Name: Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2023-06-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-06-21

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 149, Heifers 80, Bulls 37)

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $228.98/cwt on 148 head.

Average price

$228.98

148 head · 643 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,472

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$377

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3

$33.04/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.80

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	648	230.54	1,494	123
Medium and Large 2	627	225.86	1,417	21
Medium and Large 3	565	197.50	1,116	4thin

One grade step is worth $33.04/cwt here — about $377 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 sale148 hd

228.98

—

VA average9 barns · 1,672 hd

227.18

+1.80

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

48 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	—	355	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	817	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	640	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,184	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	725	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	1,153	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	770	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,232	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	663	193.00/cwt	193.00–193.00	1,280	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	568	195.50/cwt	195.50–195.50	1,110	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	773	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	1,716	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	460	199.19/cwt	167.00–215.00	916	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	648	233.50/cwt	233.50–233.50	1,513	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	737	226.66/cwt	226.50–227.00	1,670	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	577	237.59/cwt	234.00–241.00	1,371	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	320	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	720	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	570	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,311	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	623	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,433	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	525	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,181	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	657	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	1,557	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	663	231.21/cwt	230.50–232.00	1,533	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	920	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	1,435	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	505	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	1,106	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	860	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	1,359	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	423	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	973	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	555	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	955	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	729	221.59/cwt	221.00–222.00	1,615	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	300	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	561	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	616	193.00/cwt	193.00–193.00	1,189	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	679	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	1,297	4
Heifers	Small 1	—	510	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	928	1
Heifers	Small 1	—	440	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	590	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	651	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,269	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	552	198.50/cwt	198.50–198.50	1,096	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	638	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	1,002	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	550	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	957	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	440	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	779	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	357	192.00/cwt	192.00–192.00	685	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	434	191.50/cwt	191.50–191.50	831	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	538	195.24/cwt	190.00–197.00	1,050	19
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	667	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	1,274	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	530	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	832	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	705	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	1,149	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	365	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	657	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	472	180.77/cwt	170.00–188.50	853	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	625	193.00/cwt	193.00–193.00	1,206	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	424	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	933	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	410	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	943	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	514	199.56/cwt	182.00–205.50	1,026	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	360	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	828	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	455	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	824	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	560	194.50/cwt	194.50–194.50	1,089	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 Jun 21, 2023

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

Receipts 266Last week 263Year ago 172

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 149, Heifers 80, Bulls 37)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	355	230.00	230.00
1	—	640	185.00	185.00
1	—	725	159.00	159.00
1	—	770	160.00	160.00
3	—	663	193.00	193.00
5	—	568	195.50	195.50
6	—	410	230.00	230.00
8	—	514	182.00–205.50	199.56
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	667	191.00	191.00
4	—	424	220.00	220.00
1	—	360	230.00	230.00
1	—	455	181.00	181.00
2	—	560	194.50	194.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	773	222.00	222.00
3	—	460	167.00–215.00	199.19
12	—	648	233.50	233.50
22	—	737	226.50–227.00	226.66
31	—	577	234.00–241.00	237.59
1	—	320	225.00	225.00
50	—	663	230.50–232.00	231.21
1	—	920	156.00	156.00
1	—	505	219.00	219.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	570	230.00	230.00
2	—	623	230.00	230.00
4	—	525	225.00	225.00
5	—	657	237.00	237.00
7	—	729	221.00–222.00	221.59
1	—	300	187.00	187.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	860	158.00	158.00
2	—	423	230.00	230.00
1	—	555	172.00	172.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	616	193.00	193.00
4	—	679	191.00	191.00
5	—	357	192.00	192.00
5	—	434	191.50	191.50
19	—	538	190.00–197.00	195.24
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	510	182.00	182.00
3	—	440	134.00	134.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	651	195.00	195.00
14	—	552	198.50	198.50
1	—	530	157.00	157.00
1	—	705	163.00	163.00
1	—	365	180.00	180.00
5	—	472	170.00–188.50	180.77
5	—	625	193.00	193.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	638	157.00	157.00
3	—	550	174.00	174.00
1	—	440	177.00	177.00

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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