Name: Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2022-03-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-03-02

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 45, Heifers 120, Bulls 86)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $143.97/cwt on 118 head.

Average price

$143.97

118 head · 489 lb average

Value per head Derived

$704

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$84

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Small 1

$12.20/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.63

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	480	146.09	701	46
Medium and Large 1	533	145.47	776	39
Medium and Large 3	446	141.23	629	24
Small 1	460	133.89	616	9thin

One grade step is worth $12.20/cwt here — about $84 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 sale118 hd

143.97

—

VA average7 barns · 1,645 hd

141.33

+2.63

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

54 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	Small 1	—	580	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	673	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	447	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	666	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	332	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	475	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	630	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	1,014	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	470	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	851	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	552	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	889	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	450	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	765	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	420	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	672	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	370	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	633	1
Steers	Small 1	—	523	158.90/cwt	150.00–162.00	831	4
Steers	Small 1	—	633	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	1,000	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	853	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	1,169	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	540	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	945	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	748	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,085	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	695	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	1,049	1
Steers	Small 1	—	470	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	705	1
Steers	Small 1	—	330	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	470	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	551	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	975	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	615	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	1,002	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	348	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	602	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	500	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	875	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	492	154.77/cwt	152.00–155.00	761	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	627	139.50/cwt	139.50–139.50	875	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	421	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	699	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	563	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	822	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	323	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	556	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	350	117.50/cwt	117.50–117.50	411	1
Bulls	Small 1	—	398	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	553	2
Bulls	Small 1	—	510	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	561	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	625	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	844	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	488	150.99/cwt	145.00–153.00	737	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	419	153.77/cwt	134.00–158.50	644	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	563	143.47/cwt	135.00–144.50	808	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	523	147.96/cwt	145.00–150.00	774	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	617	139.86/cwt	133.00–144.50	863	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	337	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	570	3
Bulls	Small 1	—	335	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	409	1
Bulls	Small 1	—	613	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	754	2
Bulls	Small 1	—	580	122.50/cwt	122.50–122.50	711	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	615	141.71/cwt	140.00–143.00	872	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	577	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	848	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	363	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	545	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	533	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	693	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	445	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	619	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	390	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	577	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	468	141.04/cwt	133.00–149.00	660	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	362	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	539	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	665	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	904	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	542	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	791	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	613	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	834	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	438	140.58/cwt	135.00–141.00	616	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	475	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	694	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	675	138.32/cwt	135.00–140.00	934	3
Heifers	Small 1	—	426	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	592	7

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 Mar 2, 2022

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

Receipts 251Last week 118Year ago 47

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 45, Heifers 120, Bulls 86)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	580	116.00	116.00
7	—	426	139.00	139.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	447	149.00	149.00
3	—	332	143.00	143.00
7	—	615	140.00–143.00	141.71
3	—	577	147.00	147.00
2	—	468	133.00–149.00	141.04
11	—	362	149.00	149.00
1	—	665	136.00	136.00
10	—	542	146.00	146.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	523	145.00–150.00	147.96
5	—	617	133.00–144.50	139.86
2	—	445	139.00	139.00
1	—	390	148.00	148.00
5	—	475	146.00	146.00
3	—	675	135.00–140.00	138.32
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	363	150.00	150.00
3	—	533	130.00	130.00
2	—	613	136.00	136.00
13	—	438	135.00–141.00	140.58
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	630	161.00	161.00
1	—	470	181.00	181.00
5	—	853	137.00	137.00
4	—	540	175.00	175.00
2	—	748	145.00	145.00
1	—	695	151.00	151.00
3	—	348	173.00	173.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	552	161.00	161.00
2	—	450	170.00	170.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	420	160.00	160.00
1	—	370	171.00	171.00
8	—	551	177.00	177.00
1	—	615	163.00	163.00
3	—	500	175.00	175.00
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	523	150.00–162.00	158.90
3	—	633	158.00	158.00
1	—	470	150.00	150.00
1	—	330	142.50	142.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	492	152.00–155.00	154.77
10	—	627	139.50	139.50
8	—	421	166.00	166.00
6	—	563	146.00	146.00
3	—	323	172.00	172.00
1	—	350	117.50	117.50
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	398	139.00	139.00
1	—	510	110.00	110.00
1	—	335	122.00	122.00
2	—	613	123.00	123.00
2	—	580	122.50	122.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	625	135.00	135.00
12	—	488	145.00–153.00	150.99
10	—	419	134.00–158.50	153.77
9	—	563	135.00–144.50	143.47
3	—	337	169.00	169.00

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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