Name: Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2022-05-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-05-04

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 49, Heifers 97, Bulls 48)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $136.68/cwt on 96 head.

Average price

$136.68

96 head · 489 lb average

Value per head Derived

$668

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$75

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 1

$22.18/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−5.53

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	487	141.32	689	32
Medium and Large 2	485	138.07	669	47
Medium and Large 3	494	127.61	630	10thin
Small 1	515	119.14	613	7thin

One grade step is worth $22.18/cwt here — about $75 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 sale96 hd

136.68

—

VA average8 barns · 1,833 hd

142.21

−5.53

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
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	534	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	876	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	685	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	1,062	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	705	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	1,086	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	346	144.75/cwt	144.75–144.75	501	8
Heifers	Small 1	—	553	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	669	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	553	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	686	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	505	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	727	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	555	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	844	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	369	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	609	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	640	136.50/cwt	136.50–136.50	874	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	424	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	683	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	487	152.50/cwt	152.50–152.50	743	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	555	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	833	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	445	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	730	13
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	426	162.25/cwt	156.00–163.50	691	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	453	144.67/cwt	140.00–145.00	655	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	730	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	840	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	645	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	774	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	360	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	619	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	380	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	657	2
Steers	Small 1	—	590	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	767	2
Heifers	Small 1	—	415	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	544	1
Heifers	Small 1	—	395	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	502	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	628	134.50/cwt	134.50–134.50	845	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	505	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	636	1
Heifers	Small 1	—	465	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	465	1
Heifers	Small 1	—	670	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	757	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	517	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	781	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	333	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	569	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	423	141.50/cwt	141.50–141.50	599	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	312	138.69/cwt	130.00–143.00	433	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	455	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	573	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	550	137.75/cwt	137.75–137.75	758	10
Bulls	Small 1	—	750	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	818	1
Bulls	Small 1	—	527	130.06/cwt	120.00–137.00	685	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	560	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	851	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	515	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	695	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	690	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	794	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	360	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	511	3
Bulls	Small 1	—	408	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	592	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	450	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	657	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	770	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	886	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	635	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	768	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	530	139.07/cwt	138.00–139.25	737	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	454	141.50/cwt	141.50–141.50	642	16

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 May 4, 2022

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

Receipts 194Last week 144Year ago 100

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 49, Heifers 97, Bulls 48)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	534	164.00	164.00
7	—	685	155.00	155.00
1	—	705	154.00	154.00
13	—	445	164.00	164.00
2	—	380	173.00	173.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	555	150.00	150.00
6	—	426	156.00–163.50	162.25
9	—	360	172.00	172.00
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	590	130.00	130.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	346	144.75	144.75
1	—	730	115.00	115.00
3	—	423	141.50	141.50
1	—	690	115.00	115.00
5	—	635	121.00	121.00
13	—	530	138.00–139.25	139.07
16	—	454	141.50	141.50
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	553	121.00	121.00
1	—	415	131.00	131.00
1	—	395	127.00	127.00
1	—	465	100.00	100.00
1	—	670	113.00	113.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	553	124.00	124.00
3	—	645	120.00	120.00
1	—	505	126.00	126.00
3	—	312	130.00–143.00	138.69
1	—	455	126.00	126.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	453	140.00–145.00	144.67
2	—	628	134.50	134.50
10	—	550	137.75	137.75
1	—	515	135.00	135.00
3	—	360	142.00	142.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	505	144.00	144.00
1	—	555	152.00	152.00
4	—	369	165.00	165.00
4	—	640	136.50	136.50
6	—	424	161.00	161.00
6	—	487	152.50	152.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	517	151.00	151.00
4	—	333	171.00	171.00
4	—	560	152.00	152.00
1	—	450	146.00	146.00
2	—	770	115.00	115.00
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	750	109.00	109.00
7	—	527	120.00–137.00	130.06
2	—	408	145.00	145.00

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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