Name: Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2022-03-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-03-30

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 23, Heifers 61, Bulls 62)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $137.49/cwt on 61 head.

Average price

$137.49

61 head · 524 lb average

Value per head Derived

$721

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$126

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Small 1

$9.18/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.44

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	478	142.34	680	19thin
Medium and Large 3	483	136.38	659	8thin
Medium and Large 1	591	135.45	801	28
Small 1	416	133.17	554	6thin

One grade step is worth $9.18/cwt here — about $126 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 sale61 hd

137.49

—

VA average7 barns · 1,337 hd

140.93

−3.44

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

44 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	—	530	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	710	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	885	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	974	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	340	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	469	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	553	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	774	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	414	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	654	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	631	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	890	7
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	515	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	736	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	760	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,064	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	670	142.28/cwt	135.00–150.00	953	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	360	162.50/cwt	162.50–162.50	585	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	715	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	1,015	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	523	154.50/cwt	154.50–154.50	808	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	300	147.50/cwt	147.50–147.50	443	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	660	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	990	1
Heifers	Small 1	—	440	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	537	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	539	140.75/cwt	140.75–140.75	759	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	430	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	714	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	623	157.50/cwt	157.50–157.50	981	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	362	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	550	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	870	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	1,122	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	567	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	731	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	443	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	625	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	540	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	837	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	490	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	720	1
Heifers	Small 1	—	367	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	532	3
Heifers	Small 1	—	515	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	618	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	563	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	811	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	432	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	626	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	615	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	843	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	390	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	573	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	454	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	654	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	390	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	546	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	337	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	559	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	493	149.84/cwt	140.50–151.50	739	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	585	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	796	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	522	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	744	5
Bulls	Small 1	—	510	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	678	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	481	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	726	4
Bulls	Small 1	—	410	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	590	2
Bulls	Small 1	—	673	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	848	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	910	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	1,010	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	718	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	804	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	411	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	666	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	652	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	913	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 30, 2022

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

Receipts 146Last week 209Year ago 224

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 23, Heifers 61, Bulls 62)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	530	134.00	134.00
1	—	885	110.00	110.00
2	—	340	138.00	138.00
5	—	553	140.00	140.00
6	—	414	158.00	158.00
7	—	631	141.00	141.00
13	—	493	140.50–151.50	149.84
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	563	144.00	144.00
5	—	337	166.00	166.00
4	—	481	151.00	151.00
7	—	411	162.00	162.00
3	—	652	140.00	140.00
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	510	133.00	133.00
2	—	410	144.00	144.00
2	—	673	126.00	126.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	515	143.00	143.00
1	—	490	147.00	147.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	760	140.00	140.00
2	—	670	135.00–150.00	142.28
1	—	360	162.50	162.50
1	—	715	142.00	142.00
3	—	430	166.00	166.00
6	—	623	157.50	157.50
1	—	870	129.00	129.00
1	—	540	155.00	155.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	523	154.50	154.50
1	—	300	147.50	147.50
1	—	660	150.00	150.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	440	122.00	122.00
3	—	367	145.00	145.00
1	—	515	120.00	120.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	539	140.75	140.75
5	—	432	145.00	145.00
1	—	615	137.00	137.00
2	—	390	147.00	147.00
6	—	910	111.00	111.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	362	152.00	152.00
5	—	454	144.00	144.00
1	—	585	136.00	136.00
5	—	522	142.50	142.50
2	—	718	112.00	112.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	567	129.00	129.00
4	—	443	141.00	141.00
1	—	390	140.00	140.00

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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