Name: Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2022-11-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-11-02

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 66, Heifers 128, Bulls 71)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $124.06/cwt on 126 head.

Average price

$124.06

126 head · 529 lb average

Value per head Derived

$656

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$162

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 1

$22.84/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−12.42

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	554	132.06	732	47
Medium and Large 2	519	125.24	650	49
Medium and Large 3	490	109.91	539	16thin
Small 1	522	109.23	570	14thin

One grade step is worth $22.84/cwt here — about $162 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 sale126 hd

124.06

—

VA average10 barns · 2,094 hd

136.49

−12.42

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	—	784	141.27/cwt	140.00–145.00	1,108	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	673	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	666	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	466	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	764	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	549	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	752	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	650	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	787	1
Heifers	Small 1	—	631	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	644	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	755	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,019	1
Heifers	Small 1	—	550	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	550	1
Steers	Small 1	—	528	125.42/cwt	90.00–137.00	662	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	445	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	765	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	570	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	827	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	680	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	857	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	728	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,056	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	625	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	950	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	836	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,212	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	657	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	1,005	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	890	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,335	4
Steers	Small 1	—	670	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	905	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	385	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	678	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	610	140.34/cwt	139.00–141.00	856	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	558	156.64/cwt	135.00–163.00	874	19
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	571	140.86/cwt	110.00–145.50	804	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	483	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	758	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	731	120.31/cwt	105.00–124.00	879	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	325	174.23/cwt	167.00–176.00	566	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	411	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	719	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	515	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	762	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	504	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	776	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	333	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	586	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	490	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	642	1
Bulls	Small 1	—	610	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	647	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	745	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	857	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	644	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	857	9
Bulls	Small 1	—	555	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	699	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	615	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	812	1
Bulls	Small 1	—	480	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	648	4
Bulls	Small 1	—	439	135.52/cwt	116.00–145.00	595	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	465	115.50/cwt	115.50–115.50	537	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	416	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	707	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	342	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	400	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	555	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	611	5
Heifers	Small 1	—	445	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	525	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	642	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	815	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	460	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	598	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	550	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	743	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	600	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	762	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	650	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	826	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	370	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	389	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	328	111.55/cwt	105.00–118.00	366	2
Heifers	Small 1	—	360	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	421	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	445	129.50/cwt	129.50–129.50	576	15
Heifers	Small 1	—	524	110.23/cwt	105.00–113.00	578	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	715	99.93/cwt	95.00–105.00	714	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	367	105.97/cwt	100.00–109.00	389	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	539	128.58/cwt	128.00–131.00	693	15

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 Nov 2, 2022

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

Receipts 265Last week 186Year ago 128

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 66, Heifers 128, Bulls 71)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	784	140.00–145.00	141.27
7	—	466	164.00	164.00
2	—	728	145.00	145.00
1	—	625	152.00	152.00
5	—	836	145.00	145.00
7	—	657	153.00	153.00
4	—	890	150.00	150.00
2	—	385	176.00	176.00
19	—	558	135.00–163.00	156.64
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	755	135.00	135.00
2	—	445	172.00	172.00
1	—	570	145.00	145.00
1	—	680	126.00	126.00
3	—	610	139.00–141.00	140.34
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	528	90.00–137.00	125.42
1	—	670	135.00	135.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	673	99.00	99.00
5	—	465	115.50	115.50
5	—	555	110.00	110.00
2	—	370	105.00	105.00
2	—	328	105.00–118.00	111.55
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	549	137.00	137.00
1	—	650	121.00	121.00
1	—	745	115.00	115.00
11	—	642	127.00	127.00
12	—	460	130.00	130.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	631	102.00	102.00
1	—	550	100.00	100.00
2	—	445	118.00	118.00
2	—	360	117.00	117.00
5	—	524	105.00–113.00	110.23
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	342	117.00	117.00
1	—	600	127.00	127.00
10	—	650	127.00	127.00
15	—	445	129.50	129.50
2	—	715	95.00–105.00	99.93
3	—	367	100.00–109.00	105.97
15	—	539	128.00–131.00	128.58
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	571	110.00–145.50	140.86
9	—	483	157.00	157.00
5	—	731	105.00–124.00	120.31
5	—	325	167.00–176.00	174.23
4	—	411	175.00	175.00
1	—	515	148.00	148.00
9	—	644	133.00	133.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	504	154.00	154.00
2	—	333	176.00	176.00
1	—	490	131.00	131.00
1	—	615	132.00	132.00
4	—	416	170.00	170.00
2	—	550	135.00	135.00
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	610	106.00	106.00
1	—	555	126.00	126.00
4	—	480	135.00	135.00
3	—	439	116.00–145.00	135.52

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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