Name: Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2023-07-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-07-19

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 56, Heifers 64, Bulls 60)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $190.47/cwt on 64 head.

Average price

$190.47

64 head · 551 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,049

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$440

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 1

$50.58/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−10.77

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	588	195.58	1,151	38
Medium and Large 2	487	192.88	939	17thin
Medium and Large 3	518	169.83	880	7thin
Small 1	490	145.00	711	2thin

One grade step is worth $50.58/cwt here — about $440 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 sale64 hd

190.47

—

VA average10 barns · 1,107 hd

201.24

−10.77

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

51 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	—	546	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,289	4
Steers	Small 1	—	625	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	906	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	632	238.50/cwt	238.50–238.50	1,507	13
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	395	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	968	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	537	237.25/cwt	234.00–238.00	1,274	5
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	600	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	990	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	330	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	716	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	472	199.00/cwt	199.00–199.00	939	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	650	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	975	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	490	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	1,098	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	486	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,118	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	720	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	1,231	1
Bulls	Small 1	—	440	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	770	1
Bulls	Small 1	—	535	187.13/cwt	180.00–194.00	1,001	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	530	209.00/cwt	209.00–209.00	1,108	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	570	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	1,146	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	723	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,554	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	639	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,508	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	565	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,249	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,025	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	1,620	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,163	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,861	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	709	180.13/cwt	179.00–181.00	1,277	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	624	198.25/cwt	198.25–198.25	1,237	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	400	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	688	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	463	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	1,102	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	460	198.00/cwt	198.00–198.00	911	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	353	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	618	2
Heifers	Small 1	—	545	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	899	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	341	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	825	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	426	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	984	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	630	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	995	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	512	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	957	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	543	197.00/cwt	197.00–197.00	1,070	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	658	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,184	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	690	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,139	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	493	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	1,094	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	800	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	1,248	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	533	157.42/cwt	152.00–163.00	839	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	433	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	810	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	569	201.22/cwt	183.00–205.00	1,145	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	644	191.47/cwt	188.00–192.00	1,233	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	564	203.00/cwt	203.00–203.00	1,145	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	415	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	984	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	820	209.61/cwt	205.00–212.00	1,719	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	462	240.68/cwt	236.00–243.00	1,112	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	395	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	790	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	358	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	759	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	695	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	1,293	1
Heifers	Small 1	—	435	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	544	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	433	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,022	2
Steers	Small 1	—	593	143.95/cwt	133.00–155.00	854	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 Jul 19, 2023

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

Receipts 180Last week 140Year ago 122

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 56, Heifers 64, Bulls 60)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	546	236.00	236.00
13	—	632	238.50	238.50
8	—	723	215.00	215.00
2	—	1,025	158.00	158.00
2	—	1,163	160.00	160.00
3	—	820	205.00–212.00	209.61
3	—	462	236.00–243.00	240.68
2	—	433	236.00	236.00
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	625	145.00	145.00
2	—	593	133.00–155.00	143.95
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	395	245.00	245.00
1	—	600	165.00	165.00
1	—	490	224.00	224.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	537	234.00–238.00	237.25
4	—	639	236.00	236.00
1	—	565	221.00	221.00
3	—	463	238.00	238.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	330	217.00	217.00
5	—	472	199.00	199.00
1	—	400	172.00	172.00
2	—	353	175.00	175.00
4	—	543	197.00	197.00
3	—	658	180.00	180.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	650	150.00	150.00
2	—	533	152.00–163.00	157.42
2	—	433	187.00	187.00
1	—	395	200.00	200.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	709	179.00–181.00	180.13
8	—	624	198.25	198.25
2	—	460	198.00	198.00
3	—	512	187.00	187.00
15	—	569	183.00–205.00	201.22
2	—	358	212.00	212.00
1	—	695	186.00	186.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	545	165.00	165.00
1	—	435	125.00	125.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	486	230.00	230.00
1	—	720	171.00	171.00
1	—	800	156.00	156.00
9	—	644	188.00–192.00	191.47
6	—	564	203.00	203.00
4	—	415	237.00	237.00
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	440	175.00	175.00
2	—	535	180.00–194.00	187.13
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	530	209.00	209.00
1	—	570	201.00	201.00
7	—	341	242.00	242.00
4	—	426	231.00	231.00
1	—	630	158.00	158.00
2	—	690	165.00	165.00
2	—	493	222.00	222.00

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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