Name: Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2022-02-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-02-16

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 20, Heifers 67, Bulls 55)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $139.68/cwt on 65 head.

Average price

$139.68

65 head · 475 lb average

Value per head Derived

$664

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$55

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Small 1

$18.89/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−6.27

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	494	142.61	705	23
Medium and Large 1	485	141.41	686	22
Medium and Large 3	399	140.18	559	13thin
Small 1	525	123.71	650	7thin

One grade step is worth $18.89/cwt here — about $55 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 sale65 hd

139.68

—

VA average9 barns · 1,576 hd

145.95

−6.27

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

40 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	—	439	148.50/cwt	148.50–148.50	652	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	333	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	500	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	345	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	587	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	358	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	644	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	645	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	890	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	560	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	812	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	477	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	758	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	417	170.82/cwt	164.00–172.50	712	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	418	146.91/cwt	136.00–169.00	614	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	508	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	853	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	540	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	729	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	538	167.50/cwt	167.50–167.50	901	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	653	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	993	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	593	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	907	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	338	160.50/cwt	160.50–160.50	542	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	441	145.22/cwt	143.00–145.50	640	9
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	535	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	813	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	610	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	872	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	350	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	536	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	633	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	848	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	436	136.05/cwt	124.00–138.00	593	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	470	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	644	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	615	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	916	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	660	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	964	1
Heifers	Small 1	—	680	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	857	1
Heifers	Small 1	—	578	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	682	2
Bulls	Small 1	—	328	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	548	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	390	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	694	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	550	134.50/cwt	134.50–134.50	740	6
Heifers	Small 1	—	460	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	580	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	556	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	828	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	339	182.25/cwt	182.25–182.25	618	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	356	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	516	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	612	134.79/cwt	133.00–136.00	825	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	485	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	776	5
Bulls	Small 1	—	505	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	732	4
Bulls	Small 1	—	700	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	847	1
Bulls	Small 1	—	414	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	646	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	670	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	911	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	475	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	679	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 16, 2022

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

Receipts 142Last week 128Year ago 0

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 20, Heifers 67, Bulls 55)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	439	148.50	148.50
2	—	338	160.50	160.50
1	—	350	153.00	153.00
1	—	470	137.00	137.00
6	—	550	134.50	134.50
5	—	612	133.00–136.00	134.79
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	333	150.00	150.00
5	—	540	135.00	135.00
9	—	441	143.00–145.50	145.22
4	—	633	134.00	134.00
1	—	475	143.00	143.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	436	124.00–138.00	136.05
6	—	356	145.00	145.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	680	126.00	126.00
2	—	578	118.00	118.00
4	—	460	126.00	126.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	345	170.00	170.00
2	—	358	180.00	180.00
2	—	645	138.00	138.00
4	—	560	145.00	145.00
5	—	477	159.00	159.00
10	—	417	164.00–172.50	170.82
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	328	167.00	167.00
4	—	505	145.00	145.00
1	—	700	121.00	121.00
5	—	414	156.00	156.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	390	178.00	178.00
4	—	556	149.00	149.00
4	—	339	182.25	182.25
5	—	485	160.00	160.00
2	—	670	136.00	136.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	418	136.00–169.00	146.91
5	—	508	168.00	168.00
2	—	653	152.00	152.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	538	167.50	167.50
2	—	615	149.00	149.00
1	—	660	146.00	146.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	593	153.00	153.00
1	—	535	152.00	152.00
1	—	610	143.00	143.00

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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