Name: Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2023-04-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-04-19

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 14, Heifers 56, Bulls 43)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $174.41/cwt on 56 head.

Average price

$174.41

56 head · 535 lb average

Value per head Derived

$934

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$99

per head · Medium and Large 3 over Small 1

$53.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−16.27

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 3	465	189.50	881	8thin
Medium and Large 2	503	180.59	908	30
Medium and Large 1	634	163.36	1,036	14thin
Small 1	573	136.50	782	4thin

One grade step is worth $53.00/cwt here — about $99 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 sale56 hd

174.41

—

VA average13 barns · 2,886 hd

190.68

−16.27

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

35 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	—	393	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	920	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	603	192.00/cwt	192.00–192.00	1,158	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	493	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,134	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	567	223.00/cwt	223.00–223.00	1,264	6
Bulls	Small 1	—	340	217.50/cwt	217.50–217.50	740	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	353	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	833	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	953	156.50/cwt	156.50–156.50	1,491	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	647	217.68/cwt	207.00–223.00	1,408	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	543	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	1,271	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	555	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,326	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	625	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	919	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	730	152.50/cwt	152.50–152.50	1,113	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	565	173.50/cwt	173.50–173.50	980	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	653	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	1,430	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	495	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,188	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	372	206.41/cwt	185.00–212.00	768	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	735	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	1,374	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	445	195.50/cwt	195.50–195.50	870	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	490	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	911	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	465	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	605	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	713	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	1,084	2
Heifers	Small 1	—	708	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	991	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	815	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,100	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	660	159.50/cwt	159.50–159.50	1,053	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	435	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	848	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	555	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	960	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	526	160.43/cwt	152.00–173.50	844	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	406	232.13/cwt	198.00–240.00	942	8
Heifers	Small 1	—	410	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	554	1
Bulls	Small 1	—	440	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	748	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	533	218.88/cwt	209.00–228.00	1,167	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	566	220.88/cwt	213.00–222.50	1,250	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	478	227.10/cwt	204.00–230.00	1,086	9
Heifers	Small 1	—	465	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	609	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	586	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	1,014	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 Apr 19, 2023

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

Receipts 113Last week 161Year ago 165

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 14, Heifers 56, Bulls 43)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	393	234.00	234.00
2	—	603	192.00	192.00
3	—	493	230.00	230.00
6	—	567	223.00	223.00
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	340	217.50	217.50
1	—	440	170.00	170.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	353	236.00	236.00
8	—	406	198.00–240.00	232.13
3	—	533	209.00–228.00	218.88
6	—	566	213.00–222.50	220.88
9	—	478	204.00–230.00	227.10
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	953	156.50	156.50
3	—	543	234.00	234.00
2	—	653	219.00	219.00
1	—	495	240.00	240.00
1	—	735	187.00	187.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	647	207.00–223.00	217.68
1	—	555	239.00	239.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	625	147.00	147.00
2	—	730	152.50	152.50
1	—	490	186.00	186.00
6	—	660	159.50	159.50
4	—	586	173.00	173.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	565	173.50	173.50
5	—	372	185.00–212.00	206.41
12	—	445	195.50	195.50
1	—	465	130.00	130.00
2	—	713	152.00	152.00
2	—	815	135.00	135.00
4	—	526	152.00–173.50	160.43
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	708	140.00	140.00
1	—	410	135.00	135.00
1	—	465	131.00	131.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	435	195.00	195.00
2	—	555	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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