Name: Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2023-05-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-05-10

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 25, Heifers 71, Bulls 30)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $178.29/cwt on 71 head.

Average price

$178.29

71 head · 481 lb average

Value per head Derived

$857

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$129

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 1

$16.40/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−17.27

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	512	181.40	929	28
Medium and Large 2	467	179.10	837	34
Medium and Large 3	426	165.65	705	8thin
Small 1	485	165.00	800	1thin

One grade step is worth $16.40/cwt here — about $129 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 sale71 hd

178.29

—

VA average9 barns · 1,852 hd

195.57

−17.27

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

31 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	—	400	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	904	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	640	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	1,158	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	735	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	1,205	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	663	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	1,220	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	494	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	1,018	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	548	198.00/cwt	198.00–198.00	1,085	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	529	215.18/cwt	205.00–220.00	1,138	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	467	181.61/cwt	181.00–182.00	848	15
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	315	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	750	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	438	219.50/cwt	219.50–219.50	961	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	645	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	1,361	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	450	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	986	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	624	209.00/cwt	209.00–209.00	1,304	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	455	167.05/cwt	155.00–171.00	760	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	333	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	793	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	454	182.50/cwt	182.50–182.50	829	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	360	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	608	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	625	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	1,075	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	352	185.50/cwt	185.50–185.50	653	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	506	203.19/cwt	196.00–204.50	1,028	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	631	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,010	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	715	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	1,058	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	390	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	683	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	505	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	758	1
Heifers	Small 1	—	485	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	800	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	553	187.56/cwt	180.00–188.50	1,037	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	549	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	961	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	630	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,134	1
Bulls	Small 1	—	555	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,027	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	328	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	748	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	438	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	968	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 May 10, 2023

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

Receipts 126Last week 163Year ago 140

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 25, Heifers 71, Bulls 30)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	400	226.00	226.00
1	—	640	181.00	181.00
1	—	735	164.00	164.00
2	—	663	184.00	184.00
5	—	494	206.00	206.00
6	—	548	198.00	198.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	506	196.00–204.50	203.19
1	—	630	180.00	180.00
3	—	328	228.00	228.00
2	—	438	221.00	221.00
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	555	185.00	185.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	529	205.00–220.00	215.18
4	—	645	211.00	211.00
2	—	450	219.00	219.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	315	238.00	238.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	438	219.50	219.50
7	—	624	209.00	209.00
5	—	333	238.00	238.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	467	181.00–182.00	181.61
2	—	625	172.00	172.00
1	—	715	148.00	148.00
1	—	390	175.00	175.00
9	—	553	180.00–188.50	187.56
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	455	155.00–171.00	167.05
3	—	360	169.00	169.00
1	—	505	150.00	150.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	454	182.50	182.50
9	—	352	185.50	185.50
4	—	631	160.00	160.00
7	—	549	175.00	175.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	485	165.00	165.00

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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