Name: Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2023-01-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-01-25

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 9, Heifers 60, Bulls 42)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $135.88/cwt on 59 head.

Average price

$135.88

59 head · 478 lb average

Value per head Derived

$649

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$56

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Small 1

$15.29/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−15.80

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	433	138.29	598	26
Medium and Large 1	528	135.90	718	25
Medium and Large 3	428	131.00	561	5thin
Small 1	532	123.00	654	3thin

One grade step is worth $15.29/cwt here — about −$56 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 sale59 hd

135.88

—

VA average8 barns · 925 hd

151.68

−15.80

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

29 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	—	380	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	494	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	438	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	806	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	568	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	960	5
Bulls	Small 1	—	485	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	679	1
Bulls	Small 1	—	595	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	904	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	654	149.50/cwt	149.50–149.50	978	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	455	193.00/cwt	193.00–193.00	878	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	510	188.00/cwt	188.00–188.00	959	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	890	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	1,308	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	550	188.00/cwt	188.00–188.00	1,034	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	428	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	561	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	541	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	774	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	656	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	899	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	449	138.50/cwt	138.50–138.50	622	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	368	138.50/cwt	138.50–138.50	510	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	526	137.50/cwt	137.50–137.50	723	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	452	193.00/cwt	193.00–193.00	872	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	368	133.50/cwt	133.50–133.50	491	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	340	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	425	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	710	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	930	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	485	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	601	1
Bulls	Small 1	—	415	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	581	1
Heifers	Small 1	—	620	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	651	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	409	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	765	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	495	176.50/cwt	176.50–176.50	874	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	563	162.50/cwt	162.50–162.50	915	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	486	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	855	7
Heifers	Small 1	—	488	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	644	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	460	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	621	9

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 25, 2023

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

Receipts 111Last week 173Year ago 107

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 9, Heifers 60, Bulls 42)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	380	130.00	130.00
3	—	438	184.00	184.00
5	—	568	169.00	169.00
6	—	654	149.50	149.50
7	—	495	176.50	176.50
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	485	140.00	140.00
1	—	595	152.00	152.00
1	—	415	140.00	140.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	409	187.00	187.00
3	—	563	162.50	162.50
7	—	486	176.00	176.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	455	193.00	193.00
1	—	510	188.00	188.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	890	147.00	147.00
3	—	550	188.00	188.00
3	—	452	193.00	193.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	428	131.00	131.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	541	143.00	143.00
9	—	449	138.50	138.50
10	—	368	138.50	138.50
1	—	340	125.00	125.00
1	—	485	124.00	124.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	656	137.00	137.00
7	—	526	137.50	137.50
2	—	368	133.50	133.50
1	—	710	131.00	131.00
9	—	460	135.00	135.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	620	105.00	105.00
2	—	488	132.00	132.00

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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