Name: Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2022-03-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-03-09

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 16, Heifers 49, Bulls 44)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $134.76/cwt on 49 head.

Average price

$134.76

49 head · 468 lb average

Value per head Derived

$631

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$117

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Small 1

$27.50/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.91

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	433	140.00	607	19thin
Medium and Large 1	476	135.99	647	21
Medium and Large 3	535	121.88	652	8thin
Small 1	435	112.50	489	1thin

One grade step is worth $27.50/cwt here — about $117 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 sale49 hd

134.76

—

VA average10 barns · 2,355 hd

136.67

−1.91

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

34 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	—	605	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	835	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	805	107.50/cwt	107.50–107.50	865	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	581	144.50/cwt	144.50–144.50	840	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	333	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	536	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	414	158.50/cwt	158.50–158.50	656	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	491	157.50/cwt	157.50–157.50	773	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	605	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	920	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	353	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	579	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	429	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	592	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	685	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	719	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	470	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	719	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	540	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	848	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	463	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	602	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	640	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	672	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	428	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	685	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	758	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	1,092	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	367	136.76/cwt	136.00–137.00	502	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	480	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	610	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	490	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	681	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	342	136.82/cwt	136.00–137.00	468	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	475	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	784	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	525	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	830	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	555	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	760	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	563	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	676	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	860	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	860	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	710	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	888	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	628	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	804	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	415	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	610	11
Bulls	Small 1	—	425	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	561	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	575	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	794	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	490	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	769	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	342	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	551	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	524	137.09/cwt	134.00–139.00	718	8
Heifers	Small 1	—	435	112.50/cwt	112.50–112.50	489	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 Mar 9, 2022

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

Receipts 109Last week 251Year ago 232

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 16, Heifers 49, Bulls 44)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	605	138.00	138.00
1	—	805	107.50	107.50
4	—	581	144.50	144.50
5	—	333	161.00	161.00
8	—	414	158.50	158.50
9	—	491	157.50	157.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	860	100.00	100.00
1	—	710	125.00	125.00
2	—	575	138.00	138.00
3	—	490	157.00	157.00
8	—	342	161.00	161.00
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	425	132.00	132.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	605	152.00	152.00
3	—	758	144.00	144.00
2	—	475	165.00	165.00
3	—	525	158.00	158.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	353	164.00	164.00
1	—	470	153.00	153.00
1	—	540	157.00	157.00
2	—	428	160.00	160.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	429	138.00	138.00
1	—	490	139.00	139.00
5	—	342	136.00–137.00	136.82
3	—	628	128.00	128.00
8	—	524	134.00–139.00	137.09
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	685	105.00	105.00
4	—	367	136.00–137.00	136.76
2	—	480	127.00	127.00
1	—	555	137.00	137.00
11	—	415	147.00	147.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	463	130.00	130.00
1	—	640	105.00	105.00
4	—	563	120.00	120.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	435	112.50	112.50

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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