Name: Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2022-08-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-08-17

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 47, Heifers 83, Bulls 64)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $146.88/cwt on 81 head.

Average price

$146.88

81 head · 498 lb average

Value per head Derived

$731

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$33

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Small 1

$17.14/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−6.00

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	492	149.64	737	35
Medium and Large 1	524	149.50	784	27
Medium and Large 3	425	142.14	604	11thin
Small 1	531	132.50	704	8thin

One grade step is worth $17.14/cwt here — about $33 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 sale81 hd

146.88

—

VA average10 barns · 1,359 hd

152.88

−6.00

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

47 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	—	855	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	1,017	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	743	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	1,055	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	328	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	587	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	402	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	704	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	654	154.50/cwt	154.50–154.50	1,010	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	491	171.28/cwt	137.00–175.00	841	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	633	164.12/cwt	160.00–165.50	1,039	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	541	180.50/cwt	180.50–180.50	977	14
Steers	Small 1	—	460	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	690	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	320	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	547	1
Steers	Small 1	—	505	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	768	1
Steers	Small 1	—	575	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	851	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	469	183.87/cwt	176.00–185.00	862	8
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	463	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	824	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	620	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	980	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	735	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	933	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	557	176.50/cwt	176.50–176.50	983	9
Heifers	Small 1	—	560	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	728	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	420	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	601	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	453	183.00/cwt	183.00–183.00	829	2
Steers	Small 1	—	605	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	877	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	342	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	472	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	375	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	600	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	615	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	947	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	431	170.92/cwt	168.00–174.00	737	6
Bulls	Small 1	—	648	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	907	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	567	157.99/cwt	140.00–161.25	896	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	588	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	888	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	365	166.13/cwt	148.00–175.00	606	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	370	147.50/cwt	147.50–147.50	546	8
Bulls	Small 1	—	477	154.72/cwt	150.00–165.00	738	3
Heifers	Small 1	—	450	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	630	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	637	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	949	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	543	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	847	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	488	162.26/cwt	151.00–168.00	792	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	469	148.50/cwt	148.50–148.50	696	8
Bulls	Small 1	—	595	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	887	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	437	143.50/cwt	143.50–143.50	627	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	590	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	856	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	443	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	642	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	458	149.50/cwt	149.50–149.50	685	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	383	139.87/cwt	135.00–147.00	536	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	619	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	935	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	547	155.50/cwt	155.50–155.50	851	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	575	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	868	1
Heifers	Small 1	—	400	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	564	1
Heifers	Small 1	—	600	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	774	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 17, 2022

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

Receipts 194Last week 95Year ago 167

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 47, Heifers 83, Bulls 64)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	855	119.00	119.00
2	—	743	142.00	142.00
3	—	328	179.00	179.00
3	—	402	175.00	175.00
7	—	654	154.50	154.50
13	—	491	137.00–175.00	171.28
13	—	567	140.00–161.25	157.99
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	615	154.00	154.00
6	—	431	168.00–174.00	170.92
3	—	588	151.00	151.00
3	—	365	148.00–175.00	166.13
3	—	488	151.00–168.00	162.26
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	648	140.00	140.00
3	—	477	150.00–165.00	154.72
1	—	595	149.00	149.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	633	160.00–165.50	164.12
14	—	541	180.50	180.50
2	—	453	183.00	183.00
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	460	150.00	150.00
1	—	505	152.00	152.00
1	—	575	148.00	148.00
1	—	605	145.00	145.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	320	171.00	171.00
8	—	469	176.00–185.00	183.87
9	—	557	176.50	176.50
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	463	178.00	178.00
1	—	620	158.00	158.00
2	—	375	160.00	160.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	735	127.00	127.00
8	—	370	147.50	147.50
3	—	443	145.00	145.00
9	—	458	149.50	149.50
6	—	619	151.00	151.00
8	—	547	155.50	155.50
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	560	130.00	130.00
1	—	450	140.00	140.00
1	—	400	141.00	141.00
1	—	600	129.00	129.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	420	143.00	143.00
7	—	637	149.00	149.00
7	—	543	156.00	156.00
8	—	469	148.50	148.50
3	—	383	135.00–147.00	139.87
1	—	575	151.00	151.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	342	138.00	138.00
7	—	437	143.50	143.50
1	—	590	145.00	145.00

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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