Name: Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2022-06-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-06-15

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 44, Heifers 88, Bulls 41)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $132.34/cwt on 87 head.

Average price

$132.34

87 head · 528 lb average

Value per head Derived

$699

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$236

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 1

$15.95/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−10.69

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	580	135.95	788	37
Medium and Large 2	504	132.09	665	29
Medium and Large 3	474	128.30	608	16thin
Small 1	460	120.00	552	5thin

One grade step is worth $15.95/cwt here — about $236 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 sale87 hd

132.34

—

VA average8 barns · 1,366 hd

143.03

−10.69

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

52 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 2	—	623	130.83/cwt	122.00–135.00	815	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	551	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	661	4
Heifers	Small 1	—	420	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	504	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	556	141.75/cwt	141.75–141.75	788	13
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	603	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	826	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	560	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	739	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	442	133.79/cwt	126.00–134.50	591	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	375	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	488	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	428	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	633	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	853	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	1,186	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	695	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	1,105	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	375	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	604	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	535	131.50/cwt	131.50–131.50	704	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	730	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	869	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	548	164.50/cwt	164.50–164.50	901	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	629	159.93/cwt	158.00–161.50	1,006	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	840	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	1,100	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	630	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	914	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	434	145.87/cwt	125.00–156.00	633	3
Steers	Small 1	—	585	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	766	1
Bulls	Small 1	—	573	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	699	2
Bulls	Small 1	—	490	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	637	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	566	148.01/cwt	145.00–150.00	838	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	629	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	944	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	662	143.34/cwt	140.00–145.00	949	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	502	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	768	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	300	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	489	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	395	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	537	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	713	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	948	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	600	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	852	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	513	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	770	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	427	148.81/cwt	133.00–156.00	635	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	410	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	537	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	680	130.39/cwt	129.00–132.00	887	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	573	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	860	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	475	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	646	1
Bulls	Small 1	—	643	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	772	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	445	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	676	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	470	134.50/cwt	134.50–134.50	632	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	539	136.50/cwt	136.50–136.50	736	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	773	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	1,051	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	835	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	919	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	635	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	851	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	478	118.43/cwt	116.00–121.00	566	2
Heifers	Small 1	—	470	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	564	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	587	119.95/cwt	119.00–123.00	704	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	453	141.25/cwt	141.25–141.25	640	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	620	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	800	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	515	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	572	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	364	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	506	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	725	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,088	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	425	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	663	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 Jun 15, 2022

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

Receipts 173Last week 197Year ago 147

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 44, Heifers 88, Bulls 41)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	623	122.00–135.00	130.83
11	—	442	126.00–134.50	133.79
2	—	375	130.00	130.00
1	—	470	134.50	134.50
8	—	539	136.50	136.50
4	—	587	119.00–123.00	119.95
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	551	120.00	120.00
2	—	410	131.00	131.00
2	—	635	134.00	134.00
2	—	478	116.00–121.00	118.43
1	—	515	111.00	111.00
5	—	364	139.00	139.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	420	120.00	120.00
4	—	470	120.00	120.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	556	141.75	141.75
5	—	535	131.50	131.50
1	—	730	119.00	119.00
11	—	680	129.00–132.00	130.39
6	—	453	141.25	141.25
1	—	620	129.00	129.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	603	137.00	137.00
1	—	560	132.00	132.00
3	—	428	148.00	148.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	853	139.00	139.00
6	—	695	159.00	159.00
11	—	548	164.50	164.50
9	—	629	158.00–161.50	159.93
1	—	725	150.00	150.00
1	—	425	156.00	156.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	375	161.00	161.00
2	—	840	131.00	131.00
1	—	630	145.00	145.00
3	—	434	125.00–156.00	145.87
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	585	131.00	131.00
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	573	122.00	122.00
1	—	490	130.00	130.00
2	—	643	120.00	120.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	566	145.00–150.00	148.01
4	—	629	150.00	150.00
3	—	662	140.00–145.00	143.34
3	—	502	153.00	153.00
1	—	300	163.00	163.00
1	—	395	136.00	136.00
1	—	445	152.00	152.00
2	—	773	136.00	136.00
1	—	835	110.00	110.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	713	133.00	133.00
2	—	600	142.00	142.00
4	—	513	150.00	150.00
3	—	427	133.00–156.00	148.81
2	—	573	150.00	150.00
1	—	475	136.00	136.00

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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