Name: Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2023-04-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-04-12

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 38, Heifers 87, Bulls 36)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $182.65/cwt on 87 head.

Average price

$182.65

87 head · 486 lb average

Value per head Derived

$888

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$34

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Small 1

$40.63/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.61

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	460	189.09	869	38
Medium and Large 3	420	188.00	790	17thin
Medium and Large 1	549	173.74	953	30
Small 1	608	148.46	903	2thin

One grade step is worth $40.63/cwt here — about −$34 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 sale87 hd

182.65

—

VA average7 barns · 1,174 hd

185.27

−2.61

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

43 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	—	705	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	1,283	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	432	214.14/cwt	177.00–241.00	925	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	585	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,141	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	485	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,072	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	365	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	909	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	420	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	928	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	525	209.00/cwt	209.00–209.00	1,097	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	515	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,030	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	865	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	1,531	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	480	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,080	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	560	209.00/cwt	209.00–209.00	1,170	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	705	188.00/cwt	188.00–188.00	1,325	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	655	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,441	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	558	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	1,149	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	635	223.00/cwt	223.00–223.00	1,416	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	410	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	976	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	460	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	920	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	390	202.00/cwt	202.00–202.00	788	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	425	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	927	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	530	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	875	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	740	195.50/cwt	192.50–200.00	1,447	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	453	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	838	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	575	169.32/cwt	162.00–174.00	974	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	350	199.00/cwt	199.00–199.00	697	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	722	150.98/cwt	150.00–153.00	1,090	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	500	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	845	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	385	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	924	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	320	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	544	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	367	198.00/cwt	198.00–198.00	727	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	675	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	959	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	449	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	853	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	496	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,096	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	356	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	765	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	660	153.59/cwt	147.00–157.00	1,014	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	823	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	1,160	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	563	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	980	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	428	188.35/cwt	164.00–193.00	806	13
Heifers	Small 1	—	608	148.46/cwt	145.00–152.00	903	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	553	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	962	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	558	200.50/cwt	200.50–200.50	1,119	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	671	183.50/cwt	183.50–183.50	1,231	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	615	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	1,089	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	655	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,179	2

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 Apr 12, 2023

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

Receipts 161Last week 217Year ago 144

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 38, Heifers 87, Bulls 36)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	705	182.00	182.00
9	—	432	177.00–241.00	214.14
1	—	585	195.00	195.00
2	—	485	221.00	221.00
5	—	671	183.50	183.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	365	249.00	249.00
2	—	420	221.00	221.00
4	—	496	221.00	221.00
5	—	558	200.50	200.50
1	—	615	177.00	177.00
2	—	655	180.00	180.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	525	209.00	209.00
10	—	865	177.00	177.00
2	—	655	220.00	220.00
4	—	558	206.00	206.00
2	—	410	238.00	238.00
5	—	740	192.50–200.00	195.50
3	—	385	240.00	240.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	515	200.00	200.00
1	—	480	225.00	225.00
2	—	560	209.00	209.00
1	—	635	223.00	223.00
1	—	390	202.00	202.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	705	188.00	188.00
2	—	460	200.00	200.00
1	—	425	218.00	218.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	530	165.00	165.00
8	—	575	162.00–174.00	169.32
3	—	350	199.00	199.00
3	—	722	150.00–153.00	150.98
10	—	449	190.00	190.00
3	—	660	147.00–157.00	153.59
2	—	823	141.00	141.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	453	185.00	185.00
1	—	500	169.00	169.00
1	—	320	170.00	170.00
8	—	367	198.00	198.00
2	—	563	174.00	174.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	675	142.00	142.00
11	—	356	215.00	215.00
13	—	428	164.00–193.00	188.35
12	—	553	174.00	174.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	608	145.00–152.00	148.46

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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