Name: Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2022-06-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-06-08

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 39, Heifers 96, Bulls 62)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $139.04/cwt on 96 head.

Average price

$139.04

96 head · 511 lb average

Value per head Derived

$710

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$141

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Small 1

$26.42/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−5.12

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	467	144.75	676	24
Medium and Large 1	530	140.94	747	54
Medium and Large 3	523	127.20	666	15thin
Small 1	452	118.33	535	3thin

One grade step is worth $26.42/cwt here — about $141 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

139.04

—

VA average10 barns · 1,482 hd

144.16

−5.12

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

41 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	—	850	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	1,029	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	418	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	711	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	652	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	913	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	737	132.28/cwt	130.00–134.00	975	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	646	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	943	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	566	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	843	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	555	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	944	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	544	169.30/cwt	163.00–169.75	921	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	621	153.84/cwt	145.00–156.00	955	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	395	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	652	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	885	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	1,204	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	685	151.02/cwt	145.00–154.00	1,034	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	574	166.75/cwt	166.75–166.75	957	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	490	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	779	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	445	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	712	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	705	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	846	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	431	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	733	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	642	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	880	6
Heifers	Small 1	—	423	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	503	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	450	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	648	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	365	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	544	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	638	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	842	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	765	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	1,086	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	523	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	732	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	385	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	524	1
Heifers	Small 1	—	510	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	597	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	563	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	777	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	395	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	581	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	373	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	560	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	760	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	912	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	557	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	713	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	490	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	608	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	452	147.50/cwt	147.50–147.50	667	12
Bulls	Small 1	—	495	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	718	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	740	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	888	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	500	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	730	13
Bulls	Small 1	—	378	142.52/cwt	140.00–145.00	539	2
Bulls	Small 1	—	572	121.97/cwt	110.00–135.00	698	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	475	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	722	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	633	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	880	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	541	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	771	20

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 Jun 8, 2022

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

Receipts 197Last week 67Year ago 175

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 39, Heifers 96, Bulls 62)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	850	121.00	121.00
3	—	418	170.00	170.00
3	—	652	140.00	140.00
7	—	737	130.00–134.00	132.28
10	—	646	146.00	146.00
11	—	566	149.00	149.00
13	—	500	146.00	146.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	395	147.00	147.00
2	—	475	152.00	152.00
3	—	633	139.00	139.00
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	495	145.00	145.00
2	—	378	140.00–145.00	142.52
3	—	572	110.00–135.00	121.97
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	555	170.00	170.00
1	—	395	165.00	165.00
2	—	445	160.00	160.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	544	163.00–169.75	169.30
5	—	621	145.00–156.00	153.84
1	—	885	136.00	136.00
3	—	685	145.00–154.00	151.02
4	—	574	166.75	166.75
1	—	490	159.00	159.00
4	—	431	170.00	170.00
1	—	765	142.00	142.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	705	120.00	120.00
2	—	638	132.00	132.00
3	—	523	140.00	140.00
6	—	373	150.00	150.00
12	—	452	147.50	147.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	642	137.00	137.00
16	—	450	144.00	144.00
3	—	365	149.00	149.00
6	—	563	138.00	138.00
2	—	760	120.00	120.00
1	—	740	120.00	120.00
20	—	541	142.50	142.50
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	423	119.00	119.00
1	—	510	117.00	117.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	385	136.00	136.00
9	—	557	128.00	128.00
5	—	490	124.00	124.00

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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