Name: Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2023-03-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-03-01

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 26, Heifers 84, Bulls 65)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $163.77/cwt on 84 head.

Average price

$163.77

84 head · 505 lb average

Value per head Derived

$828

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$222

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3

$24.64/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−8.32

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	548	166.84	914	44
Medium and Large 2	456	165.53	754	31
Small 1	330	147.00	485	1thin
Medium and Large 3	487	142.20	692	8thin

One grade step is worth $24.64/cwt here — about $222 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 sale84 hd

163.77

—

VA average6 barns · 1,135 hd

172.09

−8.32

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

40 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	—	555	202.00/cwt	202.00–202.00	1,121	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	613	197.00/cwt	197.00–197.00	1,208	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	483	198.00/cwt	198.00–198.00	956	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	431	203.50/cwt	203.50–203.50	877	7
Bulls	Small 1	—	755	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	1,110	2
Bulls	Small 1	—	480	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	826	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	478	197.50/cwt	197.50–197.50	944	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	697	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,359	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	634	204.00/cwt	204.00–204.00	1,293	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	535	209.25/cwt	209.25–209.25	1,119	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	455	196.00/cwt	196.00–196.00	892	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	740	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	1,339	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	440	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	568	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	545	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	894	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	835	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	1,470	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	628	199.00/cwt	199.00–199.00	1,250	3
Heifers	Small 1	—	330	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	485	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	355	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	635	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	627	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	997	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	568	146.39/cwt	121.00–155.00	831	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	385	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	720	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	535	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	1,113	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	348	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	623	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	370	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	544	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	355	192.00/cwt	192.00–192.00	682	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	515	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	953	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	685	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	1,062	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	548	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	910	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	586	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	973	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	471	165.54/cwt	164.00–166.00	780	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	343	207.50/cwt	207.50–207.50	712	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	479	191.14/cwt	155.00–200.50	916	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	628	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	860	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	438	158.62/cwt	128.00–165.00	695	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	419	205.50/cwt	205.50–205.50	861	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	670	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	1,085	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	830	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,121	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	340	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	697	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	618	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	1,180	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	705	169.14/cwt	167.00–169.50	1,192	7

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 Mar 1, 2023

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

Receipts 175Last week 252Year ago 251

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 26, Heifers 84, Bulls 65)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	555	202.00	202.00
3	—	613	197.00	197.00
6	—	483	198.00	198.00
7	—	431	203.50	203.50
1	—	355	192.00	192.00
1	—	515	185.00	185.00
1	—	670	162.00	162.00
1	—	830	135.00	135.00
3	—	340	205.00	205.00
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	755	147.00	147.00
3	—	480	172.00	172.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	343	207.50	207.50
7	—	479	155.00–200.50	191.14
17	—	419	205.50	205.50
4	—	618	191.00	191.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	478	197.50	197.50
3	—	697	195.00	195.00
4	—	634	204.00	204.00
6	—	535	209.25	209.25
2	—	835	176.00	176.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	455	196.00	196.00
1	—	740	181.00	181.00
3	—	628	199.00	199.00
1	—	535	208.00	208.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	385	187.00	187.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	440	129.00	129.00
4	—	568	121.00–155.00	146.39
2	—	370	147.00	147.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	545	164.00	164.00
10	—	348	179.00	179.00
2	—	628	137.00	137.00
9	—	438	128.00–165.00	158.62
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	330	147.00	147.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	355	179.00	179.00
9	—	627	159.00	159.00
2	—	685	155.00	155.00
5	—	548	166.00	166.00
4	—	586	166.00	166.00
9	—	471	164.00–166.00	165.54
7	—	705	167.00–169.50	169.14

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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