Name: Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2022-01-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-01-12

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 44, Heifers 78, Bulls 30)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $139.03/cwt on 77 head.

Average price

$139.03

77 head · 499 lb average

Value per head Derived

$694

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$188

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 1

$23.57/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.60

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	587	140.57	825	32
Medium and Large 2	439	140.50	617	27
Medium and Large 3	420	136.23	571	16thin
Small 1	545	117.00	638	2thin

One grade step is worth $23.57/cwt here — about $188 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale77 hd

139.03

—

VA average10 barns · 1,105 hd

137.43

+1.60

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot, as filed

39 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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	455	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	669	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	735	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	1,117	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	385	158.36/cwt	153.00–164.00	610	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	645	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	1,038	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	553	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	852	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	615	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	904	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	745	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	1,170	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	643	167.23/cwt	158.00–169.00	1,075	6
Steers	Small 1	—	615	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	677	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	485	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	771	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	365	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	617	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	740	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	1,177	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	443	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	709	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	557	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	891	3
Steers	Small 1	—	595	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	768	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	579	138.37/cwt	136.00–139.00	801	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	605	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	702	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	388	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	508	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	558	154.32/cwt	145.00–158.00	861	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	662	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	1,106	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	523	154.26/cwt	136.00–160.00	807	8
Heifers	Small 1	—	545	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	638	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	512	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	691	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	471	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	641	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	750	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	1,095	1
Steers	Small 1	—	490	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	745	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	300	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	513	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	352	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	616	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	487	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	731	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	420	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	672	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	515	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	675	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	359	136.95/cwt	133.00–139.00	492	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	441	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	604	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	590	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	897	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	432	141.50/cwt	141.50–141.50	611	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	568	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	795	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	348	144.50/cwt	144.50–144.50	503	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	742	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,039	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	630	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	939	8

How this sale compares

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 Jan 12, 2022

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

Receipts 152Last week 49Year ago 232

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 44, Heifers 78, Bulls 30)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	455	147.00	147.00
1	—	735	152.00	152.00
2	—	385	153.00–164.00	158.36
3	—	645	161.00	161.00
8	—	553	154.00	154.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	615	147.00	147.00
3	—	352	175.00	175.00
3	—	487	150.00	150.00
6	—	420	160.00	160.00
1	—	590	152.00	152.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	745	157.00	157.00
1	—	485	159.00	159.00
3	—	557	160.00	160.00
7	—	662	167.00	167.00
8	—	523	136.00–160.00	154.26
1	—	300	171.00	171.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	643	158.00–169.00	167.23
1	—	365	169.00	169.00
1	—	740	159.00	159.00
2	—	443	160.00	160.00
7	—	558	145.00–158.00	154.32
1	—	750	146.00	146.00
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	615	110.00	110.00
1	—	595	129.00	129.00
1	—	490	152.00	152.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	579	136.00–139.00	138.37
3	—	512	135.00	135.00
4	—	471	136.00	136.00
3	—	742	140.00	140.00
8	—	630	149.00	149.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	605	116.00	116.00
2	—	388	131.00	131.00
7	—	432	141.50	141.50
7	—	568	140.00	140.00
10	—	348	144.50	144.50
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	545	117.00	117.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	515	131.00	131.00
6	—	359	133.00–139.00	136.95
8	—	441	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.

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