Name: Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2023-06-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-06-28

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 63, Heifers 90, Bulls 64)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $178.75/cwt on 89 head.

Average price

$178.75

89 head · 538 lb average

Value per head Derived

$961

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$396

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Small 1

$61.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−24.24

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	488	183.50	896	24
Medium and Large 1	582	183.24	1,066	43
Medium and Large 3	515	169.02	871	20
Small 1	408	122.50	499	2thin

One grade step is worth $61.00/cwt here — about $396 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 sale89 hd

178.75

—

VA average6 barns · 1,149 hd

202.99

−24.24

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
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	485	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	1,057	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	552	196.00/cwt	196.00–196.00	1,082	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	433	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	766	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	630	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	1,178	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	542	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	889	5
Steers	Small 1	—	590	194.00/cwt	194.00–194.00	1,145	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	672	219.09/cwt	218.00–220.00	1,472	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	319	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	555	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	475	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	808	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	523	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	1,119	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	370	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	803	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	433	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	944	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	385	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	905	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	735	139.14/cwt	137.00–148.00	1,023	5
Heifers	Small 1	—	390	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	449	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	786	209.00/cwt	209.00–209.00	1,643	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	533	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,199	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	553	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,272	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	714	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	1,528	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	875	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	1,461	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	735	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,323	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	470	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	978	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	540	161.38/cwt	115.00–174.00	871	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	370	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	555	1
Bulls	Small 1	—	530	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	636	1
Bulls	Small 1	—	495	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	812	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	434	199.50/cwt	199.50–199.50	866	8
Heifers	Small 1	—	425	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	553	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	540	195.77/cwt	180.00–199.00	1,057	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	627	195.50/cwt	190.00–197.00	1,226	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	335	209.79/cwt	175.00–218.00	703	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	498	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	906	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	443	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	820	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	657	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	1,058	3
Bulls	Small 1	—	575	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,006	1
Bulls	Small 1	—	428	138.54/cwt	132.00–145.00	593	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	641	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	1,019	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	554	199.50/cwt	199.50–199.50	1,105	9
Bulls	Small 1	—	665	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	991	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	460	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	570	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	431	209.00/cwt	209.00–209.00	901	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	583	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	1,044	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	639	222.34/cwt	222.00–225.00	1,421	17
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	470	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	1,020	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	342	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	742	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	658	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	1,211	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	485	199.85/cwt	191.00–202.00	969	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	403	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	875	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	610	139.64/cwt	115.00–170.00	852	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	730	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	1,234	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 28, 2023

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

Receipts 217Last week 266Year ago 332

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 63, Heifers 90, Bulls 64)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	485	218.00	218.00
9	—	672	218.00–220.00	219.09
2	—	433	218.00	218.00
1	—	385	235.00	235.00
4	—	786	209.00	209.00
2	—	533	225.00	225.00
6	—	553	230.00	230.00
5	—	714	214.00	214.00
17	—	639	222.00–225.00	222.34
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	590	194.00	194.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	523	214.00	214.00
2	—	370	217.00	217.00
1	—	875	167.00	167.00
1	—	735	180.00	180.00
4	—	470	217.00	217.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	470	208.00	208.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	552	196.00	196.00
2	—	433	177.00	177.00
5	—	735	137.00–148.00	139.14
14	—	540	180.00–199.00	195.77
14	—	627	190.00–197.00	195.50
3	—	460	124.00	124.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	630	187.00	187.00
5	—	542	164.00	164.00
4	—	319	174.00	174.00
1	—	475	170.00	170.00
8	—	434	199.50	199.50
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	390	115.00	115.00
1	—	425	130.00	130.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	540	115.00–174.00	161.38
1	—	370	150.00	150.00
7	—	443	185.00	185.00
3	—	657	161.00	161.00
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	530	120.00	120.00
2	—	495	164.00	164.00
1	—	575	175.00	175.00
2	—	428	132.00–145.00	138.54
2	—	665	149.00	149.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	335	175.00–218.00	209.79
3	—	498	182.00	182.00
4	—	641	159.00	159.00
8	—	431	209.00	209.00
2	—	583	179.00	179.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	554	199.50	199.50
6	—	342	217.00	217.00
5	—	658	184.00	184.00
5	—	485	191.00–202.00	199.85
4	—	403	217.00	217.00
3	—	610	115.00–170.00	139.64
2	—	730	169.00	169.00

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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