Name: Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2022-10-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-10-05

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 23, Heifers 60, Bulls 30)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $129.77/cwt on 60 head.

Average price

$129.77

60 head · 554 lb average

Value per head Derived

$719

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$175

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 1

$27.20/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−6.74

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	584	135.20	789	32
Medium and Large 2	508	128.36	653	15thin
Medium and Large 3	518	122.44	634	9thin
Small 1	569	108.00	614	4thin

One grade step is worth $27.20/cwt here — about $175 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 sale60 hd

129.77

—

VA average8 barns · 1,123 hd

136.50

−6.74

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

46 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 2	—	402	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	712	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	545	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	818	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	678	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	868	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	383	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	479	2
Bulls	Small 1	—	507	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	730	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	620	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	837	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	440	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	748	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	490	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	779	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	645	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	890	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	780	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	897	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	338	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	531	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	543	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	842	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	558	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	893	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	649	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	993	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	800	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,080	1
Steers	Small 1	—	645	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	929	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	720	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	979	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	813	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	1,089	2
Heifers	Small 1	—	620	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	725	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	525	144.43/cwt	130.00–149.00	758	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	490	170.50/cwt	169.00–177.00	835	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	780	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	1,108	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	675	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	979	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	590	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	838	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	490	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	627	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	445	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	547	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	598	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	903	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	410	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	734	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	720	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	850	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	420	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	538	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	773	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	959	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	710	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	873	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	338	161.45/cwt	161.00–164.00	546	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	843	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	1,037	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	735	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	845	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	659	131.32/cwt	130.00–132.00	865	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	470	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	635	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	628	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	835	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	490	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	828	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	529	130.50/cwt	130.50–130.50	690	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	339	127.49/cwt	126.00–128.00	432	4
Heifers	Small 1	—	535	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	562	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	370	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	437	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	710	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	838	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	574	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	700	4
Heifers	Small 1	—	585	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	614	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 Oct 5, 2022

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

Receipts 113Last week 188Year ago 209

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 23, Heifers 60, Bulls 30)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	402	177.00	177.00
2	—	545	150.00	150.00
1	—	620	135.00	135.00
1	—	710	123.00	123.00
6	—	338	161.00–164.00	161.45
2	—	490	169.00	169.00
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	507	144.00	144.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	440	170.00	170.00
1	—	490	159.00	159.00
1	—	645	138.00	138.00
1	—	780	115.00	115.00
3	—	338	157.00	157.00
3	—	543	155.00	155.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	678	128.00	128.00
1	—	490	128.00	128.00
1	—	720	118.00	118.00
7	—	529	130.50	130.50
4	—	339	126.00–128.00	127.49
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	383	125.00	125.00
2	—	445	123.00	123.00
1	—	710	118.00	118.00
4	—	574	122.00	122.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	620	117.00	117.00
2	—	535	105.00	105.00
1	—	585	105.00	105.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	525	130.00–149.00	144.43
1	—	420	128.00	128.00
2	—	773	124.00	124.00
2	—	843	123.00	123.00
1	—	735	115.00	115.00
6	—	659	130.00–132.00	131.32
4	—	470	135.00	135.00
2	—	628	133.00	133.00
1	—	370	118.00	118.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	558	160.00	160.00
4	—	649	153.00	153.00
2	—	813	134.00	134.00
5	—	490	169.00–177.00	170.50
1	—	780	142.00	142.00
1	—	675	145.00	145.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	800	135.00	135.00
1	—	720	136.00	136.00
3	—	598	151.00	151.00
1	—	410	179.00	179.00
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	645	144.00	144.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	590	142.00	142.00

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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