Name: Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2022-08-31
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-08-31

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 24, Heifers 69, Bulls 51)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $150.64/cwt on 69 head.

Average price

$150.64

69 head · 547 lb average

Value per head Derived

$823

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$80

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 1

$21.33/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 1	560	152.93	856	37
Medium and Large 2	520	152.03	790	25
Medium and Large 3	528	138.50	731	2thin
Small 1	590	131.60	776	5thin

One grade step is worth $21.33/cwt here — about $80 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 sale69 hd

150.64

—

VA average7 barns · 985 hd

156.64

−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

41 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	—	340	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	452	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	495	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	718	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	740	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	999	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	885	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	1,097	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	410	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	734	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	525	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	845	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	658	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,053	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	548	166.50/cwt	166.50–166.50	912	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	580	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	963	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	430	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	774	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	320	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	490	1
Heifers	Small 1	—	635	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	762	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	745	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	1,155	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	650	167.50/cwt	167.50–167.50	1,089	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	459	171.15/cwt	155.00–179.00	786	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	502	151.02/cwt	139.00–157.00	758	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	605	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	1,004	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	639	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	952	7
Heifers	Small 1	—	565	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	791	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	340	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	527	2
Heifers	Small 1	—	480	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	643	1
Heifers	Small 1	—	705	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	874	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	360	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	533	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	633	152.94/cwt	152.00–156.00	968	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	480	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	653	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	575	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	811	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	459	153.18/cwt	138.00–161.00	703	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	348	183.00/cwt	183.00–183.00	637	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	468	152.96/cwt	143.00–156.00	716	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	637	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	898	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	570	154.35/cwt	142.00–157.50	880	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	720	147.50/cwt	147.50–147.50	1,062	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	560	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	868	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	408	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	726	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	550	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	847	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	565	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	876	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	735	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	970	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	475	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	827	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	773	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	1,051	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	645	150.08/cwt	141.00–151.00	968	15
Bulls	Small 1	—	495	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	807	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 31, 2022

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

Receipts 144Last week 140Year ago 86

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 24, Heifers 69, Bulls 51)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	340	133.00	133.00
1	—	495	145.00	145.00
1	—	740	135.00	135.00
1	—	885	124.00	124.00
2	—	410	179.00	179.00
2	—	525	161.00	161.00
8	—	570	142.00–157.50	154.35
2	—	773	136.00	136.00
15	—	645	141.00–151.00	150.08
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	348	183.00	183.00
5	—	637	141.00	141.00
6	—	408	178.00	178.00
1	—	565	155.00	155.00
1	—	735	132.00	132.00
2	—	475	174.00	174.00
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	495	163.00	163.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	658	160.00	160.00
2	—	548	166.50	166.50
1	—	430	180.00	180.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	580	166.00	166.00
1	—	745	155.00	155.00
11	—	650	167.50	167.50
3	—	459	155.00–179.00	171.15
1	—	605	166.00	166.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	320	153.00	153.00
1	—	360	148.00	148.00
12	—	633	152.00–156.00	152.94
10	—	468	143.00–156.00	152.96
3	—	720	147.50	147.50
10	—	560	155.00	155.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	635	120.00	120.00
2	—	565	140.00	140.00
1	—	480	134.00	134.00
1	—	705	124.00	124.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	502	139.00–157.00	151.02
7	—	639	149.00	149.00
2	—	340	155.00	155.00
9	—	459	138.00–161.00	153.18
4	—	550	154.00	154.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	480	136.00	136.00
1	—	575	141.00	141.00

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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