Name: Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2023-05-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-05-17

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 52, Heifers 53, Bulls 31)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $175.97/cwt on 53 head.

Average price

$175.97

53 head · 521 lb average

Value per head Derived

$917

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$128

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Small 1

$25.06/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−16.33

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	500	179.40	897	23
Medium and Large 3	513	175.50	900	8thin
Medium and Large 1	554	175.44	972	19thin
Small 1	498	154.33	769	3thin

One grade step is worth $25.06/cwt here — about $128 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 sale53 hd

175.97

—

VA average10 barns · 1,654 hd

192.30

−16.33

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

42 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	—	527	191.16/cwt	177.00–200.00	1,007	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	553	196.50/cwt	196.50–196.50	1,087	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	633	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,203	6
Bulls	Small 1	—	375	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	581	1
Bulls	Small 1	—	485	196.00/cwt	196.00–196.00	951	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	365	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	788	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	355	207.00/cwt	207.00–207.00	735	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	555	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	999	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	790	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,580	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	483	203.33/cwt	182.00–224.00	982	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	538	224.53/cwt	162.00–236.00	1,208	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	670	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	1,554	10
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	305	202.00/cwt	202.00–202.00	616	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	715	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	1,487	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	659	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	1,542	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	633	231.35/cwt	230.00–233.00	1,464	11
Steers	Small 1	—	460	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	791	1
Steers	Small 1	—	625	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,125	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	632	171.32/cwt	158.00–174.50	1,083	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	558	181.68/cwt	166.00–183.50	1,014	10
Steers	Small 1	—	443	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	824	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	463	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	1,046	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	537	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,240	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	488	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	586	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	453	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	815	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	625	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	975	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	374	171.29/cwt	147.00–179.00	641	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	452	194.00/cwt	194.00–194.00	877	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	561	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	999	10
Heifers	Small 1	—	440	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	761	1
Heifers	Small 1	—	555	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	722	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	385	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	547	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	415	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	573	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	493	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	937	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	533	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	927	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	435	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	805	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	455	207.00/cwt	207.00–207.00	942	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	558	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,116	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	625	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,188	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	430	211.73/cwt	185.00–220.50	910	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	512	193.62/cwt	165.00–203.50	991	4
Heifers	Small 1	—	500	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	800	1

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 17, 2023

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

Receipts 136Last week 126Year ago 154

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 52, Heifers 53, Bulls 31)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	527	177.00–200.00	191.16
6	—	553	196.50	196.50
6	—	633	190.00	190.00
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	375	155.00	155.00
1	—	485	196.00	196.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	365	216.00	216.00
1	—	455	207.00	207.00
2	—	558	200.00	200.00
2	—	625	190.00	190.00
4	—	430	185.00–220.50	211.73
4	—	512	165.00–203.50	193.62
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	355	207.00	207.00
1	—	555	180.00	180.00
3	—	715	208.00	208.00
4	—	659	234.00	234.00
2	—	463	226.00	226.00
3	—	537	231.00	231.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	790	200.00	200.00
2	—	483	182.00–224.00	203.33
6	—	538	162.00–236.00	224.53
10	—	670	232.00	232.00
11	—	633	230.00–233.00	231.35
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	305	202.00	202.00
2	—	488	120.00	120.00
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	460	172.00	172.00
1	—	625	180.00	180.00
3	—	443	186.00	186.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	632	158.00–174.50	171.32
10	—	558	166.00–183.50	181.68
1	—	385	142.00	142.00
1	—	415	138.00	138.00
2	—	493	190.00	190.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	453	180.00	180.00
6	—	533	174.00	174.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	625	156.00	156.00
4	—	374	147.00–179.00	171.29
6	—	452	194.00	194.00
10	—	561	178.00	178.00
1	—	435	185.00	185.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	440	173.00	173.00
1	—	555	130.00	130.00
1	—	500	160.00	160.00

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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