Name: Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2023-02-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-02-08

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 29, Heifers 71, Bulls 75)

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb bulls averaged $166.39/cwt on 73 head.

Average price

$166.39

73 head · 522 lb average

Value per head Derived

$869

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$167

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Small 1

$44.90/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−9.47

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	495	173.86	861	36
Medium and Large 1	552	171.88	950	26
Small 1	539	128.97	695	11thin

One grade step is worth $44.90/cwt here — about $167 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 sale73 hd

166.39

—

VA average9 barns · 708 hd

175.87

−9.47

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
Heifers	Small 1	—	363	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	461	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	431	149.50/cwt	149.50–149.50	644	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	438	148.50/cwt	148.50–148.50	650	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	615	174.43/cwt	170.00–179.00	1,073	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	478	142.68/cwt	142.00–144.00	682	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	558	188.00/cwt	188.00–188.00	1,049	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	471	196.00/cwt	196.00–196.00	923	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	518	183.00/cwt	183.00–183.00	948	2
Steers	Small 1	—	550	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	754	1
Steers	Small 1	—	635	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	921	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	630	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	907	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	430	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	748	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	390	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	729	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	725	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	1,254	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	450	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	855	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	815	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,345	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	405	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	733	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	521	184.50/cwt	184.50–184.50	961	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	501	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	927	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	657	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	1,077	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	565	163.50/cwt	163.50–163.50	924	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	421	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	804	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	750	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	953	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	340	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	649	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	353	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	537	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	520	151.79/cwt	140.00–157.00	789	10
Heifers	Small 1	—	405	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	486	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	468	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	608	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	362	153.50/cwt	153.50–153.50	556	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	575	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	805	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	375	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	518	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	745	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	946	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	529	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	682	3
Bulls	Small 1	—	420	109.21/cwt	90.00–147.00	459	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	490	153.50/cwt	153.50–153.50	752	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	529	145.50/cwt	145.50–145.50	770	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	728	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	925	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	423	179.01/cwt	157.00–189.00	757	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	635	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	927	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	354	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	690	6
Bulls	Small 1	—	568	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	755	2
Bulls	Small 1	—	370	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	629	1
Bulls	Small 1	—	520	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	686	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	810	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	972	1
Bulls	Small 1	—	785	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	997	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	556	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	873	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	481	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	909	7
Bulls	Small 1	—	618	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	816	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	633	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	1,032	4

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 Feb 8, 2023

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

Receipts 175Last week 39Year ago 128

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 29, Heifers 71, Bulls 75)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	363	127.00	127.00
1	—	405	120.00	120.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	431	149.50	149.50
6	—	630	144.00	144.00
3	—	353	152.00	152.00
4	—	490	153.50	153.50
5	—	529	145.50	145.50
2	—	728	127.00	127.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	438	148.50	148.50
3	—	478	142.00–144.00	142.68
10	—	520	140.00–157.00	151.79
6	—	362	153.50	153.50
1	—	575	140.00	140.00
3	—	635	146.00	146.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	468	130.00	130.00
1	—	375	138.00	138.00
3	—	529	129.00	129.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	615	170.00–179.00	174.43
4	—	471	196.00	196.00
2	—	518	183.00	183.00
1	—	390	187.00	187.00
2	—	725	173.00	173.00
2	—	815	165.00	165.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	558	188.00	188.00
1	—	430	174.00	174.00
3	—	450	190.00	190.00
4	—	521	184.50	184.50
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	550	137.00	137.00
2	—	635	145.00	145.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	405	181.00	181.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	501	185.00	185.00
6	—	657	164.00	164.00
6	—	565	163.50	163.50
4	—	421	191.00	191.00
2	—	750	127.00	127.00
1	—	340	191.00	191.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	745	127.00	127.00
9	—	423	157.00–189.00	179.01
6	—	354	195.00	195.00
1	—	810	120.00	120.00
8	—	556	157.00	157.00
7	—	481	189.00	189.00
4	—	633	163.00	163.00
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	420	90.00–147.00	109.21
2	—	568	133.00	133.00
1	—	370	170.00	170.00
1	—	520	132.00	132.00
1	—	785	127.00	127.00
3	—	618	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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