Name: Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2023-02-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-02-15

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 41, Heifers 79, Bulls 46)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $150.73/cwt on 78 head.

Average price

$150.73

78 head · 534 lb average

Value per head Derived

$804

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$161

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Small 1

$26.38/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−8.21

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	496	156.13	774	25
Medium and Large 1	593	149.88	888	40
Medium and Large 3	404	148.88	601	9thin
Small 1	473	129.75	613	4thin

One grade step is worth $26.38/cwt here — about $161 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 sale78 hd

150.73

—

VA average8 barns · 1,280 hd

158.94

−8.21

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

46 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	—	330	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	264	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	495	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	945	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	745	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	1,147	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	557	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,003	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	423	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	846	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	617	179.22/cwt	173.00–180.00	1,106	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	616	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	1,164	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	562	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,068	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	473	197.85/cwt	193.00–201.00	936	5
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	365	188.00/cwt	188.00–188.00	686	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	690	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	1,283	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	360	194.00/cwt	194.00–194.00	698	2
Heifers	Small 1	—	475	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	603	2
Heifers	Small 1	—	345	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	500	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	524	193.79/cwt	188.00–196.00	1,015	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	445	194.00/cwt	194.00–194.00	863	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	310	193.00/cwt	193.00–193.00	598	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	975	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	1,394	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	615	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	824	1
Heifers	Small 1	—	595	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	714	1
Steers	Small 1	—	445	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	828	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	573	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	1,054	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	352	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	612	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	544	159.50/cwt	159.50–159.50	868	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	365	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	402	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	524	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	838	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	565	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	723	1
Steers	Small 1	—	511	184.80/cwt	172.00–189.00	944	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	515	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	706	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	561	154.52/cwt	138.00–160.00	867	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	620	179.25/cwt	179.00–180.00	1,111	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	442	198.00/cwt	198.00–198.00	875	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	435	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	618	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	450	150.50/cwt	150.50–150.50	677	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	385	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	497	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	344	164.32/cwt	155.00–169.00	565	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	490	194.00/cwt	194.00–194.00	951	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	338	196.00/cwt	196.00–196.00	662	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	735	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	882	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	431	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	647	4
Bulls	Small 1	—	490	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	637	1
Bulls	Small 1	—	353	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	667	2
Bulls	Small 1	—	325	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	540	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	578	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	1,023	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	673	156.41/cwt	131.00–165.00	1,053	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	633	145.72/cwt	136.00–148.00	922	20

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 15, 2023

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

Receipts 166Last week 175Year ago 142

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 41, Heifers 79, 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	—	330	80.00	80.00
1	—	495	191.00	191.00
2	—	745	154.00	154.00
3	—	557	180.00	180.00
5	—	423	200.00	200.00
9	—	617	173.00–180.00	179.22
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	620	179.00–180.00	179.25
3	—	442	198.00	198.00
4	—	490	194.00	194.00
5	—	338	196.00	196.00
2	—	578	177.00	177.00
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	490	130.00	130.00
2	—	353	189.00	189.00
1	—	325	166.00	166.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	616	189.00	189.00
6	—	562	190.00	190.00
2	—	690	186.00	186.00
4	—	445	194.00	194.00
1	—	310	193.00	193.00
1	—	975	143.00	143.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	473	193.00–201.00	197.85
2	—	360	194.00	194.00
7	—	524	188.00–196.00	193.79
2	—	573	184.00	184.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	365	188.00	188.00
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	445	186.00	186.00
4	—	511	172.00–189.00	184.80
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	475	127.00	127.00
1	—	345	145.00	145.00
1	—	595	120.00	120.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	615	134.00	134.00
5	—	352	174.00	174.00
4	—	524	160.00	160.00
8	—	561	138.00–160.00	154.52
6	—	450	150.50	150.50
1	—	735	120.00	120.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	544	159.50	159.50
1	—	565	128.00	128.00
2	—	435	142.00	142.00
1	—	385	129.00	129.00
4	—	673	131.00–165.00	156.41
20	—	633	136.00–148.00	145.72
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	365	110.00	110.00
1	—	515	137.00	137.00
3	—	344	155.00–169.00	164.32
4	—	431	150.00	150.00

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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