Name: Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2022-10-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-10-12

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 62, Heifers 69, Bulls 49)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $121.51/cwt on 69 head.

Average price

$121.51

69 head · 544 lb average

Value per head Derived

$661

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$150

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Small 1

$30.18/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−9.13

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	511	131.46	672	16thin
Medium and Large 1	580	123.50	717	37
Medium and Large 3	464	114.29	530	7thin
Small 1	515	101.27	522	9thin

One grade step is worth $30.18/cwt here — about $150 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

121.51

—

VA average10 barns · 2,599 hd

130.63

−9.13

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

52 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	370	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	414	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	420	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	546	2
Heifers	Small 1	—	640	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	608	1
Heifers	Small 1	—	540	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	535	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	715	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	987	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	668	144.16/cwt	143.00–145.00	963	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	375	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	476	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	420	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	554	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	469	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	741	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	620	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	880	3
Steers	Small 1	—	650	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	826	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	570	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	884	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	536	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	831	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	385	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	512	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	543	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	831	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	475	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	746	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	614	145.22/cwt	143.00–146.00	892	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	350	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	546	1
Steers	Small 1	—	575	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	759	3
Steers	Small 1	—	535	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	706	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	564	140.11/cwt	133.00–141.00	790	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	492	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	743	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	409	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	650	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	629	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	793	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	815	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	848	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	770	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	801	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	770	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	801	1
Bulls	Small 1	—	569	115.35/cwt	99.00–124.00	656	3
Bulls	Small 1	—	500	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	620	1
Bulls	Small 1	—	475	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	523	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	340	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	520	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	470	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	738	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	543	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	581	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	560	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	627	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	560	125.82/cwt	116.00–136.00	705	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	660	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	812	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	445	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	596	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	638	116.39/cwt	112.00–119.50	743	16
Heifers	Small 1	—	735	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	735	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	615	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	695	1
Bulls	Small 1	—	625	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	563	2
Bulls	Small 1	—	430	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	516	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	610	97.00/cwt	97.00–97.00	592	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	340	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	398	1
Heifers	Small 1	—	479	101.86/cwt	90.00–106.00	488	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	546	131.93/cwt	116.00–134.75	720	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	710	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	817	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	485	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	606	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	539	133.39/cwt	127.00–134.00	719	11
Heifers	Small 1	—	403	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	423	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	569	134.09/cwt	127.00–136.00	763	12
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	510	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	678	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 12, 2022

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

Receipts 180Last week 113Year ago 234

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 62, Heifers 69, Bulls 49)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	370	112.00	112.00
2	—	420	130.00	130.00
2	—	543	107.00	107.00
1	—	610	97.00	97.00
1	—	340	117.00	117.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	640	95.00	95.00
1	—	540	99.00	99.00
1	—	735	100.00	100.00
4	—	479	90.00–106.00	101.86
2	—	403	105.00	105.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	375	127.00	127.00
3	—	420	132.00	132.00
1	—	615	113.00	113.00
11	—	539	127.00–134.00	133.39
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	385	133.00	133.00
1	—	560	112.00	112.00
1	—	445	134.00	134.00
16	—	638	112.00–119.50	116.39
13	—	546	116.00–134.75	131.93
2	—	710	115.00	115.00
2	—	485	125.00	125.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	715	138.00	138.00
7	—	668	143.00–145.00	144.16
11	—	570	155.00	155.00
8	—	536	155.00	155.00
3	—	475	157.00	157.00
4	—	614	143.00–146.00	145.22
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	469	158.00	158.00
3	—	620	142.00	142.00
2	—	543	153.00	153.00
1	—	350	156.00	156.00
12	—	569	127.00–136.00	134.09
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	650	127.00	127.00
3	—	575	132.00	132.00
2	—	535	132.00	132.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	510	133.00	133.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	564	133.00–141.00	140.11
6	—	492	151.00	151.00
5	—	409	159.00	159.00
4	—	629	126.00	126.00
1	—	815	104.00	104.00
1	—	770	104.00	104.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	770	104.00	104.00
2	—	340	153.00	153.00
7	—	470	157.00	157.00
2	—	560	116.00–136.00	125.82
1	—	660	123.00	123.00
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	569	99.00–124.00	115.35
1	—	500	124.00	124.00
1	—	475	110.00	110.00
2	—	625	90.00	90.00
2	—	430	120.00	120.00

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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