Name: Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2022-02-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-02-23

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 31, Heifers 53, Bulls 34)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $141.61/cwt on 53 head.

Average price

$141.61

53 head · 486 lb average

Value per head Derived

$688

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$299

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 1

$32.31/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.56

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	476	147.31	701	26
Medium and Large 2	542	137.86	747	19thin
Medium and Large 3	389	134.43	522	7thin
Small 1	350	115.00	403	1thin

One grade step is worth $32.31/cwt here — about $299 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 sale53 hd

141.61

—

VA average7 barns · 2,138 hd

145.17

−3.56

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

42 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	—	685	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	959	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	365	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	642	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	415	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	710	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	720	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	979	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	855	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,026	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	520	154.50/cwt	154.50–154.50	803	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	405	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	725	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	620	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	1,079	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	960	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	1,210	2
Steers	Small 1	—	595	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	893	1
Steers	Small 1	—	628	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	816	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	365	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	617	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	335	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	573	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	500	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	665	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	750	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,088	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	473	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	762	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	542	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	862	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	663	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	1,081	3
Heifers	Small 1	—	350	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	403	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	609	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	822	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	427	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	658	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	440	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	717	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	493	157.50/cwt	157.50–157.50	776	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	639	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	911	4
Bulls	Small 1	—	405	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	608	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	573	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	848	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	565	146.47/cwt	142.00–148.00	828	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	520	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	738	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	336	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	474	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	552	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	795	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	359	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	549	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	515	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	742	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	367	177.34/cwt	174.00–179.00	651	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	734	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	918	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	360	151.45/cwt	141.00–155.00	545	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	418	138.23/cwt	125.00–151.00	578	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	428	117.50/cwt	117.50–117.50	503	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	605	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	787	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	535	140.31/cwt	138.00–141.00	751	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	467	172.96/cwt	170.00–179.00	808	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	778	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,167	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	430	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	731	2

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 23, 2022

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

Receipts 118Last week 142Year ago 79

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 31, Heifers 53, Bulls 34)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	685	140.00	140.00
2	—	365	176.00	176.00
2	—	415	171.00	171.00
2	—	720	136.00	136.00
2	—	855	120.00	120.00
3	—	520	154.50	154.50
4	—	573	148.00	148.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	440	163.00	163.00
5	—	493	157.50	157.50
4	—	639	142.50	142.50
4	—	565	142.00–148.00	146.47
3	—	367	174.00–179.00	177.34
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	405	150.00	150.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	405	179.00	179.00
4	—	620	174.00	174.00
2	—	960	126.00	126.00
1	—	365	169.00	169.00
3	—	473	161.00	161.00
3	—	542	159.00	159.00
3	—	663	163.00	163.00
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	595	150.00	150.00
2	—	628	130.00	130.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	335	171.00	171.00
1	—	500	133.00	133.00
2	—	750	145.00	145.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	467	170.00–179.00	172.96
2	—	778	150.00	150.00
2	—	430	170.00	170.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	350	115.00	115.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	609	135.00	135.00
5	—	427	154.00	154.00
8	—	552	144.00	144.00
8	—	359	153.00	153.00
1	—	515	144.00	144.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	520	142.00	142.00
4	—	336	141.00	141.00
2	—	428	117.50	117.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	734	125.00	125.00
4	—	360	141.00–155.00	151.45
2	—	418	125.00–151.00	138.23
1	—	605	130.00	130.00
7	—	535	138.00–141.00	140.31

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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