Name: Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2022-04-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-04-13

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 33, Heifers 76, Bulls 35)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $133.43/cwt on 76 head.

Average price

$133.43

76 head · 542 lb average

Value per head Derived

$724

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$158

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 1

$10.08/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−8.67

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	563	137.58	775	36
Medium and Large 3	473	130.88	619	8thin
Medium and Large 2	544	129.68	705	28
Small 1	484	127.50	617	4thin

One grade step is worth $10.08/cwt here — about $158 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 sale76 hd

133.43

—

VA average10 barns · 1,530 hd

142.11

−8.67

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

45 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	—	650	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	910	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	348	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	522	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	518	151.14/cwt	147.00–155.00	783	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	565	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	774	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	638	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	957	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	429	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	669	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	405	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	689	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	340	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	578	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	673	150.57/cwt	141.00–154.50	1,013	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	525	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	677	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	335	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	452	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	540	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	740	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	553	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	818	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	638	157.50/cwt	157.50–157.50	1,005	5
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	455	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	673	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	433	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	598	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	390	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	468	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	432	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	592	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	518	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	907	4
Steers	Small 1	—	455	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	614	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	585	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	936	1
Heifers	Small 1	—	443	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	580	2
Heifers	Small 1	—	450	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	531	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	358	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	469	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	670	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	951	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	650	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	923	1
Steers	Small 1	—	638	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	855	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	423	149.58/cwt	140.00–153.00	633	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	548	132.67/cwt	126.00–134.00	727	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	640	123.74/cwt	122.00–129.00	792	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	843	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	978	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	353	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	519	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	562	139.41/cwt	128.00–141.50	783	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	660	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	964	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	725	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	921	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	363	148.41/cwt	146.00–151.00	539	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	718	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	933	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	706	123.85/cwt	121.00–126.00	874	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	560	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	756	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	480	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	749	3
Bulls	Small 1	—	402	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	571	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	557	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	858	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	463	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	671	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	635	134.16/cwt	133.50–135.00	852	9
Heifers	Small 1	—	600	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	780	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 13, 2022

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

Receipts 144Last week 134Year ago 164

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 33, Heifers 76, Bulls 35)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	650	140.00	140.00
2	—	348	150.00	150.00
2	—	518	147.00–155.00	151.14
2	—	565	137.00	137.00
2	—	638	150.00	150.00
5	—	429	156.00	156.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	423	140.00–153.00	149.58
5	—	660	146.00	146.00
1	—	725	127.00	127.00
2	—	363	146.00–151.00	148.41
3	—	480	156.00	156.00
3	—	557	154.00	154.00
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	402	142.00	142.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	405	170.00	170.00
8	—	340	170.00	170.00
1	—	670	142.00	142.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	673	141.00–154.50	150.57
5	—	638	157.50	157.50
4	—	518	175.00	175.00
1	—	585	160.00	160.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	553	148.00	148.00
2	—	455	148.00	148.00
1	—	650	142.00	142.00
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	455	135.00	135.00
2	—	638	134.00	134.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	525	129.00	129.00
1	—	390	120.00	120.00
3	—	432	137.00	137.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	335	135.00	135.00
2	—	540	137.00	137.00
2	—	843	116.00	116.00
3	—	353	147.00	147.00
11	—	562	128.00–141.50	139.41
2	—	718	130.00	130.00
6	—	463	145.00	145.00
9	—	635	133.50–135.00	134.16
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	433	138.00	138.00
6	—	358	131.00	131.00
6	—	548	126.00–134.00	132.67
4	—	640	122.00–129.00	123.74
7	—	706	121.00–126.00	123.85
1	—	560	135.00	135.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	443	131.00	131.00
1	—	450	118.00	118.00
1	—	600	130.00	130.00

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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