Sale reports / Virginia / Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. / 2024-12-04

Southside Livestock Markets, Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Blackstone, Virginia · Wed, Dec 4
● Final43 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2183
Receipts
195 head
▼ 63 vs last sale 258▲ 21 vs year ago 174 · +12.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 30, Heifers 98, Bulls 67)

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $224.54/cwt on 29 head. That ranks 1 of 32 comparable sales and sits −134.80 against this barn's trailing median of $359.34.
Average price
$224.54
29 head · 545 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,224
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$101
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 1
$17.50/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−15.29
vs VA average
−58.78 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1555227.501,26313thin
Medium and Large 2536224.541,20413thin
Medium and Large 3515215.001,1071thin
Small 1553210.001,1612thin
One grade step is worth $17.50/cwt here — about $101 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale29 hd
224.54
—
VA average6 barns · 508 hd
239.83
−15.29
National average190 barns · 29,311 hd
283.32
−58.78
This barn, trailing median32 sales
359.34
−134.80
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

43 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
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2370310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,1471
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2475309.00/cwt309.00–309.001,4683
Steers450–500Medium and Large 3475225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,0691
Steers500–550Small 1510265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,3521
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2531280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,4879
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1561281.00/cwt281.00–281.001,5766
Steers550–600Small 1575190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,0931
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1652255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,6633
Steers650–700Small 1665245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,6291
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1750230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,7251
Steers750–800Medium and Large 2780217.00/cwt217.00–217.001,6931
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1860217.00/cwt217.00–217.001,8662
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Small 1340217.00/cwt217.00–217.007381
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2353245.00/cwt245.00–245.008658
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1363240.00/cwt240.00–240.008716
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3440215.00/cwt215.00–215.009461
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2447224.91/cwt212.00–227.001,00514
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1465236.00/cwt236.00–236.001,09712
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2475150.00/cwt150.00–150.007131
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3515215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,1071
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2536224.54/cwt222.00–225.001,20413
Heifers550–600Small 1553210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,1612
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1555227.50/cwt227.50–227.501,26313
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2628198.44/cwt194.00–202.001,2469
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1630210.50/cwt210.50–210.501,32611
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1685180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,2331
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1723182.00/cwt182.00–182.001,3164
Feeder Cattle · Bulls16 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2338350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,1834
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1375332.00/cwt332.00–332.001,2452
Bulls350–400Small 1388295.00/cwt295.00–295.001,1452
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1411312.68/cwt295.00–315.001,2859
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2423300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,2695
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1485297.00/cwt297.00–297.001,44013
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2508280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,4225
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1548250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,3707
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1590240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,4161
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2625233.00/cwt233.00–233.001,4563
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1625220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,3751
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1659234.00/cwt234.00–234.001,5426
Bulls650–700Small 1665220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,4631
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1732215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,5746
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 2780202.00/cwt202.00–202.001,5761
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1805195.00/cwt195.00–195.001,5701

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.