Name: Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2022-10-26
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-10-26

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 32, Heifers 115, Bulls 39)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $126.70/cwt on 115 head.

Average price

$126.70

115 head · 506 lb average

Value per head Derived

$641

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$82

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 1

$14.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−6.99

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	534	131.66	703	31
Medium and Large 2	486	130.73	635	42
Medium and Large 3	464	121.66	565	14thin
Small 1	527	117.66	621	28

One grade step is worth $14.00/cwt here — about $82 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 sale115 hd

126.70

—

VA average9 barns · 1,737 hd

133.69

−6.99

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

55 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	733	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	1,078	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	715	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	815	1
Steers	Small 1	—	335	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	369	1
Steers	Small 1	—	655	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	917	1
Heifers	Small 1	—	521	120.43/cwt	109.00–125.00	627	9
Heifers	Small 1	—	464	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	543	5
Steers	Small 1	—	705	92.00/cwt	92.00–92.00	649	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	533	135.52/cwt	135.00–135.75	722	13
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	360	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	526	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	485	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	708	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	395	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	640	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	510	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	699	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	673	146.45/cwt	142.00–151.00	986	4
Steers	Small 1	—	461	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	692	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	363	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	530	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	545	147.01/cwt	144.00–148.00	801	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	490	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	809	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	652	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	971	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	855	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	1,146	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	890	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	1,193	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	520	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	816	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	575	143.50/cwt	143.50–143.50	825	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	419	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	658	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	520	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	785	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	660	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	871	5
Bulls	Small 1	—	425	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	595	1
Bulls	Small 1	—	730	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	730	2
Bulls	Small 1	—	538	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	742	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	343	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	587	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	830	87.00/cwt	87.00–87.00	722	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	650	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	774	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	528	135.25/cwt	135.25–135.25	714	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	348	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	602	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	631	128.29/cwt	125.00–131.00	810	6
Heifers	Small 1	—	575	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	673	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	510	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	729	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	393	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	648	2
Heifers	Small 1	—	340	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	439	4
Bulls	Small 1	—	485	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	728	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	658	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	816	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	526	119.47/cwt	111.00–122.00	628	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	310	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	388	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	418	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	548	2
Heifers	Small 1	—	710	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	717	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	353	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	473	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	440	130.06/cwt	125.00–130.50	572	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	592	129.86/cwt	128.00–133.00	769	8
Heifers	Small 1	—	661	106.32/cwt	87.00–119.00	703	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	345	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	442	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	735	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	853	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	600	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	558	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	453	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	589	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	368	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	512	2
Heifers	Small 1	—	603	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	724	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	470	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	541	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 26, 2022

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

Receipts 186Last week 368Year ago 266

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 32, Heifers 115, Bulls 39)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	733	147.00	147.00
4	—	673	142.00–151.00	146.45
2	—	363	146.00	146.00
4	—	545	144.00–148.00	147.01
2	—	490	165.00	165.00
1	—	855	134.00	134.00
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	335	110.00	110.00
1	—	655	140.00	140.00
1	—	705	92.00	92.00
4	—	461	150.00	150.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	360	146.00	146.00
1	—	485	146.00	146.00
1	—	510	137.00	137.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	395	162.00	162.00
3	—	652	149.00	149.00
1	—	890	134.00	134.00
1	—	520	157.00	157.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	715	114.00	114.00
9	—	528	135.25	135.25
2	—	658	124.00	124.00
1	—	310	125.00	125.00
8	—	353	134.00	134.00
12	—	440	125.00–130.50	130.06
8	—	592	128.00–133.00	129.86
1	—	470	115.00	115.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	521	109.00–125.00	120.43
5	—	464	117.00	117.00
1	—	575	117.00	117.00
4	—	340	129.00	129.00
1	—	710	101.00	101.00
5	—	661	87.00–119.00	106.32
3	—	603	120.00	120.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	533	135.00–135.75	135.52
6	—	631	125.00–131.00	128.29
2	—	735	116.00	116.00
8	—	453	130.00	130.00
2	—	368	139.00	139.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	526	111.00–122.00	119.47
2	—	418	131.00	131.00
4	—	345	128.00	128.00
1	—	600	93.00	93.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	575	143.50	143.50
4	—	419	157.00	157.00
2	—	520	151.00	151.00
5	—	660	132.00	132.00
2	—	343	171.00	171.00
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	425	140.00	140.00
2	—	730	100.00	100.00
2	—	538	138.00	138.00
5	—	485	150.00	150.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	830	87.00	87.00
1	—	650	119.00	119.00
2	—	348	173.00	173.00
2	—	510	143.00	143.00
2	—	393	165.00	165.00

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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