Name: Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2022-09-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-09-28

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 56, Heifers 96, Bulls 36)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $133.11/cwt on 96 head.

Average price

$133.11

96 head · 593 lb average

Value per head Derived

$789

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$121

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Small 1

$20.61/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−10.53

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	561	137.95	774	25
Medium and Large 1	628	134.90	847	56
Medium and Large 3	507	118.67	602	12thin
Small 1	557	117.33	653	3thin

One grade step is worth $20.61/cwt here — about $121 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 sale96 hd

133.11

—

VA average9 barns · 2,020 hd

143.65

−10.53

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

44 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	—	420	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	697	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	640	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	864	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	497	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	815	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	563	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	833	10
Bulls	Small 1	—	425	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	578	1
Bulls	Small 1	—	519	141.87/cwt	130.00–148.00	736	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	395	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	668	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	763	147.18/cwt	144.00–147.50	1,123	11
Heifers	Small 1	—	705	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	776	1
Steers	Small 1	—	470	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	714	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	700	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	868	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	633	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	924	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	437	180.66/cwt	180.00–181.00	789	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	528	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	855	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	633	132.15/cwt	130.50–133.25	837	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	573	145.51/cwt	142.50–147.00	834	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	700	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,050	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	850	143.50/cwt	143.50–143.50	1,220	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	672	131.83/cwt	130.50–133.50	886	11
Heifers	Small 1	—	520	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	619	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	479	130.85/cwt	119.00–136.00	627	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	609	134.69/cwt	125.00–138.00	820	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	515	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	860	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	631	149.24/cwt	146.50–151.50	942	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	540	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	772	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	358	130.87/cwt	125.00–137.00	469	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	418	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	577	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	718	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	948	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	380	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	521	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	938	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	1,144	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	440	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	563	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	605	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	629	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	475	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	774	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	315	161.59/cwt	156.00–167.00	509	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	569	144.16/cwt	140.00–146.00	820	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	730	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	730	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	545	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	747	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	712	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	918	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	605	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	744	1
Heifers	Small 1	—	445	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	547	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	362	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	449	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	545	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	665	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	435	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	705	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	560	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	790	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 Sep 28, 2022

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

Receipts 188Last week 186Year ago 211

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 56, Heifers 96, Bulls 36)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	420	166.00	166.00
6	—	640	135.00	135.00
8	—	497	164.00	164.00
10	—	563	148.00	148.00
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	425	136.00	136.00
3	—	519	130.00–148.00	141.87
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	475	163.00	163.00
2	—	315	156.00–167.00	161.59
1	—	605	123.00	123.00
1	—	435	162.00	162.00
1	—	560	141.00	141.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	395	169.00	169.00
1	—	700	124.00	124.00
2	—	633	146.00	146.00
4	—	528	162.00	162.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	763	144.00–147.50	147.18
3	—	437	180.00–181.00	180.66
13	—	700	150.00	150.00
4	—	850	143.50	143.50
5	—	515	167.00	167.00
10	—	631	146.50–151.50	149.24
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	470	152.00	152.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	705	110.00	110.00
1	—	520	119.00	119.00
1	—	445	123.00	123.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	633	130.50–133.25	132.15
12	—	573	142.50–147.00	145.51
11	—	672	130.50–133.50	131.83
3	—	418	138.00	138.00
1	—	380	137.00	137.00
3	—	938	122.00	122.00
3	—	545	137.00	137.00
3	—	712	129.00	129.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	479	119.00–136.00	130.85
4	—	609	125.00–138.00	134.69
1	—	540	143.00	143.00
2	—	358	125.00–137.00	130.87
3	—	718	132.00	132.00
11	—	569	140.00–146.00	144.16
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	440	128.00	128.00
2	—	605	104.00	104.00
1	—	730	100.00	100.00
3	—	362	124.00	124.00
4	—	545	122.00	122.00

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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