Name: Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2022-04-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-04-20

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 30, Heifers 85, Bulls 50)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $137.56/cwt on 85 head.

Average price

$137.56

85 head · 513 lb average

Value per head Derived

$706

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$220

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 1

$15.84/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−4.23

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	574	140.05	804	26
Medium and Large 3	477	139.45	665	25
Medium and Large 2	503	137.88	693	25
Small 1	470	124.21	584	9thin

One grade step is worth $15.84/cwt here — about $220 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 sale85 hd

137.56

—

VA average9 barns · 1,448 hd

141.79

−4.23

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

46 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	—	525	137.68/cwt	136.00–139.50	723	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	480	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	720	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	565	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	927	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	568	137.08/cwt	127.50–143.50	779	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	670	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	771	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	440	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	651	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	688	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,032	2
Steers	Small 1	—	563	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	799	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	740	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,036	1
Heifers	Small 1	—	515	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	670	4
Heifers	Small 1	—	645	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	651	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	540	158.35/cwt	156.00–159.00	855	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	530	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	816	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	355	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	589	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	865	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	952	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	620	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	899	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	783	138.50/cwt	138.50–138.50	1,084	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	618	148.23/cwt	147.50–149.00	916	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	516	154.89/cwt	153.50–156.00	799	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	411	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	674	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	750	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	885	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	575	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	834	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	360	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	598	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	725	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	979	1
Bulls	Small 1	—	310	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	440	1
Bulls	Small 1	—	638	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	740	2
Bulls	Small 1	—	484	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	649	5
Bulls	Small 1	—	560	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	790	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	610	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	793	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	526	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	705	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	361	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	527	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	520	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	733	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	437	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	612	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	463	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	681	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	543	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	760	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	718	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	826	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	465	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	660	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	495	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	772	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	363	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	603	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	375	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	506	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	434	146.17/cwt	142.00–146.50	634	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	615	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	953	2
Heifers	Small 1	—	415	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	519	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	640	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	710	1
Heifers	Small 1	—	370	123.95/cwt	120.00–126.00	459	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	622	137.45/cwt	130.00–139.00	855	14

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 20, 2022

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

Receipts 165Last week 144Year ago 116

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 30, Heifers 85, Bulls 50)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	525	136.00–139.50	137.68
5	—	568	127.50–143.50	137.08
1	—	670	115.00	115.00
5	—	361	146.00	146.00
2	—	718	115.00	115.00
8	—	465	142.00	142.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	515	130.00	130.00
1	—	645	101.00	101.00
1	—	415	125.00	125.00
3	—	370	120.00–126.00	123.95
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	725	135.00	135.00
6	—	463	147.00	147.00
5	—	543	140.00	140.00
14	—	622	130.00–139.00	137.45
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	526	134.00	134.00
1	—	375	135.00	135.00
13	—	434	142.00–146.50	146.17
1	—	640	111.00	111.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	480	150.00	150.00
2	—	565	164.00	164.00
1	—	740	140.00	140.00
2	—	530	154.00	154.00
2	—	355	166.00	166.00
1	—	620	145.00	145.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	440	148.00	148.00
1	—	865	110.00	110.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	688	150.00	150.00
9	—	540	156.00–159.00	158.35
4	—	783	138.50	138.50
2	—	615	155.00	155.00
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	563	142.00	142.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	618	147.50–149.00	148.23
7	—	516	153.50–156.00	154.89
4	—	411	164.00	164.00
1	—	750	118.00	118.00
1	—	575	145.00	145.00
1	—	360	166.00	166.00
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	310	142.00	142.00
2	—	638	116.00	116.00
5	—	484	134.00	134.00
2	—	560	141.00	141.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	610	130.00	130.00
1	—	520	141.00	141.00
3	—	437	140.00	140.00
1	—	495	156.00	156.00
2	—	363	166.00	166.00

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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