Name: Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2022-11-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-11-16

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 46, Heifers 115, Bulls 53)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $123.72/cwt on 114 head.

Average price

$123.72

114 head · 518 lb average

Value per head Derived

$640

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$156

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 1

$20.02/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−14.76

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	535	127.31	681	56
Medium and Large 2	503	124.45	626	42
Medium and Large 3	499	110.72	553	9thin
Small 1	490	107.29	525	7thin

One grade step is worth $20.02/cwt here — about $156 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 sale114 hd

123.72

—

VA average11 barns · 2,154 hd

138.48

−14.76

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

53 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 1	—	547	130.58/cwt	125.00–131.00	714	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	640	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	768	10
Heifers	Small 1	—	513	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	518	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	728	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	1,034	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	665	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	858	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	435	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	609	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	861	138.79/cwt	138.00–139.00	1,195	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	355	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	504	1
Steers	Small 1	—	543	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	733	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	446	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	731	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	705	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	811	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	540	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	745	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	710	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	1,008	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	632	148.48/cwt	145.00–151.00	938	7
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	640	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	768	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	505	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	677	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	469	156.46/cwt	150.00–159.00	734	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	663	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	1,001	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	531	150.84/cwt	145.00–152.50	801	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	665	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	938	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	648	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	881	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	320	156.55/cwt	140.00–165.00	501	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	525	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	767	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	725	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	943	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	650	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	813	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	425	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	689	1
Heifers	Small 1	—	452	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	475	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	465	125.79/cwt	125.00–126.00	585	14
Heifers	Small 1	—	655	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	747	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	510	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	520	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	345	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	355	1
Heifers	Small 1	—	390	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	468	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	575	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	753	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	615	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	701	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	635	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	730	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	405	107.50/cwt	107.50–107.50	435	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	356	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	463	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	465	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	553	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	735	92.00/cwt	92.00–92.00	676	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	513	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	723	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	320	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	394	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	454	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	572	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	300	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	360	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	365	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	475	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	538	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	667	10
Bulls	Small 1	—	385	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	385	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	553	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	686	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	341	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	580	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	564	140.50/cwt	140.50–140.50	792	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	628	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	816	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	560	141.50/cwt	141.50–141.50	792	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	411	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	695	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	489	149.50/cwt	149.50–149.50	731	4

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 16, 2022

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

Receipts 214Last week 281Year ago 217

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 46, Heifers 115, Bulls 53)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	547	125.00–131.00	130.58
10	—	640	120.00	120.00
1	—	705	115.00	115.00
2	—	575	131.00	131.00
11	—	454	126.00	126.00
1	—	300	120.00	120.00
3	—	365	130.00	130.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	513	101.00	101.00
3	—	452	105.00	105.00
1	—	655	114.00	114.00
1	—	390	120.00	120.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	665	129.00	129.00
14	—	465	125.00–126.00	125.79
1	—	345	103.00	103.00
4	—	635	115.00	115.00
6	—	356	130.00	130.00
10	—	538	124.00	124.00
4	—	553	124.00	124.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	510	102.00	102.00
2	—	615	114.00	114.00
1	—	405	107.50	107.50
1	—	465	119.00	119.00
1	—	735	92.00	92.00
2	—	320	123.00	123.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	728	142.00	142.00
5	—	861	138.00–139.00	138.79
1	—	355	142.00	142.00
7	—	632	145.00–151.00	148.48
7	—	469	150.00–159.00	156.46
3	—	663	151.00	151.00
9	—	531	145.00–152.50	150.84
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	435	140.00	140.00
1	—	640	120.00	120.00
1	—	505	134.00	134.00
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	543	135.00	135.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	446	164.00	164.00
1	—	540	138.00	138.00
1	—	710	142.00	142.00
1	—	665	141.00	141.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	648	136.00	136.00
3	—	320	140.00–165.00	156.55
2	—	525	146.00	146.00
1	—	725	130.00	130.00
1	—	650	125.00	125.00
1	—	425	162.00	162.00
8	—	564	140.50	140.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	513	141.00	141.00
7	—	341	170.00	170.00
3	—	628	130.00	130.00
5	—	560	141.50	141.50
7	—	411	169.00	169.00
4	—	489	149.50	149.50
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	385	100.00	100.00

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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