Name: Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2022-08-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-08-24

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 44, Heifers 66, Bulls 30)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $148.00/cwt on 66 head.

Average price

$148.00

66 head · 559 lb average

Value per head Derived

$828

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$185

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3

$8.37/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−9.87

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	603	150.65	908	22
Medium and Large 2	558	147.89	825	24
Small 1	516	146.81	758	13thin
Medium and Large 3	508	142.29	723	7thin

One grade step is worth $8.37/cwt here — about $185 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 sale66 hd

148.00

—

VA average9 barns · 1,239 hd

157.88

−9.87

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
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	632	155.65/cwt	147.00–164.00	984	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	553	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	852	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	760	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	1,117	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	863	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	1,372	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	800	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,200	1
Heifers	Small 1	—	449	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	678	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	750	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	1,118	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	345	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	528	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	559	159.26/cwt	152.00–163.00	890	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	728	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	1,012	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	545	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	779	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	655	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	1,009	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	741	156.06/cwt	149.00–163.00	1,156	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	898	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	1,464	6
Steers	Small 1	—	484	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	794	5
Steers	Small 1	—	570	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	878	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	925	157.50/cwt	157.50–157.50	1,457	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	365	171.78/cwt	155.00–178.00	627	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	493	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	833	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	855	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	1,103	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	770	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,078	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	650	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	995	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	545	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	883	1
Bulls	Small 1	—	485	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	694	1
Bulls	Small 1	—	438	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	679	2
Bulls	Small 1	—	350	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	511	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	416	172.50/cwt	172.50–172.50	718	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	410	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	693	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	365	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	621	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	362	151.50/cwt	151.50–151.50	548	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	735	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	1,022	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	450	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	734	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	629	147.40/cwt	147.00–147.50	927	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	534	155.97/cwt	153.00–158.00	833	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	630	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	945	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	693	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	929	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	500	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	815	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	543	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	782	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	675	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	938	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	395	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	589	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	467	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	654	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	625	141.39/cwt	140.00–143.50	884	10
Heifers	Small 1	—	503	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	719	3
Heifers	Small 1	—	655	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	871	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	867	139.50/cwt	139.50–139.50	1,209	3
Heifers	Small 1	—	550	148.50/cwt	148.50–148.50	817	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	447	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	729	3

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 24, 2022

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

Receipts 140Last week 194Year ago 114

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 44, Heifers 66, Bulls 30)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	632	147.00–164.00	155.65
2	—	760	147.00	147.00
3	—	559	152.00–163.00	159.26
2	—	728	139.00	139.00
1	—	655	154.00	154.00
6	—	898	163.00	163.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	863	159.00	159.00
1	—	800	150.00	150.00
1	—	750	149.00	149.00
6	—	741	149.00–163.00	156.06
3	—	925	157.50	157.50
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	545	143.00	143.00
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	484	164.00	164.00
4	—	570	154.00	154.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	553	154.00	154.00
3	—	362	151.50	151.50
2	—	693	134.00	134.00
10	—	625	140.00–143.50	141.39
3	—	447	163.00	163.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	449	151.00	151.00
3	—	503	143.00	143.00
1	—	655	133.00	133.00
5	—	550	148.50	148.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	345	153.00	153.00
3	—	450	163.00	163.00
10	—	629	147.00–147.50	147.40
5	—	534	153.00–158.00	155.97
3	—	867	139.50	139.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	543	144.00	144.00
1	—	675	139.00	139.00
1	—	395	149.00	149.00
3	—	467	140.00	140.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	365	155.00–178.00	171.78
2	—	493	169.00	169.00
1	—	855	129.00	129.00
1	—	770	140.00	140.00
1	—	650	153.00	153.00
1	—	545	162.00	162.00
10	—	416	172.50	172.50
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	485	143.00	143.00
2	—	438	155.00	155.00
1	—	350	146.00	146.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	410	169.00	169.00
1	—	365	170.00	170.00
1	—	735	139.00	139.00
1	—	630	150.00	150.00
2	—	500	163.00	163.00

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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