Name: Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2022-04-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-04-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 24, Heifers 70, Bulls 40)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $142.32/cwt on 70 head.

Average price

$142.32

70 head · 523 lb average

Value per head Derived

$744

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$28

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Small 1

$11.85/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.46

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	515	144.68	745	28
Medium and Large 1	582	142.68	831	19thin
Medium and Large 3	464	141.36	656	17thin
Small 1	540	132.83	717	6thin

One grade step is worth $11.85/cwt here — about $28 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 sale70 hd

142.32

—

VA average9 barns · 2,041 hd

142.78

−0.46

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

47 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
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	458	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	751	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	390	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	546	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	640	134.04/cwt	131.00–135.00	858	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	745	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	961	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	520	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	780	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	705	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	874	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	605	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	1,016	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	540	143.75/cwt	143.75–143.75	776	12
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	725	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	1,008	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	790	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	956	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	323	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	523	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	460	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	764	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	689	133.50/cwt	133.50–133.50	920	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	548	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	937	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	759	154.39/cwt	145.00–156.00	1,172	7
Steers	Small 1	—	410	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	619	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	628	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	1,024	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	409	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	658	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	659	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	989	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	750	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	975	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	642	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	963	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	720	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	950	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	330	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	505	1
Bulls	Small 1	—	330	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	498	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	576	160.70/cwt	160.50–161.00	926	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	489	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	787	5
Bulls	Small 1	—	462	138.39/cwt	127.00–146.00	639	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	343	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	549	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	550	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	853	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	569	141.83/cwt	141.00–142.00	807	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	435	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	726	1
Heifers	Small 1	—	526	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	694	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	330	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	475	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	443	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	727	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	618	143.37/cwt	140.00–145.00	886	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	349	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	555	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	473	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	771	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	439	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	641	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	556	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	773	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	459	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	675	4
Heifers	Small 1	—	665	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	898	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	490	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	804	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	640	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	877	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	385	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	612	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	347	139.03/cwt	127.00–145.00	482	3
Heifers	Small 1	—	470	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	630	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	610	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	787	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 Apr 6, 2022

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

Receipts 134Last week 146Year ago 226

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 24, Heifers 70, Bulls 40)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	458	164.00	164.00
1	—	725	139.00	139.00
2	—	323	162.00	162.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	605	168.00	168.00
1	—	790	121.00	121.00
2	—	460	166.00	166.00
2	—	548	171.00	171.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	759	145.00–156.00	154.39
2	—	628	163.00	163.00
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	410	151.00	151.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	390	140.00	140.00
7	—	439	146.00	146.00
5	—	556	139.00	139.00
3	—	347	127.00–145.00	139.03
1	—	610	129.00	129.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	640	131.00–135.00	134.04
2	—	705	124.00	124.00
12	—	540	143.75	143.75
5	—	349	159.00	159.00
4	—	459	147.00	147.00
1	—	385	159.00	159.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	745	129.00	129.00
1	—	520	150.00	150.00
4	—	689	133.50	133.50
6	—	569	141.00–142.00	141.83
1	—	330	144.00	144.00
2	—	443	164.00	164.00
1	—	490	164.00	164.00
3	—	640	137.00	137.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	526	132.00	132.00
1	—	665	135.00	135.00
1	—	470	134.00	134.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	409	161.00	161.00
4	—	659	150.00	150.00
3	—	750	130.00	130.00
3	—	642	150.00	150.00
1	—	720	132.00	132.00
1	—	330	153.00	153.00
5	—	576	160.50–161.00	160.70
5	—	489	161.00	161.00
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	330	151.00	151.00
3	—	462	127.00–146.00	138.39
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	343	160.00	160.00
1	—	550	155.00	155.00
1	—	435	167.00	167.00
3	—	618	140.00–145.00	143.37
2	—	473	163.00	163.00

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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