Name: Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2023-05-31
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-05-31

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 45, Heifers 82, Bulls 28)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $190.17/cwt on 82 head.

Average price

$190.17

82 head · 507 lb average

Value per head Derived

$965

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$142

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Small 1

$50.41/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−17.39

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	486	197.41	959	31
Medium and Large 1	523	196.21	1,025	39
Medium and Large 3	484	155.32	752	7thin
Small 1	555	147.00	816	5thin

One grade step is worth $50.41/cwt here — about $142 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 sale82 hd

190.17

—

VA average5 barns · 800 hd

207.56

−17.39

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	—	623	184.50/cwt	184.50–184.50	1,149	5
Steers	Small 1	—	495	198.00/cwt	198.00–198.00	980	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	575	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	1,363	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	370	207.00/cwt	207.00–207.00	766	4
Heifers	Small 1	—	685	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	925	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	550	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,315	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	650	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	1,086	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	605	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,301	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	443	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	1,081	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	520	209.00/cwt	209.00–209.00	1,087	1
Heifers	Small 1	—	570	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	809	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	669	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	1,592	6
Steers	Small 1	—	583	198.21/cwt	188.00–208.00	1,156	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	820	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	1,443	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	766	207.00/cwt	207.00–207.00	1,586	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	470	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,137	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	380	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	935	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	450	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,062	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	608	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	1,447	2
Bulls	Small 1	—	380	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	528	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	648	190.50/cwt	190.50–190.50	1,234	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	488	224.50/cwt	224.50–224.50	1,096	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	414	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	981	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	572	211.50/cwt	211.50–211.50	1,210	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	535	177.50/cwt	177.50–177.50	950	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	553	198.50/cwt	198.50–198.50	1,098	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	595	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	833	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	635	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,016	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	860	199.75/cwt	199.75–199.75	1,718	6
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	530	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	1,177	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	558	179.16/cwt	143.00–198.00	1,000	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	465	156.61/cwt	115.00–201.00	728	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	705	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	881	1
Heifers	Small 1	—	615	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,107	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	465	201.83/cwt	199.50–205.50	939	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	540	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	1,085	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	628	184.50/cwt	184.50–184.50	1,159	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	345	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	652	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	552	185.26/cwt	160.00–207.00	1,023	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	710	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	1,271	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	425	196.72/cwt	160.00–209.75	836	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	383	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	804	3
Heifers	Small 1	—	453	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	630	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	430	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	718	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	615	193.00/cwt	193.00–193.00	1,187	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	385	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	920	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	540	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	518	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	475	203.67/cwt	202.50–205.50	967	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	530	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	848	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	475	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,050	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 31, 2023

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

Receipts 155Last week 249Year ago 67

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 45, Heifers 82, Bulls 28)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	623	184.50	184.50
4	—	370	207.00	207.00
10	—	553	198.50	198.50
1	—	705	125.00	125.00
8	—	465	199.50–205.50	201.83
10	—	540	201.00	201.00
1	—	430	167.00	167.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	685	135.00	135.00
1	—	570	142.00	142.00
1	—	615	180.00	180.00
2	—	453	139.00	139.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	595	140.00	140.00
1	—	635	160.00	160.00
2	—	465	115.00–201.00	156.61
2	—	345	189.00	189.00
1	—	540	96.00	96.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	558	143.00–198.00	179.16
2	—	628	184.50	184.50
4	—	425	160.00–209.75	196.72
3	—	383	210.00	210.00
16	—	475	202.50–205.50	203.67
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	495	198.00	198.00
2	—	583	188.00–208.00	198.21
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	575	237.00	237.00
1	—	605	215.00	215.00
4	—	443	244.00	244.00
1	—	520	209.00	209.00
6	—	669	238.00	238.00
1	—	820	176.00	176.00
4	—	766	207.00	207.00
5	—	470	242.00	242.00
6	—	860	199.75	199.75
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	550	239.00	239.00
2	—	380	246.00	246.00
2	—	450	236.00	236.00
2	—	608	238.00	238.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	650	167.00	167.00
1	—	530	222.00	222.00
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	380	139.00	139.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	648	190.50	190.50
5	—	488	224.50	224.50
4	—	414	237.00	237.00
3	—	572	211.50	211.50
1	—	535	177.50	177.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	552	160.00–207.00	185.26
1	—	710	179.00	179.00
1	—	615	193.00	193.00
1	—	385	239.00	239.00
1	—	530	160.00	160.00
1	—	475	221.00	221.00

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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