Name: Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2022-03-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-03-16

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 11, Heifers 59, Bulls 51)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $134.51/cwt on 59 head.

Average price

$134.51

59 head · 530 lb average

Value per head Derived

$713

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$14

per head · Medium and Large 3 over Small 1

$11.35/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−5.70

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 3	469	137.35	644	17thin
Medium and Large 2	508	137.30	697	18thin
Medium and Large 1	598	130.79	782	22
Small 1	500	126.00	630	2thin

One grade step is worth $11.35/cwt here — about $14 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 sale59 hd

134.51

—

VA average11 barns · 1,766 hd

140.21

−5.70

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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	370	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	614	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	633	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	918	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	718	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	876	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	504	149.42/cwt	136.00–153.00	753	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	576	156.29/cwt	155.00–156.50	900	7
Bulls	Small 1	—	360	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	526	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	652	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	978	3
Steers	Small 1	—	450	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	626	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	670	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	737	1
Heifers	Small 1	—	500	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	630	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	455	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	719	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	680	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	945	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	443	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	629	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	622	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	715	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	785	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	1,130	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	527	162.50/cwt	162.50–162.50	856	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	425	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	531	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	593	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	789	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	543	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	744	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	370	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	518	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	660	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	858	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	463	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	667	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	514	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	694	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	367	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	543	5
Bulls	Small 1	—	435	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	487	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	685	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	904	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	636	127.41/cwt	120.00–131.00	810	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	353	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	540	6
Bulls	Small 1	—	580	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	754	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	630	120.67/cwt	110.00–124.00	760	5
Bulls	Small 1	—	700	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	791	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	515	151.35/cwt	151.00–152.00	779	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	433	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	628	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	805	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	966	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	467	150.21/cwt	146.00–155.00	701	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	638	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	900	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	428	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	668	3
Bulls	Small 1	—	488	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	669	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	715	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	844	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	367	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	617	3

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 16, 2022

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

Receipts 121Last week 109Year ago 129

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 11, Heifers 59, Bulls 51)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	370	166.00	166.00
3	—	633	145.00	145.00
3	—	718	122.00	122.00
5	—	504	136.00–153.00	149.42
7	—	576	155.00–156.50	156.29
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	360	146.00	146.00
2	—	435	112.00	112.00
1	—	580	130.00	130.00
1	—	700	113.00	113.00
3	—	488	137.00	137.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	685	132.00	132.00
6	—	515	151.00–152.00	151.35
3	—	467	146.00–155.00	150.21
4	—	638	141.00	141.00
3	—	428	156.00	156.00
1	—	715	118.00	118.00
3	—	367	168.00	168.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	652	150.00	150.00
1	—	455	158.00	158.00
2	—	785	144.00	144.00
3	—	527	162.50	162.50
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	450	139.00	139.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	680	139.00	139.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	670	110.00	110.00
1	—	425	125.00	125.00
2	—	593	133.00	133.00
2	—	463	144.00	144.00
6	—	636	120.00–131.00	127.41
6	—	353	153.00	153.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	500	126.00	126.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	443	142.00	142.00
3	—	622	115.00	115.00
4	—	514	135.00	135.00
5	—	367	148.00	148.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	543	137.00	137.00
1	—	370	140.00	140.00
2	—	660	130.00	130.00
5	—	630	110.00–124.00	120.67
3	—	433	145.00	145.00
4	—	805	120.00	120.00

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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