Name: Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2023-05-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-05-24

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 59, Heifers 145, Bulls 45)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $189.23/cwt on 145 head.

Average price

$189.23

145 head · 519 lb average

Value per head Derived

$981

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$296

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Small 1

$49.62/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−16.02

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	503	196.61	989	78
Medium and Large 1	578	192.71	1,114	40
Medium and Large 3	479	175.34	840	15thin
Small 1	471	146.99	693	12thin

One grade step is worth $49.62/cwt here — about $296 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 sale145 hd

189.23

—

VA average8 barns · 1,401 hd

205.25

−16.02

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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	576	194.46/cwt	185.00–197.50	1,120	19
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	533	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,290	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	566	230.68/cwt	175.00–245.50	1,306	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	405	197.00/cwt	197.00–197.00	798	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	480	174.17/cwt	130.00–190.00	836	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	639	234.51/cwt	234.00–235.00	1,499	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	390	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	784	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	675	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,586	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	460	233.82/cwt	222.00–241.00	1,076	9
Heifers	Small 1	—	370	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	477	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	730	177.99/cwt	175.00–179.00	1,299	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	540	241.05/cwt	237.00–242.00	1,302	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	476	178.98/cwt	165.00–235.00	852	5
Steers	Small 1	—	418	170.42/cwt	160.00–180.00	712	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	745	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,490	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	435	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,022	3
Steers	Small 1	—	513	222.01/cwt	160.00–242.00	1,139	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	353	248.02/cwt	195.00–256.00	876	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	641	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	1,487	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	645	190.50/cwt	190.50–190.50	1,229	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	494	217.50/cwt	217.50–217.50	1,074	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	752	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	1,308	5
Bulls	Small 1	—	470	158.09/cwt	130.00–185.00	743	2
Bulls	Small 1	—	375	217.50/cwt	217.50–217.50	816	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	695	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	1,279	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	408	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	951	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	643	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	1,196	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	420	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	798	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	668	182.02/cwt	170.00–184.50	1,216	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	492	215.36/cwt	204.00–221.00	1,060	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	352	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	845	3
Heifers	Small 1	—	425	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	650	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	416	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	957	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	395	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	751	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	715	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,180	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	580	207.00/cwt	207.00–207.00	1,201	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	560	205.09/cwt	192.00–207.00	1,149	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	553	185.36/cwt	132.00–190.00	1,025	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	600	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	1,068	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	375	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	788	5
Heifers	Small 1	—	552	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	784	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	511	193.17/cwt	188.00–195.00	987	4
Heifers	Small 1	—	520	131.42/cwt	120.00–142.00	683	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	610	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	976	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	544	178.15/cwt	161.00–185.00	969	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	470	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	968	6
Heifers	Small 1	—	478	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	770	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	655	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	917	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	484	204.61/cwt	190.00–206.00	990	45
Heifers	Small 1	—	305	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	479	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 24, 2023

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

Receipts 249Last week 136Year ago 105

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 59, Heifers 145, Bulls 45)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	576	185.00–197.50	194.46
1	—	390	201.00	201.00
4	—	730	175.00–179.00	177.99
6	—	668	170.00–184.50	182.02
4	—	511	188.00–195.00	193.17
6	—	470	206.00	206.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	405	197.00	197.00
1	—	715	165.00	165.00
17	—	553	132.00–190.00	185.36
1	—	600	178.00	178.00
5	—	375	210.00	210.00
7	—	544	161.00–185.00	178.15
1	—	655	140.00	140.00
45	—	484	190.00–206.00	204.61
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	480	130.00–190.00	174.17
1	—	420	190.00	190.00
1	—	395	190.00	190.00
1	—	610	160.00	160.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	370	129.00	129.00
2	—	425	153.00	153.00
3	—	552	142.00	142.00
2	—	520	120.00–142.00	131.42
3	—	478	161.00	161.00
1	—	305	157.00	157.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	533	242.00	242.00
5	—	566	175.00–245.50	230.68
9	—	460	222.00–241.00	233.82
3	—	435	235.00	235.00
8	—	353	195.00–256.00	248.02
5	—	641	232.00	232.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	639	234.00–235.00	234.51
1	—	675	235.00	235.00
5	—	540	237.00–242.00	241.05
5	—	476	165.00–235.00	178.98
2	—	745	200.00	200.00
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	418	160.00–180.00	170.42
6	—	513	160.00–242.00	222.01
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	645	190.50	190.50
5	—	494	217.50	217.50
5	—	752	174.00	174.00
1	—	695	184.00	184.00
3	—	408	233.00	233.00
8	—	560	192.00–207.00	205.09
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	470	130.00–185.00	158.09
1	—	375	217.50	217.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	643	186.00	186.00
3	—	492	204.00–221.00	215.36
3	—	352	240.00	240.00
4	—	416	230.00	230.00
1	—	580	207.00	207.00

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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