1369231.00/cwt231.00–231.008524
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2436240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,0469
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3453232.97/cwt170.00–239.001,05512
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1463223.53/cwt212.00–226.001,0358
Heifers500–550Small 1510215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,0971
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3525225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,1811
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2530223.00/cwt223.00–223.001,1824
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1540214.40/cwt187.00–216.001,15818
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1553211.01/cwt207.00–212.001,1675
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2575147.00/cwt147.00–147.008451
Heifers600–650Small 1610190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,1591
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1633200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,2662
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2648204.00/cwt204.00–204.001,3223
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1650206.00/cwt206.00–206.001,33911
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1717185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,3265
Feeder Cattle · Bulls18 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2323267.21/cwt260.00–275.008632
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1345267.00/cwt267.00–267.009214
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2414259.00/cwt259.00–259.001,07211
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1419260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,0897
Bulls400–450Small 1423237.00/cwt237.00–237.001,0032
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2487251.30/cwt225.00–255.501,2247
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1501252.00/cwt252.00–252.001,2635
Bulls500–550Small 1508235.16/cwt185.00–245.001,1956
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2563235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,3237
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1566240.50/cwt240.50–240.501,36110
Bulls550–600Small 1573201.00/cwt201.00–201.001,1522
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2627207.39/cwt185.00–211.001,3007
Bulls600–650Small 1635192.00/cwt192.00–192.001,2193
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1655215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,40812
Bulls650–700Small 1675192.00/cwt192.00–192.001,2961
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1746170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,2684
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 2830130.00/cwt130.00–130.001,0791
Bulls850–900Medium and Large 1875140.00/cwt140.00–140.001,2251

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.