Name: Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2022-12-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-12-14

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 29, Heifers 76, Bulls 63)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $115.00/cwt on 74 head.

Average price

$115.00

74 head · 511 lb average

Value per head Derived

$587

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$203

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 1

$34.99/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−26.55

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	564	126.33	712	21
Medium and Large 2	491	116.60	573	35
Medium and Large 3	451	102.33	461	12thin
Small 1	558	91.33	509	6thin

One grade step is worth $34.99/cwt here — about $203 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 sale74 hd

115.00

—

VA average8 barns · 1,646 hd

141.55

−26.55

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

49 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	—	730	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	876	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	537	152.98/cwt	149.00–165.00	822	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	860	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,075	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	865	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	865	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	330	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	485	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	400	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	580	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	505	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	747	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	770	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	909	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	650	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	1,008	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	390	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	612	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	585	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	854	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	457	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	768	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	750	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	1,073	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	680	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	680	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	520	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	796	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	359	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	424	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	660	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	851	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	469	124.50/cwt	124.50–124.50	584	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	428	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	736	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	436	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	414	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	438	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	661	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	605	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	666	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	537	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	639	16
Heifers	Small 1	—	525	92.00/cwt	92.00–92.00	483	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	379	101.33/cwt	100.00–102.00	384	3
Heifers	Small 1	—	623	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	561	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	363	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	421	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	450	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	545	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	545	123.78/cwt	122.00–124.00	675	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	605	120.98/cwt	118.00–124.00	732	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	518	89.00/cwt	89.00–89.00	461	2
Bulls	Small 1	—	545	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	790	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	438	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	464	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	615	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	830	4
Bulls	Small 1	—	475	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	603	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	553	145.50/cwt	145.50–145.50	805	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	540	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	826	1
Bulls	Small 1	—	730	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	694	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	624	133.97/cwt	130.00–135.00	836	5
Bulls	Small 1	—	418	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	589	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	568	143.50/cwt	143.50–143.50	815	7
Bulls	Small 1	—	655	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	747	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	472	159.42/cwt	157.00–160.00	752	5
Bulls	Small 1	—	345	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	449	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	488	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	786	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	422	159.99/cwt	141.00–164.00	675	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	628	131.63/cwt	125.00–135.00	827	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	650	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	832	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	327	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	484	3

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 Dec 14, 2022

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

Receipts 168Last week 164Year ago 166

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 29, Heifers 76, Bulls 63)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	730	120.00	120.00
1	—	865	100.00	100.00
1	—	330	147.00	147.00
1	—	400	145.00	145.00
1	—	505	148.00	148.00
1	—	770	118.00	118.00
4	—	615	135.00	135.00
4	—	553	145.50	145.50
9	—	488	161.00	161.00
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	545	145.00	145.00
1	—	475	127.00	127.00
1	—	730	95.00	95.00
2	—	418	141.00	141.00
1	—	655	114.00	114.00
1	—	345	130.00	130.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	540	153.00	153.00
7	—	568	143.50	143.50
5	—	472	157.00–160.00	159.42
11	—	422	141.00–164.00	159.99
3	—	628	125.00–135.00	131.63
1	—	650	128.00	128.00
3	—	327	148.00	148.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	537	149.00–165.00	152.98
2	—	860	125.00	125.00
1	—	390	157.00	157.00
6	—	457	168.00	168.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	650	155.00	155.00
1	—	750	143.00	143.00
2	—	520	153.00	153.00
3	—	428	172.00	172.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	585	146.00	146.00
3	—	438	151.00	151.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	680	100.00	100.00
6	—	359	118.00	118.00
6	—	469	124.50	124.50
4	—	436	95.00	95.00
16	—	537	119.00	119.00
2	—	605	118.00–124.00	120.98
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	660	129.00	129.00
2	—	363	116.00	116.00
1	—	450	121.00	121.00
9	—	545	122.00–124.00	123.78
5	—	624	130.00–135.00	133.97
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	605	110.00	110.00
3	—	379	100.00–102.00	101.33
2	—	518	89.00	89.00
6	—	438	106.00	106.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	525	92.00	92.00
2	—	623	90.00	90.00

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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