Sale reports / Virginia / Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. / 2025-01-22

Southside Livestock Markets, Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Blackstone, Virginia · Wed, Jan 22
● Final13 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2183
Receipts
22 head
▼ 139 vs last sale 161▼ 118 vs year ago 140 · −84.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 6, Heifers 10, Bulls 6)

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $247.00/cwt on 1 head. That ranks 1 of 32 comparable sales and sits −112.34 against this barn's trailing median of $359.34.
Average price
$247.00
1 head · 500 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,235
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
−15.42
vs VA average
−57.42 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2500247.001,2351thin
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale1 hd
247.00
—
VA average5 barns · 323 hd
262.42
−15.42
National average149 barns · 17,148 hd
304.42
−57.42
This barn, trailing median32 sales
359.34
−112.34
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

13 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 · Steers5 lots · lightest first
Steers500–550Small 1535247.50/cwt247.50–247.501,3241
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1625269.00/cwt269.00–269.001,6811
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2705239.00/cwt239.00–239.001,6851
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1730233.00/cwt233.00–233.001,7011
Steers750–800Small 1755230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,7372
Feeder Cattle · Heifers4 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Small 1340255.00/cwt255.00–255.008671
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2414282.24/cwt267.00–289.001,1687
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2500247.00/cwt247.00–247.001,2351
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2655200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,3101
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2430330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,4192
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1470320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,5041
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1558257.50/cwt257.50–257.501,4372
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1630235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,4811

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.