Name: Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2022-11-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-11-09

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 50, Heifers 142, Bulls 89)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $123.60/cwt on 136 head.

Average price

$123.60

136 head · 521 lb average

Value per head Derived

$644

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$185

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 1

$25.40/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−12.68

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	561	128.80	722	64
Medium and Large 2	489	125.47	613	36
Medium and Large 3	458	118.95	544	21
Small 1	519	103.40	537	15thin

One grade step is worth $25.40/cwt here — about $185 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 sale136 hd

123.60

—

VA average10 barns · 2,026 hd

136.28

−12.68

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	—	547	149.33/cwt	142.00–151.50	817	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	531	126.76/cwt	125.50–131.00	673	13
Heifers	Small 1	—	619	97.00/cwt	97.00–97.00	600	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	535	126.84/cwt	122.00–135.50	679	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	367	129.50/cwt	129.50–129.50	475	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	586	132.00/cwt	110.00–139.50	774	11
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	680	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	850	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	717	127.51/cwt	126.50–128.50	914	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	448	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	699	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	818	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	1,129	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	658	151.77/cwt	150.00–153.50	999	8
Steers	Small 1	—	635	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	737	1
Steers	Small 1	—	550	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	633	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	390	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	507	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	760	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	1,087	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	638	147.43/cwt	130.00–154.00	941	8
Steers	Small 1	—	530	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	716	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	510	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	699	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	449	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	709	6
Steers	Small 1	—	395	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	494	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	615	152.46/cwt	151.00–154.00	938	2
Bulls	Small 1	—	595	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	714	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	358	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	591	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	420	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	655	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	828	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	994	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	515	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	587	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	860	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	946	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	350	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	571	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	649	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	844	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	515	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	644	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	555	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	733	3
Bulls	Small 1	—	655	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	622	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	414	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	638	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	643	137.40/cwt	133.00–139.00	883	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	488	143.50/cwt	143.50–143.50	700	8
Bulls	Small 1	—	430	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	430	1
Bulls	Small 1	—	498	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	523	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	635	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	610	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	750	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	930	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	497	134.50/cwt	134.50–134.50	668	3
Bulls	Small 1	—	365	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	438	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	568	138.66/cwt	136.00–140.00	788	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	486	145.50/cwt	145.50–145.50	707	10
Heifers	Small 1	—	551	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	529	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	738	128.48/cwt	126.00–131.00	948	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	620	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	744	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	462	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	573	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	428	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	535	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	358	125.50/cwt	125.50–125.50	449	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	434	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	538	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	623	130.82/cwt	125.00–140.50	815	15
Heifers	Small 1	—	390	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	503	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	537	110.64/cwt	107.00–112.00	594	7
Heifers	Small 1	—	475	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	475	1
Heifers	Small 1	—	448	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	493	5

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 9, 2022

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

Receipts 281Last week 265Year ago 215

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 50, Heifers 142, Bulls 89)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	547	142.00–151.50	149.33
2	—	818	138.00	138.00
8	—	658	150.00–153.50	151.77
6	—	449	158.00	158.00
2	—	615	151.00–154.00	152.46
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	680	125.00	125.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	448	156.00	156.00
1	—	760	143.00	143.00
8	—	638	130.00–154.00	147.43
1	—	510	137.00	137.00
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	635	116.00	116.00
1	—	550	115.00	115.00
1	—	530	135.00	135.00
1	—	395	125.00	125.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	531	125.50–131.00	126.76
6	—	367	129.50	129.50
4	—	620	120.00	120.00
13	—	462	124.00	124.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	619	97.00	97.00
4	—	551	96.00	96.00
1	—	390	129.00	129.00
1	—	475	100.00	100.00
5	—	448	110.00	110.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	535	122.00–135.50	126.84
11	—	586	110.00–139.50	132.00
4	—	717	126.50–128.50	127.51
1	—	390	130.00	130.00
3	—	497	134.50	134.50
7	—	434	124.00	124.00
15	—	623	125.00–140.50	130.82
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	635	96.00	96.00
8	—	428	125.00	125.00
5	—	358	125.50	125.50
7	—	537	107.00–112.00	110.64
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	595	120.00	120.00
1	—	655	95.00	95.00
1	—	430	100.00	100.00
2	—	498	105.00	105.00
1	—	365	120.00	120.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	358	165.00	165.00
3	—	420	156.00	156.00
2	—	828	120.00	120.00
2	—	515	114.00	114.00
1	—	860	110.00	110.00
15	—	643	133.00–139.00	137.40
6	—	568	136.00–140.00	138.66
10	—	486	145.50	145.50
6	—	738	126.00–131.00	128.48
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	350	163.00	163.00
4	—	649	130.00	130.00
1	—	515	125.00	125.00
3	—	555	132.00	132.00
8	—	414	154.00	154.00
8	—	488	143.50	143.50
1	—	750	124.00	124.00

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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