Name: Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2022-06-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-06-29

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 110, Heifers 139, Bulls 83)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $135.52/cwt on 139 head.

Average price

$135.52

139 head · 540 lb average

Value per head Derived

$732

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$111

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Small 1

$4.95/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−7.86

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	501	137.28	688	52
Medium and Large 1	584	135.52	792	54
Medium and Large 3	512	132.81	679	27
Small 1	604	132.33	799	6thin

One grade step is worth $4.95/cwt here — about −$111 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 sale139 hd

135.52

—

VA average6 barns · 1,019 hd

143.38

−7.86

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

55 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	—	375	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	461	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	785	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	1,013	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	325	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	507	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	432	146.41/cwt	126.00–153.50	632	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	654	143.50/cwt	143.50–143.50	938	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	486	149.50/cwt	149.50–149.50	727	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	548	163.50/cwt	163.50–163.50	896	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	643	157.19/cwt	155.50–159.00	1,011	16
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	462	149.77/cwt	147.00–155.00	692	6
Steers	Small 1	—	610	147.90/cwt	135.00–158.00	902	6
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	605	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	865	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	470	156.50/cwt	156.50–156.50	736	2
Steers	Small 1	—	395	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	573	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	724	150.34/cwt	149.00–152.00	1,088	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	659	161.12/cwt	160.50–163.00	1,062	17
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	535	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	749	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	534	155.96/cwt	155.00–160.00	833	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	632	157.13/cwt	156.00–157.50	993	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	562	160.75/cwt	159.00–161.50	903	7
Heifers	Small 1	—	675	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	803	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	363	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	548	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	525	133.51/cwt	133.00–134.50	701	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	579	160.84/cwt	157.00–164.00	931	10
Steers	Small 1	—	558	128.88/cwt	121.00–133.00	719	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	778	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	1,151	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	481	141.43/cwt	139.00–142.00	680	10
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	480	144.04/cwt	140.00–148.00	691	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	330	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	389	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	413	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	653	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	489	150.50/cwt	150.50–150.50	736	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	359	149.06/cwt	148.00–152.00	535	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	742	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	1,024	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	569	149.50/cwt	149.50–149.50	851	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	552	151.84/cwt	148.50–153.50	838	9
Bulls	Small 1	—	548	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	784	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	667	141.50/cwt	141.50–141.50	944	5
Bulls	Small 1	—	438	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	556	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	636	130.35/cwt	125.50–132.00	829	8
Bulls	Small 1	—	475	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	622	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	532	135.25/cwt	135.25–135.25	720	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	444	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	591	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	577	138.65/cwt	138.00–139.50	800	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	553	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	747	6
Heifers	Small 1	—	533	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	714	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	395	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	553	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	626	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	789	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	330	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	432	1
Heifers	Small 1	—	590	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	797	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	355	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	493	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	657	131.65/cwt	129.75–136.50	865	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	360	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	486	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	556	134.89/cwt	134.50–137.00	750	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	447	139.03/cwt	131.00–139.50	621	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	468	140.50/cwt	140.50–140.50	658	13
Heifers	Small 1	—	645	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	877	2

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 29, 2022

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

Receipts 332Last week 172Year ago 83

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 110, Heifers 139, Bulls 83)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	375	123.00	123.00
1	—	785	129.00	129.00
2	—	325	156.00	156.00
4	—	432	126.00–153.50	146.41
7	—	654	143.50	143.50
8	—	486	149.50	149.50
8	—	569	149.50	149.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	330	118.00	118.00
15	—	413	158.00	158.00
7	—	489	150.50	150.50
4	—	359	148.00–152.00	149.06
9	—	552	148.50–153.50	151.84
5	—	667	141.50	141.50
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	548	143.00	143.00
2	—	438	127.00	127.00
3	—	475	131.00	131.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	548	163.50	163.50
16	—	643	155.50–159.00	157.19
2	—	470	156.50	156.50
9	—	724	149.00–152.00	150.34
17	—	659	160.50–163.00	161.12
10	—	579	157.00–164.00	160.84
3	—	778	148.00	148.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	462	147.00–155.00	149.77
5	—	534	155.00–160.00	155.96
8	—	632	156.00–157.50	157.13
7	—	562	159.00–161.50	160.75
2	—	363	151.00	151.00
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	610	135.00–158.00	147.90
1	—	395	145.00	145.00
3	—	558	121.00–133.00	128.88
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	605	143.00	143.00
2	—	535	140.00	140.00
2	—	480	140.00–148.00	144.04
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	675	119.00	119.00
2	—	533	134.00	134.00
1	—	590	135.00	135.00
2	—	645	136.00	136.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	525	133.00–134.50	133.51
6	—	742	138.00	138.00
1	—	395	140.00	140.00
18	—	657	129.75–136.50	131.65
13	—	556	134.50–137.00	134.89
13	—	468	140.50	140.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	481	139.00–142.00	141.43
9	—	532	135.25	135.25
7	—	577	138.00–139.50	138.65
6	—	626	126.00	126.00
3	—	355	139.00	139.00
17	—	447	131.00–139.50	139.03
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	636	125.50–132.00	130.35
9	—	444	133.00	133.00
6	—	553	135.00	135.00
1	—	330	131.00	131.00
3	—	360	135.00	135.00

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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