Name: Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2022-09-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-09-07

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 69, Heifers 74, Bulls 29)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $150.66/cwt on 74 head.

Average price

$150.66

74 head · 593 lb average

Value per head Derived

$894

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$288

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

$12.65/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.37

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	636	156.08	992	35
Medium and Large 2	569	146.31	833	32
Medium and Large 3	491	143.43	704	7thin

One grade step is worth $12.65/cwt here — about $288 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 sale74 hd

150.66

—

VA average7 barns · 1,068 hd

152.03

−1.37

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	—	435	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	609	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	730	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	1,015	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	568	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	926	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	640	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	986	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	360	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	630	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	483	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	826	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	483	177.24/cwt	173.00–180.00	856	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	551	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	970	4
Steers	Small 1	—	610	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	939	1
Steers	Small 1	—	459	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	684	4
Steers	Small 1	—	533	164.30/cwt	152.00–168.00	876	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	825	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	1,106	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	530	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	875	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	570	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	889	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	606	164.48/cwt	160.00–166.00	997	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	540	168.94/cwt	155.00–176.00	912	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	729	148.37/cwt	143.00–151.00	1,082	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	461	183.00/cwt	183.00–183.00	844	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	425	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	599	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	678	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	976	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	623	161.90/cwt	156.00–166.00	1,009	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	650	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	871	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	640	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	928	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	425	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	718	1
Bulls	Small 1	—	555	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	866	1
Bulls	Small 1	—	600	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	816	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	574	150.60/cwt	142.00–155.00	864	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	471	148.50/cwt	148.50–148.50	699	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	620	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	837	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	662	158.79/cwt	142.50–163.25	1,051	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	618	152.29/cwt	129.00–161.25	941	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	552	149.50/cwt	149.50–149.50	825	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	488	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	830	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	542	150.50/cwt	150.50–150.50	816	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	460	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	676	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	745	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	939	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	633	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	893	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	520	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	728	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	410	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	554	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	610	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	958	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	880	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	1,197	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	662	160.91/cwt	150.00–164.00	1,065	10

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 Sep 7, 2022

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

Receipts 172Last week 144Year ago 135

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 69, Heifers 74, Bulls 29)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	435	140.00	140.00
1	—	730	139.00	139.00
2	—	568	163.00	163.00
2	—	640	154.00	154.00
3	—	360	175.00	175.00
3	—	483	171.00	171.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	650	134.00	134.00
1	—	640	145.00	145.00
1	—	425	169.00	169.00
6	—	574	142.00–155.00	150.60
6	—	488	170.00	170.00
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	555	156.00	156.00
1	—	600	136.00	136.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	483	173.00–180.00	177.24
4	—	551	176.00	176.00
1	—	825	134.00	134.00
5	—	623	156.00–166.00	161.90
1	—	880	136.00	136.00
10	—	662	150.00–164.00	160.91
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	610	154.00	154.00
4	—	459	149.00	149.00
14	—	533	152.00–168.00	164.30
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	530	165.00	165.00
1	—	610	157.00	157.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	570	156.00	156.00
8	—	606	160.00–166.00	164.48
3	—	540	155.00–176.00	168.94
3	—	729	143.00–151.00	148.37
7	—	461	183.00	183.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	425	141.00	141.00
6	—	678	144.00	144.00
16	—	542	150.50	150.50
5	—	460	147.00	147.00
2	—	745	126.00	126.00
2	—	633	141.00	141.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	471	148.50	148.50
1	—	620	135.00	135.00
1	—	520	140.00	140.00
1	—	410	135.00	135.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	662	142.50–163.25	158.79
6	—	618	129.00–161.25	152.29
6	—	552	149.50	149.50

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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