Name: Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2023-03-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-03-22

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 39, Heifers 100, Bulls 98)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $171.65/cwt on 99 head.

Average price

$171.65

99 head · 527 lb average

Value per head Derived

$905

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$161

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

$5.25/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−10.77

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 3	463	175.44	812	18thin
Small 1	395	173.00	683	1thin
Medium and Large 2	503	171.61	863	33
Medium and Large 1	572	170.19	973	47

One grade step is worth $5.25/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 sale99 hd

171.65

—

VA average12 barns · 2,049 hd

182.42

−10.77

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

45 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	—	355	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	710	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	770	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	1,194	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	631	181.50/cwt	181.50–181.50	1,145	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	410	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	894	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	554	193.00/cwt	193.00–193.00	1,069	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	489	196.23/cwt	167.00–202.50	960	17
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	495	204.00/cwt	204.00–204.00	1,010	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	360	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	781	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	618	213.00/cwt	213.00–213.00	1,316	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	625	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	938	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	449	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	804	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	510	204.00/cwt	204.00–204.00	1,040	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	700	194.00/cwt	194.00–194.00	1,358	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	647	194.00/cwt	194.00–194.00	1,255	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	547	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,067	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	633	162.37/cwt	162.00–163.00	1,028	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	718	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	1,156	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	528	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	898	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	786	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,454	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	672	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	1,351	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	715	193.50/cwt	193.50–193.50	1,384	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	360	198.00/cwt	198.00–198.00	713	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	382	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	745	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	893	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	1,286	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	640	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,312	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	390	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	659	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	418	215.00/cwt	206.00–220.00	899	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	408	223.50/cwt	223.50–223.50	912	6
Bulls	Small 1	—	490	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	892	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	460	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	768	1
Heifers	Small 1	—	395	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	683	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	444	177.50/cwt	177.50–177.50	788	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	485	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	800	1
Bulls	Small 1	—	580	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,044	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	733	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	1,136	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	623	182.57/cwt	181.00–183.50	1,137	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	634	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	869	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	444	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	799	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	485	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	834	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	490	200.89/cwt	180.00–205.00	984	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	565	207.56/cwt	192.00–211.50	1,173	20
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	347	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	753	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	547	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	952	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	343	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	655	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	567	170.78/cwt	166.00–172.50	968	22

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 22, 2023

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

Receipts 237Last week 150Year ago 209

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 39, Heifers 100, Bulls 98)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	355	200.00	200.00
4	—	770	155.00	155.00
5	—	631	181.50	181.50
6	—	410	218.00	218.00
7	—	554	193.00	193.00
17	—	489	167.00–202.50	196.23
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	408	223.50	223.50
2	—	733	155.00	155.00
8	—	623	181.00–183.50	182.57
12	—	490	180.00–205.00	200.89
20	—	565	192.00–211.50	207.56
5	—	347	217.00	217.00
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	490	182.00	182.00
1	—	580	180.00	180.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	495	204.00	204.00
2	—	360	217.00	217.00
2	—	510	204.00	204.00
2	—	640	205.00	205.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	618	213.00	213.00
5	—	786	185.00	185.00
3	—	672	201.00	201.00
3	—	715	193.50	193.50
6	—	418	206.00–220.00	215.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	700	194.00	194.00
3	—	647	194.00	194.00
5	—	547	195.00	195.00
1	—	390	169.00	169.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	625	150.00	150.00
5	—	528	170.00	170.00
8	—	444	177.50	177.50
1	—	485	165.00	165.00
3	—	343	191.00	191.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	449	179.00	179.00
8	—	633	162.00–163.00	162.37
2	—	718	161.00	161.00
3	—	382	195.00	195.00
3	—	893	144.00	144.00
1	—	485	172.00	172.00
22	—	567	166.00–172.50	170.78
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	360	198.00	198.00
1	—	460	167.00	167.00
6	—	634	137.00	137.00
13	—	444	180.00	180.00
10	—	547	174.00	174.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	395	173.00	173.00

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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