Name: Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2022-05-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-05-11

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 23, Heifers 73, Bulls 44)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $136.95/cwt on 73 head.

Average price

$136.95

73 head · 518 lb average

Value per head Derived

$710

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$79

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Small 1

$17.20/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−6.46

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	482	139.70	673	29
Medium and Large 1	581	136.84	794	26
Medium and Large 3	489	133.97	655	16thin
Small 1	485	122.50	594	2thin

One grade step is worth $17.20/cwt here — about $79 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 sale73 hd

136.95

—

VA average10 barns · 1,211 hd

143.41

−6.46

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

49 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 1	—	627	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	859	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	460	137.50/cwt	137.50–137.50	633	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	565	142.38/cwt	137.00–144.50	804	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	609	140.57/cwt	130.00–146.00	856	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	642	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	796	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	383	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	613	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	510	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	760	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	545	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	687	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	420	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	643	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	650	149.50/cwt	149.50–149.50	972	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	585	140.12/cwt	138.50–140.50	820	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	775	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	1,039	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	450	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	707	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	645	147.50/cwt	147.50–147.50	951	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	488	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	693	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	720	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	1,066	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	590	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	909	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	560	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	868	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	348	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	578	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	360	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	554	1
Bulls	Small 1	—	725	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	812	1
Bulls	Small 1	—	595	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	785	1
Bulls	Small 1	—	365	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	548	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	500	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	760	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	530	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	769	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	636	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	909	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	868	104.50/cwt	104.50–104.50	907	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	440	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	682	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	405	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	664	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	644	136.50/cwt	136.50–136.50	879	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	800	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	808	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	486	149.89/cwt	141.00–152.00	728	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	568	143.38/cwt	126.00–149.00	814	4
Bulls	Small 1	—	480	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	576	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	440	141.32/cwt	141.00–141.50	622	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	900	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	819	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	527	139.50/cwt	139.50–139.50	735	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	459	138.06/cwt	129.00–141.00	634	4
Heifers	Small 1	—	505	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	556	1
Heifers	Small 1	—	465	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	628	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	358	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	508	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	675	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	864	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	517	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	708	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	390	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	523	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	548	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	718	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	337	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	479	3
Steers	Small 1	—	665	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	825	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	620	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	775	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	723	123.98/cwt	118.00–126.00	896	4

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 11, 2022

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

Receipts 140Last week 194Year ago 110

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 23, Heifers 73, Bulls 44)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	627	137.00	137.00
10	—	585	138.50–140.50	140.12
5	—	527	139.50	139.50
4	—	459	129.00–141.00	138.06
4	—	723	118.00–126.00	123.98
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	460	137.50	137.50
3	—	642	124.00	124.00
1	—	390	134.00	134.00
4	—	548	131.00	131.00
3	—	337	142.00	142.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	565	137.00–144.50	142.38
8	—	440	141.00–141.50	141.32
6	—	358	142.00	142.00
6	—	517	137.00	137.00
2	—	620	125.00	125.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	505	110.00	110.00
1	—	465	135.00	135.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	609	130.00–146.00	140.57
2	—	383	160.00	160.00
1	—	510	149.00	149.00
1	—	775	134.00	134.00
1	—	450	157.00	157.00
2	—	590	154.00	154.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	545	126.00	126.00
2	—	488	142.00	142.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	420	153.00	153.00
2	—	650	149.50	149.50
2	—	645	147.50	147.50
1	—	720	148.00	148.00
2	—	560	155.00	155.00
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	665	124.00	124.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	348	166.00	166.00
1	—	360	154.00	154.00
1	—	530	145.00	145.00
3	—	405	164.00	164.00
4	—	644	136.50	136.50
5	—	486	141.00–152.00	149.89
1	—	900	91.00	91.00
1	—	675	128.00	128.00
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	725	112.00	112.00
1	—	595	132.00	132.00
1	—	365	150.00	150.00
1	—	480	120.00	120.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	500	152.00	152.00
4	—	636	143.00	143.00
2	—	868	104.50	104.50
1	—	440	155.00	155.00
1	—	800	101.00	101.00
4	—	568	126.00–149.00	143.38

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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