Name: Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2023-01-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-01-18

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 42, Heifers 85, Bulls 46)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $140.27/cwt on 85 head.

Average price

$140.27

85 head · 545 lb average

Value per head Derived

$764

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$269

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 1

$17.60/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−10.20

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	596	142.60	850	42
Medium and Large 2	502	140.36	704	34
Medium and Large 3	470	129.50	608	8thin
Small 1	465	125.00	581	1thin

One grade step is worth $17.60/cwt here — about $269 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 sale85 hd

140.27

—

VA average10 barns · 1,655 hd

150.47

−10.20

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

50 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	—	545	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	828	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	360	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	652	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	427	177.50/cwt	177.50–177.50	758	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	488	169.50/cwt	169.50–169.50	827	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	565	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	932	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	739	126.70/cwt	124.00–128.00	936	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	395	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	573	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	665	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,097	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	561	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	1,015	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	460	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	759	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	385	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	697	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	470	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	672	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	445	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	783	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	575	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	914	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	355	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	579	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	743	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	973	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	632	170.41/cwt	157.00–177.00	1,077	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	750	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	1,163	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	730	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	1,175	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	501	150.25/cwt	141.00–155.00	753	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	570	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	787	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	633	137.85/cwt	131.00–140.00	873	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	533	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	997	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	623	171.29/cwt	169.00–174.00	1,067	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	606	143.78/cwt	134.00–147.00	871	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	411	180.50/cwt	180.50–180.50	742	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	745	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	924	1
Bulls	Small 1	—	488	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	752	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	486	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	855	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	840	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	924	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	325	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	504	1
Bulls	Small 1	—	430	159.83/cwt	145.00–175.00	687	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	641	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	929	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	343	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	497	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	582	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	733	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	580	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	905	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	673	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	935	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	455	144.23/cwt	134.00–146.00	656	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	562	139.46/cwt	132.00–140.50	784	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	535	140.23/cwt	140.00–141.00	750	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	464	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	650	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	364	161.75/cwt	125.00–181.00	589	3
Bulls	Small 1	—	680	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	700	1
Heifers	Small 1	—	465	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	581	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	673	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	942	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	475	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	850	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	758	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	1,122	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	380	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	555	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	435	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	479	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	661	143.99/cwt	140.00–146.00	952	12

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 18, 2023

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

Receipts 173Last week 225Year ago 74

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 42, Heifers 85, Bulls 46)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	545	152.00	152.00
2	—	360	181.00	181.00
3	—	427	177.50	177.50
3	—	488	169.50	169.50
3	—	565	165.00	165.00
3	—	739	124.00–128.00	126.70
4	—	641	145.00	145.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	411	180.50	180.50
1	—	745	124.00	124.00
5	—	486	176.00	176.00
1	—	840	110.00	110.00
1	—	325	155.00	155.00
1	—	580	156.00	156.00
4	—	673	139.00	139.00
3	—	364	125.00–181.00	161.75
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	488	154.00	154.00
2	—	430	145.00–175.00	159.83
1	—	680	103.00	103.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	395	145.00	145.00
1	—	470	143.00	143.00
1	—	445	176.00	176.00
4	—	575	159.00	159.00
6	—	533	187.00	187.00
4	—	623	169.00–174.00	171.29
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	665	165.00	165.00
4	—	561	181.00	181.00
1	—	385	181.00	181.00
9	—	632	157.00–177.00	170.41
2	—	750	155.00	155.00
1	—	730	161.00	161.00
4	—	501	141.00–155.00	150.25
1	—	475	179.00	179.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	460	165.00	165.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	355	163.00	163.00
3	—	743	131.00	131.00
4	—	606	134.00–147.00	143.78
7	—	455	134.00–146.00	144.23
8	—	562	132.00–140.50	139.46
4	—	535	140.00–141.00	140.23
3	—	758	148.00	148.00
12	—	661	140.00–146.00	143.99
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	570	138.00	138.00
4	—	633	131.00–140.00	137.85
9	—	343	145.00	145.00
7	—	464	140.00	140.00
2	—	673	140.00	140.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	582	126.00	126.00
3	—	380	146.00	146.00
2	—	435	110.00	110.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	465	125.00	125.00

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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