Name: Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2022-03-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-03-23

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 25, Heifers 103, Bulls 81)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $135.01/cwt on 103 head.

Average price

$135.01

103 head · 494 lb average

Value per head Derived

$668

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$58

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Small 1

$5.01/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−7.14

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	484	137.49	665	40
Medium and Large 1	548	133.74	732	31
Medium and Large 3	455	133.60	608	19thin
Small 1	458	132.48	607	13thin

One grade step is worth $5.01/cwt here — about $58 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 sale103 hd

135.01

—

VA average8 barns · 1,481 hd

142.15

−7.14

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

53 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	—	440	145.50/cwt	145.50–145.50	640	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	525	136.50/cwt	136.50–136.50	717	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	661	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	826	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	393	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	629	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	725	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	856	2
Steers	Small 1	—	645	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	922	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	870	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	1,122	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	439	160.70/cwt	158.00–166.00	705	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	515	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	685	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	440	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	700	1
Heifers	Small 1	—	440	135.93/cwt	130.00–136.50	598	11
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	570	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	792	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	325	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	510	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	533	144.68/cwt	140.00–147.00	771	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	838	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	1,081	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	760	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	950	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	510	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	780	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	620	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	905	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	495	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	762	1
Steers	Small 1	—	785	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	1,052	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	733	124.98/cwt	124.50–126.00	916	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	481	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	746	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	661	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	899	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	328	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	538	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	875	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	1,024	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	530	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	668	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	416	161.50/cwt	161.50–161.50	672	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	568	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	812	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	660	133.52/cwt	129.00–135.00	881	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	718	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	876	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	421	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	678	6
Bulls	Small 1	—	394	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	630	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	648	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	829	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	479	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	742	6
Bulls	Small 1	—	465	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	665	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	356	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	584	4
Bulls	Small 1	—	632	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	828	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	649	138.50/cwt	138.50–138.50	899	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	665	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	785	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	559	145.90/cwt	145.00–146.00	816	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	560	123.38/cwt	117.00–130.00	691	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	349	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	475	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	535	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	599	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	452	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	651	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	327	137.62/cwt	134.00–139.00	450	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	330	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	459	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	433	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	619	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	462	142.31/cwt	141.00–142.50	657	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	461	145.06/cwt	145.00–145.50	669	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	553	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	653	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	550	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	732	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	641	125.50/cwt	125.50–125.50	804	5
Heifers	Small 1	—	560	113.50/cwt	113.00–114.00	636	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 Mar 23, 2022

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

Receipts 209Last week 121Year ago 118

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 25, Heifers 103, Bulls 81)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	440	145.50	145.50
13	—	525	136.50	136.50
2	—	560	117.00–130.00	123.38
7	—	327	134.00–139.00	137.62
9	—	461	145.00–145.50	145.06
5	—	641	125.50	125.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	661	125.00	125.00
2	—	725	118.00	118.00
1	—	515	133.00	133.00
2	—	648	128.00	128.00
7	—	452	144.00	144.00
1	—	330	139.00	139.00
2	—	433	143.00	143.00
11	—	550	133.00	133.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	440	130.00–136.50	135.93
2	—	560	113.00–114.00	113.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	665	118.00	118.00
6	—	349	136.00	136.00
1	—	535	112.00	112.00
8	—	462	141.00–142.50	142.31
3	—	553	118.00	118.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	393	160.00	160.00
1	—	870	129.00	129.00
6	—	439	158.00–166.00	160.70
2	—	838	129.00	129.00
2	—	510	153.00	153.00
1	—	620	146.00	146.00
1	—	495	154.00	154.00
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	645	143.00	143.00
2	—	785	134.00	134.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	440	159.00	159.00
1	—	325	157.00	157.00
3	—	533	140.00–147.00	144.68
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	570	139.00	139.00
1	—	760	125.00	125.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	733	124.50–126.00	124.98
6	—	481	155.00	155.00
4	—	661	136.00	136.00
3	—	328	164.00	164.00
1	—	875	117.00	117.00
1	—	530	126.00	126.00
7	—	416	161.50	161.50
9	—	649	138.50	138.50
11	—	559	145.00–146.00	145.90
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	568	143.00	143.00
4	—	660	129.00–135.00	133.52
2	—	718	122.00	122.00
6	—	421	161.00	161.00
6	—	479	155.00	155.00
4	—	356	164.00	164.00
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	394	160.00	160.00
1	—	465	143.00	143.00
3	—	632	131.00	131.00

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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