Name: Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2023-04-26
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-04-26

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 23, Heifers 94, Bulls 62)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $172.56/cwt on 94 head.

Average price

$172.56

94 head · 495 lb average

Value per head Derived

$854

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$17

per head · Medium and Large 3 over Small 1

$25.05/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−13.45

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 3	423	178.23	753	20
Medium and Large 2	479	176.04	843	36
Medium and Large 1	566	169.79	962	30
Small 1	481	153.18	737	8thin

One grade step is worth $25.05/cwt here — about $17 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 sale94 hd

172.56

—

VA average10 barns · 1,903 hd

186.01

−13.45

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

50 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	—	482	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	988	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	560	207.00/cwt	207.00–207.00	1,159	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	680	209.00/cwt	209.00–209.00	1,421	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	520	223.00/cwt	223.00–223.00	1,160	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	449	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,033	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	855	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	1,445	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	830	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,411	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	380	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	866	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	810	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	1,328	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	360	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	814	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	418	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	928	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	693	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	1,310	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	625	197.00/cwt	197.00–197.00	1,231	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	490	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	980	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	435	178.05/cwt	161.00–179.50	775	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	640	160.70/cwt	157.00–162.50	1,028	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	613	217.50/cwt	217.50–217.50	1,333	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	690	198.00/cwt	198.00–198.00	1,366	1
Heifers	Small 1	—	473	146.71/cwt	120.00–171.00	694	2
Heifers	Small 1	—	533	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	821	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	361	182.50/cwt	182.50–182.50	659	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	532	175.47/cwt	165.00–180.25	934	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	553	223.00/cwt	223.00–223.00	1,233	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	460	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,012	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	320	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	448	1
Bulls	Small 1	—	420	196.00/cwt	196.00–196.00	823	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	770	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	1,217	1
Bulls	Small 1	—	800	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	1,208	1
Bulls	Small 1	—	535	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	915	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	555	209.50/cwt	209.50–209.50	1,163	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	344	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	777	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	635	189.41/cwt	189.00–192.00	1,203	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	414	217.50/cwt	217.50–217.50	900	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	523	177.10/cwt	169.00–181.00	926	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	735	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	1,169	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	659	199.00/cwt	199.00–199.00	1,311	4
Bulls	Small 1	—	485	193.50/cwt	193.50–193.50	938	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	410	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	722	1
Bulls	Small 1	—	370	157.43/cwt	155.00–160.00	582	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	558	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,004	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	705	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,163	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	733	172.26/cwt	170.00–173.00	1,263	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	754	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	1,274	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	525	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	819	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	462	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	836	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	363	162.30/cwt	140.00–185.00	589	4
Heifers	Small 1	—	385	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	608	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	658	162.10/cwt	158.00–162.50	1,067	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	559	179.50/cwt	179.50–179.50	1,003	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	348	180.50/cwt	180.50–180.50	628	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 Apr 26, 2023

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

Receipts 179Last week 113Year ago 144

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 23, Heifers 94, Bulls 62)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	482	205.00	205.00
3	—	560	207.00	207.00
1	—	810	164.00	164.00
2	—	360	226.00	226.00
2	—	418	222.00	222.00
2	—	693	189.00	189.00
7	—	635	189.00–192.00	189.41
4	—	733	170.00–173.00	172.26
3	—	754	169.00	169.00
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	420	196.00	196.00
1	—	800	151.00	151.00
1	—	535	171.00	171.00
4	—	485	193.50	193.50
2	—	370	155.00–160.00	157.43
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	770	158.00	158.00
5	—	555	209.50	209.50
5	—	344	226.00	226.00
10	—	414	217.50	217.50
4	—	659	199.00	199.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	680	209.00	209.00
1	—	855	169.00	169.00
1	—	625	197.00	197.00
3	—	553	223.00	223.00
1	—	460	220.00	220.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	520	223.00	223.00
6	—	449	230.00	230.00
1	—	830	170.00	170.00
1	—	380	228.00	228.00
1	—	490	200.00	200.00
4	—	613	217.50	217.50
1	—	690	198.00	198.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	435	161.00–179.50	178.05
3	—	640	157.00–162.50	160.70
11	—	532	165.00–180.25	175.47
2	—	558	180.00	180.00
1	—	705	165.00	165.00
7	—	348	180.50	180.50
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	473	120.00–171.00	146.71
4	—	533	154.00	154.00
2	—	385	158.00	158.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	361	182.50	182.50
1	—	320	140.00	140.00
1	—	525	156.00	156.00
11	—	462	181.00	181.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	523	169.00–181.00	177.10
1	—	735	159.00	159.00
1	—	410	176.00	176.00
4	—	363	140.00–185.00	162.30
11	—	658	158.00–162.50	162.10
10	—	559	179.50	179.50

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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