Name: Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2022-05-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-05-18

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 40, Heifers 72, Bulls 42)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $137.46/cwt on 72 head.

Average price

$137.46

72 head · 483 lb average

Value per head Derived

$664

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$98

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3

$17.28/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−5.85

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	500	142.50	713	26
Medium and Large 2	468	139.35	652	29
Small 1	470	128.00	602	8thin
Medium and Large 3	491	125.22	614	9thin

One grade step is worth $17.28/cwt here — about $98 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 sale72 hd

137.46

—

VA average11 barns · 2,124 hd

143.32

−5.85

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

48 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	—	532	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	878	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	627	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	991	3
Heifers	Small 1	—	538	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	673	4
Heifers	Small 1	—	435	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	570	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	459	144.50/cwt	144.50–144.50	663	15
Heifers	Small 1	—	370	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	485	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	578	160.50/cwt	160.50–160.50	928	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	350	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	564	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	438	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	648	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	520	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	749	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	300	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	486	1
Steers	Small 1	—	490	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	647	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	468	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	744	2
Steers	Small 1	—	642	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	828	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	471	157.50/cwt	157.50–157.50	742	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	448	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	654	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	735	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	919	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	624	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	973	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	578	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	838	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	435	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	683	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	672	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	927	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	480	138.53/cwt	118.00–148.00	665	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	710	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	738	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	300	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	519	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	365	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	500	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	565	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	751	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	515	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	685	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	623	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	829	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	362	141.81/cwt	136.00–143.50	513	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	454	143.50/cwt	143.50–143.50	651	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	553	141.50/cwt	141.50–141.50	782	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	335	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	466	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	445	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	534	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	550	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	693	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	545	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	643	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	600	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	702	1
Bulls	Small 1	—	725	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	805	1
Bulls	Small 1	—	420	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	529	3
Bulls	Small 1	—	472	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	614	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	765	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	842	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	810	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	834	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	638	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	868	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	313	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	538	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	557	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	808	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	492	147.50/cwt	147.50–147.50	726	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	420	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	638	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	670	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	804	1
Bulls	Small 1	—	560	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	717	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 May 18, 2022

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

Receipts 154Last week 140Year ago 122

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 40, Heifers 72, Bulls 42)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	532	165.00	165.00
3	—	627	158.00	158.00
2	—	468	159.00	159.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	578	160.50	160.50
1	—	350	161.00	161.00
4	—	471	157.50	157.50
2	—	448	146.00	146.00
1	—	735	125.00	125.00
7	—	624	156.00	156.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	438	148.00	148.00
1	—	520	144.00	144.00
1	—	300	162.00	162.00
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	490	132.00	132.00
3	—	642	129.00	129.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	538	125.00	125.00
2	—	435	131.00	131.00
2	—	370	131.00	131.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	459	144.50	144.50
7	—	553	141.50	141.50
1	—	335	139.00	139.00
3	—	638	136.00	136.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	365	137.00	137.00
2	—	445	120.00	120.00
3	—	550	126.00	126.00
1	—	545	118.00	118.00
1	—	600	117.00	117.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	565	133.00	133.00
1	—	515	133.00	133.00
3	—	623	133.00	133.00
9	—	362	136.00–143.50	141.81
10	—	454	143.50	143.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	578	145.00	145.00
4	—	435	157.00	157.00
3	—	672	138.00	138.00
3	—	480	118.00–148.00	138.53
1	—	710	104.00	104.00
1	—	300	173.00	173.00
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	725	111.00	111.00
3	—	420	126.00	126.00
3	—	472	130.00	130.00
1	—	560	128.00	128.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	765	110.00	110.00
1	—	810	103.00	103.00
2	—	313	172.00	172.00
5	—	557	145.00	145.00
6	—	492	147.50	147.50
1	—	420	152.00	152.00
1	—	670	120.00	120.00

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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