Name: Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2022-04-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-04-27

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 13, Heifers 56, Bulls 75)

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb bulls averaged $148.26/cwt on 75 head.

Average price

$148.26

75 head · 486 lb average

Value per head Derived

$721

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$13

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Small 1

$18.58/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−11.11

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	446	153.91	687	24
Medium and Large 1	504	146.97	740	45
Small 1	517	135.33	699	6thin

One grade step is worth $18.58/cwt here — about −$13 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 sale75 hd

148.26

—

VA average9 barns · 1,030 hd

159.36

−11.11

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

35 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	—	340	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	507	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	630	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	851	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	353	161.37/cwt	154.00–165.00	570	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	735	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	911	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	438	152.16/cwt	144.00–157.00	666	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	544	142.79/cwt	129.00–146.00	777	11
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	565	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	842	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	467	160.37/cwt	155.00–163.00	749	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	445	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	708	1
Steers	Small 1	—	610	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	903	1
Heifers	Small 1	—	448	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	542	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	603	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	790	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	610	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	952	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	570	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	912	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	620	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	787	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	546	136.50/cwt	136.50–136.50	745	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	585	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	878	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	451	144.40/cwt	141.00–145.25	651	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	375	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	503	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	528	130.65/cwt	128.00–132.00	690	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	461	138.50/cwt	138.50–138.50	638	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	348	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	571	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	466	144.50/cwt	144.50–144.50	673	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	429	157.11/cwt	153.00–158.50	674	8
Heifers	Small 1	—	608	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	754	2
Heifers	Small 1	—	529	129.50/cwt	129.50–129.50	685	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	743	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	869	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	482	149.50/cwt	149.50–149.50	721	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	380	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	532	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	533	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	762	2
Bulls	Small 1	—	400	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	600	1
Bulls	Small 1	—	545	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	610	1
Bulls	Small 1	—	497	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	711	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	484	150.25/cwt	150.25–150.25	727	19
Bulls	Small 1	—	665	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	805	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 27, 2022

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

Receipts 144Last week 165Year ago 167

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 13, Heifers 56, Bulls 75)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	340	149.00	149.00
2	—	630	135.00	135.00
3	—	353	154.00–165.00	161.37
3	—	735	124.00	124.00
6	—	438	144.00–157.00	152.16
11	—	544	129.00–146.00	142.79
19	—	484	150.25	150.25
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	348	164.00	164.00
8	—	429	153.00–158.50	157.11
10	—	482	149.50	149.50
2	—	533	143.00	143.00
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	400	150.00	150.00
1	—	545	112.00	112.00
3	—	497	143.00	143.00
1	—	665	121.00	121.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	565	149.00	149.00
1	—	620	127.00	127.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	467	155.00–163.00	160.37
1	—	445	159.00	159.00
1	—	585	150.00	150.00
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	610	148.00	148.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	610	156.00	156.00
3	—	570	160.00	160.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	448	121.00	121.00
2	—	608	124.00	124.00
6	—	529	129.50	129.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	603	131.00	131.00
3	—	528	128.00–132.00	130.65
6	—	466	144.50	144.50
2	—	743	117.00	117.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	546	136.50	136.50
15	—	451	141.00–145.25	144.40
3	—	380	140.00	140.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	375	134.00	134.00
6	—	461	138.50	138.50

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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