Name: Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2022-07-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-07-20

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 13, Heifers 57, Bulls 52)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $136.73/cwt on 56 head.

Average price

$136.73

56 head · 511 lb average

Value per head Derived

$699

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$96

per head · Medium and Large 3 over Small 1

$21.80/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−8.57

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 3	480	145.00	696	2thin
Medium and Large 1	541	138.65	750	23
Medium and Large 2	492	136.99	674	26
Small 1	487	123.20	600	5thin

One grade step is worth $21.80/cwt here — about $96 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 sale56 hd

136.73

—

VA average10 barns · 1,396 hd

145.30

−8.57

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

44 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	—	845	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	1,065	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	335	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	449	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	542	136.42/cwt	135.00–137.50	739	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	415	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	614	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	625	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	794	2
Bulls	Small 1	—	403	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	532	2
Bulls	Small 1	—	483	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	618	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	740	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	992	2
Heifers	Small 1	—	425	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	570	1
Bulls	Small 1	—	624	139.98/cwt	138.00–141.00	873	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	467	149.66/cwt	149.00–150.00	699	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	540	147.00/cwt	141.00–153.00	794	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	428	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	638	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	668	129.50/cwt	129.50–129.50	865	4
Heifers	Small 1	—	370	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	396	1
Heifers	Small 1	—	547	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	684	3
Steers	Small 1	—	370	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	518	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	458	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	687	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	549	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	736	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	457	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	695	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	544	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	892	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	620	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	744	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	465	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	735	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	610	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	976	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	685	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	870	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	339	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	458	5
Steers	Small 1	—	640	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	870	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	470	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	766	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	558	152.50/cwt	152.50–152.50	851	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	661	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	965	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	487	142.08/cwt	130.00–148.00	692	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	418	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	690	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	743	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,003	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	659	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	962	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	480	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	696	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	585	119.95/cwt	118.00–124.00	702	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	345	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	549	4
Bulls	Small 1	—	585	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	854	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	483	147.82/cwt	147.50–148.50	714	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	620	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	725	1
Bulls	Small 1	—	350	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	420	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	435	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	674	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	389	148.07/cwt	120.00–157.00	576	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	775	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	992	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 Jul 20, 2022

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

Receipts 122Last week 295Year ago 173

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 13, Heifers 57, Bulls 52)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	845	126.00	126.00
6	—	558	152.50	152.50
4	—	661	146.00	146.00
3	—	487	130.00–148.00	142.08
3	—	418	165.00	165.00
2	—	743	135.00	135.00
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	403	132.00	132.00
2	—	483	128.00	128.00
3	—	624	138.00–141.00	139.98
1	—	585	146.00	146.00
1	—	350	120.00	120.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	540	141.00–153.00	147.00
4	—	659	146.00	146.00
4	—	345	159.00	159.00
6	—	483	147.50–148.50	147.82
1	—	620	117.00	117.00
1	—	435	155.00	155.00
4	—	389	120.00–157.00	148.07
1	—	775	128.00	128.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	335	134.00	134.00
7	—	542	135.00–137.50	136.42
2	—	740	134.00	134.00
3	—	467	149.00–150.00	149.66
5	—	428	149.00	149.00
4	—	668	129.50	129.50
1	—	620	120.00	120.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	415	148.00	148.00
2	—	625	127.00	127.00
7	—	549	134.00	134.00
6	—	457	152.00	152.00
1	—	685	127.00	127.00
5	—	339	135.00	135.00
3	—	585	118.00–124.00	119.95
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	425	134.00	134.00
1	—	370	107.00	107.00
3	—	547	125.00	125.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	480	145.00	145.00
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	370	140.00	140.00
1	—	640	136.00	136.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	458	150.00	150.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	544	164.00	164.00
2	—	610	160.00	160.00
1	—	470	163.00	163.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	465	158.00	158.00

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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