Name: Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2022-09-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-09-14

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 9, Heifers 85, Bulls 83)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $143.47/cwt on 85 head.

Average price

$143.47

85 head · 569 lb average

Value per head Derived

$816

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$243

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

$20.75/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−9.12

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	573	148.42	850	39
Medium and Large 2	589	141.58	834	35
Small 1	509	137.05	698	5thin
Medium and Large 3	476	127.67	607	6thin

One grade step is worth $20.75/cwt here — about $243 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 sale85 hd

143.47

—

VA average11 barns · 1,823 hd

152.59

−9.12

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

45 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	—	450	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	788	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	650	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	943	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	765	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,071	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	358	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	623	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	743	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	1,048	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	835	132.02/cwt	130.00–133.00	1,102	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	567	121.35/cwt	120.00–124.00	688	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	654	147.58/cwt	146.50–148.00	965	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	730	129.48/cwt	127.00–132.00	945	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	558	150.50/cwt	150.50–150.50	840	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	440	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	660	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	536	156.26/cwt	155.00–157.00	838	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	735	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	1,095	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	465	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	828	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	510	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	882	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	480	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	710	2
Heifers	Small 1	—	570	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	724	1
Heifers	Small 1	—	373	139.13/cwt	135.00–143.00	519	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	343	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	484	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	452	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	692	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	469	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	811	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	577	148.22/cwt	141.00–152.00	855	3
Bulls	Small 1	—	434	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	642	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	563	156.10/cwt	151.00–157.50	879	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	652	148.75/cwt	148.75–148.75	970	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	623	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	959	5
Bulls	Small 1	—	650	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	962	3
Bulls	Small 1	—	845	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,056	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	545	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	779	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	805	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	1,063	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	460	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	667	1
Bulls	Small 1	—	505	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	742	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	511	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	879	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	502	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	848	3
Heifers	Small 1	—	615	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	861	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	620	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	955	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	650	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	858	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	330	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	561	2
Bulls	Small 1	—	375	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	578	1
Bulls	Small 1	—	566	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	843	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	384	133.99/cwt	128.00–137.00	515	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	714	132.46/cwt	125.00–135.00	946	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	613	136.41/cwt	132.00–141.00	836	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	744	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	1,056	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	428	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	732	5

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 14, 2022

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

Receipts 177Last week 172Year ago 160

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 9, Heifers 85, Bulls 83)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	450	175.00	175.00
1	—	650	145.00	145.00
1	—	765	140.00	140.00
2	—	358	174.00	174.00
2	—	743	141.00	141.00
3	—	835	130.00–133.00	132.02
14	—	563	151.00–157.50	156.10
5	—	623	154.00	154.00
5	—	511	172.00	172.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	577	141.00–152.00	148.22
8	—	652	148.75	148.75
1	—	805	132.00	132.00
1	—	460	145.00	145.00
3	—	502	169.00	169.00
2	—	330	170.00	170.00
6	—	744	142.00	142.00
5	—	428	171.00	171.00
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	434	148.00	148.00
3	—	650	148.00	148.00
2	—	845	125.00	125.00
1	—	505	147.00	147.00
1	—	375	154.00	154.00
7	—	566	149.00	149.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	567	120.00–124.00	121.35
3	—	384	128.00–137.00	133.99
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	654	146.50–148.00	147.58
2	—	730	127.00–132.00	129.48
5	—	440	150.00	150.00
8	—	536	155.00–157.00	156.26
2	—	480	148.00	148.00
3	—	343	141.00	141.00
1	—	620	154.00	154.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	558	150.50	150.50
7	—	452	153.00	153.00
1	—	545	143.00	143.00
12	—	650	132.00	132.00
4	—	714	125.00–135.00	132.46
2	—	613	132.00–141.00	136.41
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	570	127.00	127.00
2	—	373	135.00–143.00	139.13
2	—	615	140.00	140.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	735	149.00	149.00
2	—	465	178.00	178.00
1	—	510	173.00	173.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	469	173.00	173.00

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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