Name: Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2022-11-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-11-30

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 7, Heifers 75, Bulls 58)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $126.55/cwt on 75 head.

Average price

$126.55

75 head · 487 lb average

Value per head Derived

$616

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$122

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 1

$26.27/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−13.23

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	491	131.67	647	27
Medium and Large 2	504	126.93	640	32
Medium and Large 3	417	122.45	511	11thin
Small 1	498	105.40	525	5thin

One grade step is worth $26.27/cwt here — about $122 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 sale75 hd

126.55

—

VA average6 barns · 1,177 hd

139.78

−13.23

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

34 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	405	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	672	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	487	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	789	6
Bulls	Small 1	—	338	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	531	2
Bulls	Small 1	—	635	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	572	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	355	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	575	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	636	138.50/cwt	138.50–138.50	881	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	540	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	880	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	580	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	870	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	521	130.94/cwt	128.00–134.00	682	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	357	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	464	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	359	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	467	6
Steers	Small 1	—	445	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	690	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	338	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	436	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	540	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	599	2
Steers	Small 1	—	510	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	699	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	490	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	882	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	458	130.35/cwt	126.00–131.00	597	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	536	128.09/cwt	127.00–129.00	687	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	533	149.01/cwt	145.50–156.50	794	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	705	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	846	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	448	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	627	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	730	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	781	1
Heifers	Small 1	—	532	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	580	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	455	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	546	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	414	175.50/cwt	175.50–175.50	727	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	561	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	819	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	415	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	415	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	622	125.59/cwt	125.00–127.00	781	7
Bulls	Small 1	—	500	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	550	1
Bulls	Small 1	—	560	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	722	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	625	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	838	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	331	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	533	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	623	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	785	2
Heifers	Small 1	—	448	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	448	2

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 30, 2022

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

Receipts 140Last week 214Year ago 217

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 7, Heifers 75, Bulls 58)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	405	166.00	166.00
6	—	487	162.00	162.00
1	—	355	162.00	162.00
7	—	636	138.50	138.50
8	—	561	146.00	146.00
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	338	157.00	157.00
2	—	635	90.00	90.00
1	—	500	110.00	110.00
1	—	560	129.00	129.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	533	145.50–156.50	149.01
11	—	414	175.50	175.50
3	—	625	134.00	134.00
5	—	331	161.00	161.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	540	163.00	163.00
1	—	490	180.00	180.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	580	150.00	150.00
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	445	155.00	155.00
1	—	510	137.00	137.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	521	128.00–134.00	130.94
5	—	357	130.00	130.00
1	—	705	120.00	120.00
5	—	448	140.00	140.00
2	—	623	126.00	126.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	359	130.00	130.00
8	—	458	126.00–131.00	130.35
9	—	536	127.00–129.00	128.09
1	—	730	107.00	107.00
1	—	415	100.00	100.00
7	—	622	125.00–127.00	125.59
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	338	129.00	129.00
2	—	540	111.00	111.00
4	—	455	120.00	120.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	532	109.00	109.00
2	—	448	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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