Name: Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2022-02-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-02-02

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 58, Heifers 75, Bulls 35)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $145.05/cwt on 74 head.

Average price

$145.05

74 head · 500 lb average

Value per head Derived

$726

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$234

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Small 1

$21.91/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.01

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	487	146.91	715	33
Medium and Large 1	539	145.74	786	32
Medium and Large 3	415	137.13	569	8thin
Small 1	385	125.00	481	1thin

One grade step is worth $21.91/cwt here — about $234 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 sale74 hd

145.05

—

VA average6 barns · 1,043 hd

143.04

+2.01

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

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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	637	134.00/cwt	130.00–135.00	854	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	575	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	730	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	565	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	949	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	805	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	1,175	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	660	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	924	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	750	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	1,043	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	631	135.50/cwt	135.50–135.50	855	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	529	148.49/cwt	145.00–155.00	786	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	717	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	1,083	5
Steers	Small 1	—	540	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	891	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	456	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	853	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	567	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	987	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	337	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	596	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	547	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	946	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	480	180.29/cwt	176.00–185.00	865	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	649	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	1,051	4
Bulls	Small 1	—	595	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	797	1
Bulls	Small 1	—	365	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	464	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	493	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	863	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	638	135.97/cwt	129.00–143.00	867	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	573	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	940	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	545	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	714	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	355	150.50/cwt	144.00–157.00	534	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	785	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	942	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	575	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	730	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	443	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	616	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	423	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	778	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	344	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	626	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	471	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	716	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	675	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	878	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	365	160.50/cwt	160.50–160.50	586	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	530	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	716	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	552	157.60/cwt	154.00–160.00	870	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	483	170.80/cwt	164.00–175.00	825	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	463	153.97/cwt	151.00–156.50	713	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	432	148.79/cwt	148.50–151.00	643	8
Steers	Small 1	—	553	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	907	4
Steers	Small 1	—	429	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	665	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	325	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	449	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	363	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	566	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	705	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	846	1
Heifers	Small 1	—	385	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	481	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	631	160.80/cwt	160.00–162.00	1,015	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	520	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	884	1

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 Feb 2, 2022

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

Receipts 168Last week 107Year ago 52

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 58, Heifers 75, Bulls 35)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	637	130.00–135.00	134.00
1	—	575	127.00	127.00
4	—	365	160.50	160.50
3	—	530	135.00	135.00
11	—	463	151.00–156.50	153.97
8	—	432	148.50–151.00	148.79
1	—	705	120.00	120.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	631	135.50	135.50
17	—	529	145.00–155.00	148.49
5	—	471	152.00	152.00
3	—	675	130.00	130.00
2	—	363	156.00	156.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	575	127.00	127.00
4	—	443	139.00	139.00
3	—	325	138.00	138.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	385	125.00	125.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	565	168.00	168.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	805	146.00	146.00
1	—	660	140.00	140.00
1	—	750	139.00	139.00
5	—	717	151.00	151.00
4	—	456	187.00	187.00
3	—	567	174.00	174.00
3	—	337	177.00	177.00
6	—	547	173.00	173.00
4	—	649	162.00	162.00
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	540	165.00	165.00
4	—	553	164.00	164.00
4	—	429	155.00	155.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	480	176.00–185.00	180.29
5	—	631	160.00–162.00	160.80
1	—	520	170.00	170.00
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	595	134.00	134.00
1	—	365	127.00	127.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	493	175.00	175.00
2	—	638	129.00–143.00	135.97
2	—	573	164.00	164.00
1	—	545	131.00	131.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	355	144.00–157.00	150.50
1	—	785	120.00	120.00
3	—	423	184.00	184.00
5	—	344	182.00	182.00
5	—	552	154.00–160.00	157.60
5	—	483	164.00–175.00	170.80

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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