Name: Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2023-01-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-01-04

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 30, Heifers 41, Bulls 26)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $132.38/cwt on 40 head.

Average price

$132.38

40 head · 551 lb average

Value per head Derived

$729

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$102

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Small 1

$25.08/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−7.23

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	532	138.74	739	19thin
Medium and Large 1	591	132.54	784	13thin
Medium and Large 3	433	127.00	549	2thin
Small 1	560	113.67	637	6thin

One grade step is worth $25.08/cwt here — about $102 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 sale40 hd

132.38

—

VA average5 barns · 472 hd

139.61

−7.23

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

32 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	Small 1	—	425	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	531	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	360	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	580	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	735	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	926	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	648	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	875	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	483	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	797	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	630	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	819	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	567	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	987	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	458	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	811	2
Heifers	Small 1	—	683	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	902	2
Heifers	Small 1	—	410	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	492	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	610	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	1,061	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	395	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	687	1
Heifers	Small 1	—	558	89.00/cwt	89.00–89.00	497	2
Steers	Small 1	—	375	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	488	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	651	137.00/cwt	133.00–141.00	892	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	455	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	651	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	733	155.50/cwt	155.00–156.00	1,140	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	685	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,130	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	640	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	851	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	552	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	784	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	755	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	929	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	422	163.87/cwt	150.00–171.00	692	3
Heifers	Small 1	—	470	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	564	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	380	123.07/cwt	108.00–137.00	468	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	430	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	593	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	557	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	691	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	482	154.47/cwt	143.00–160.00	745	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	380	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	445	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	385	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	501	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	480	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	595	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	548	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	838	2
Bulls	Small 1	—	685	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	849	1

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 Jan 4, 2023

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

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State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 30, Heifers 41, Bulls 26)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	425	125.00	125.00
1	—	685	124.00	124.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	360	161.00	161.00
2	—	735	126.00	126.00
6	—	648	135.00	135.00
2	—	483	165.00	165.00
2	—	548	153.00	153.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	630	130.00	130.00
2	—	755	123.00	123.00
3	—	422	150.00–171.00	163.87
3	—	482	143.00–160.00	154.47
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	567	174.00	174.00
2	—	458	177.00	177.00
1	—	610	174.00	174.00
1	—	395	174.00	174.00
8	—	733	155.00–156.00	155.50
11	—	685	165.00	165.00
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	375	130.00	130.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	683	132.00	132.00
1	—	410	120.00	120.00
2	—	558	89.00	89.00
1	—	470	120.00	120.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	651	133.00–141.00	137.00
1	—	430	138.00	138.00
3	—	557	124.00	124.00
1	—	380	117.00	117.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	455	143.00	143.00
3	—	640	133.00	133.00
11	—	552	142.00	142.00
2	—	380	108.00–137.00	123.07
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	385	130.00	130.00
1	—	480	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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