Name: Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2022-08-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-08-10

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 20, Heifers 44, Bulls 31)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $143.05/cwt on 43 head.

Average price

$143.05

43 head · 511 lb average

Value per head Derived

$731

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$79

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 1

$13.20/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−9.50

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	546	147.20	803	20
Medium and Large 3	478	141.00	674	11thin
Medium and Large 2	466	139.33	649	9thin
Small 1	540	134.00	724	3thin

One grade step is worth $13.20/cwt here — about $79 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 sale43 hd

143.05

—

VA average10 barns · 1,240 hd

152.54

−9.50

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

42 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	—	480	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	749	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	520	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	686	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	438	165.50/cwt	165.50–165.50	725	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	564	155.50/cwt	153.50–156.50	877	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	741	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,000	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	638	149.17/cwt	145.00–150.00	952	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	590	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	873	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	535	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	904	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	655	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	1,107	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	870	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	1,296	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	430	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	705	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	475	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	798	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	608	167.02/cwt	165.00–169.00	1,015	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	735	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	1,169	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	570	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	747	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	448	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	645	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	510	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	847	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	510	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	852	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	363	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	508	3
Heifers	Small 1	—	430	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	568	1
Heifers	Small 1	—	560	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	745	1
Heifers	Small 1	—	630	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	863	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	575	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	828	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	355	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	508	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	545	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	747	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	453	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	646	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	432	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	613	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	520	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	733	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	625	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	913	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	660	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	799	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	625	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	925	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	765	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	1,025	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	442	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	650	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	625	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	881	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	656	139.50/cwt	139.50–139.50	915	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	543	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	847	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	335	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	559	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	429	163.76/cwt	160.00–165.00	703	4
Bulls	Small 1	—	380	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	532	1
Bulls	Small 1	—	505	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	742	1
Bulls	Small 1	—	340	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	520	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	575	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	880	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 Aug 10, 2022

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

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State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 20, Heifers 44, Bulls 31)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	480	156.00	156.00
1	—	520	132.00	132.00
3	—	438	165.50	165.50
3	—	564	153.50–156.50	155.50
5	—	741	135.00	135.00
6	—	638	145.00–150.00	149.17
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	625	148.00	148.00
1	—	765	134.00	134.00
2	—	335	167.00	167.00
4	—	429	160.00–165.00	163.76
1	—	575	153.00	153.00
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	380	140.00	140.00
1	—	505	147.00	147.00
1	—	340	153.00	153.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	590	148.00	148.00
3	—	655	169.00	169.00
4	—	870	149.00	149.00
1	—	430	164.00	164.00
1	—	475	168.00	168.00
2	—	608	165.00–169.00	167.02
2	—	735	159.00	159.00
1	—	510	167.00	167.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	535	169.00	169.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	570	131.00	131.00
2	—	448	144.00	144.00
1	—	510	166.00	166.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	363	140.00	140.00
3	—	432	142.00	142.00
1	—	520	141.00	141.00
1	—	625	146.00	146.00
1	—	660	121.00	121.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	430	132.00	132.00
1	—	560	133.00	133.00
1	—	630	137.00	137.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	575	144.00	144.00
2	—	355	143.00	143.00
3	—	442	147.00	147.00
3	—	625	141.00	141.00
4	—	656	139.50	139.50
7	—	543	156.00	156.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	545	137.00	137.00
8	—	453	142.50	142.50

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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