Name: Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2023-08-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-08-09

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 50, Heifers 44, Bulls 52)

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb bulls averaged $214.55/cwt on 52 head.

Average price

$214.55

52 head · 537 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,151

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$210

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 1

$22.98/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.50

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	555	217.11	1,206	28
Medium and Large 2	515	215.05	1,108	20
Small 1	513	194.13	995	4thin

One grade step is worth $22.98/cwt here — about $210 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 sale52 hd

214.55

—

VA average9 barns · 508 hd

217.05

−2.50

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 2	—	445	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	1,121	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	663	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,293	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	365	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	734	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	783	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,409	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	660	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	1,511	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	520	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,144	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	734	216.50/cwt	216.50–216.50	1,589	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	550	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	957	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	626	197.00/cwt	197.00–197.00	1,233	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	725	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	1,349	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	780	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,677	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	585	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	1,369	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	814	197.00/cwt	197.00–197.00	1,604	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	750	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	1,620	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	980	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,813	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	720	209.40/cwt	206.00–213.00	1,508	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	629	235.50/cwt	235.50–235.50	1,481	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	835	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,545	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	693	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	1,573	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	420	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,004	2
Bulls	Small 1	—	405	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	911	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	568	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	1,238	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	718	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	1,321	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	654	198.00/cwt	198.00–198.00	1,295	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	497	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,148	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	650	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	1,229	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	350	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	872	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	568	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	1,227	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	523	209.98/cwt	195.00–226.00	1,098	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	725	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	1,312	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	360	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	648	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	495	207.00/cwt	207.00–207.00	1,025	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	410	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	890	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	443	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	930	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	430	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,041	5
Bulls	Small 1	—	458	187.25/cwt	172.00–202.00	858	2
Bulls	Small 1	—	730	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	1,292	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	703	170.64/cwt	164.00–174.00	1,200	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	370	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	803	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	390	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	811	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	630	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	1,128	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	643	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,254	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	339	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	844	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	642	229.64/cwt	220.00–233.50	1,474	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	543	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,113	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	544	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,088	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	560	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,008	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	320	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	525	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	614	162.54/cwt	155.00–165.00	998	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	589	235.90/cwt	233.00–237.00	1,389	9
Steers	Small 1	—	530	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	991	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 Aug 9, 2023

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

Receipts 146Last week 158Year ago 95

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 50, Heifers 44, Bulls 52)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	445	252.00	252.00
1	—	780	215.00	215.00
1	—	585	234.00	234.00
2	—	720	206.00–213.00	209.40
4	—	629	235.50	235.50
1	—	835	185.00	185.00
2	—	693	227.00	227.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	660	229.00	229.00
6	—	734	216.50	216.50
4	—	814	197.00	197.00
2	—	750	216.00	216.00
1	—	980	185.00	185.00
10	—	642	220.00–233.50	229.64
9	—	589	233.00–237.00	235.90
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	520	220.00	220.00
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	530	187.00	187.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	663	195.00	195.00
4	—	626	197.00	197.00
2	—	725	186.00	186.00
1	—	410	217.00	217.00
1	—	390	208.00	208.00
6	—	543	205.00	205.00
1	—	320	164.00	164.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	365	201.00	201.00
3	—	550	174.00	174.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	783	180.00	180.00
2	—	650	189.00	189.00
1	—	495	207.00	207.00
2	—	443	210.00	210.00
3	—	703	164.00–174.00	170.64
3	—	370	217.00	217.00
5	—	544	200.00	200.00
1	—	560	180.00	180.00
4	—	614	155.00–165.00	162.54
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	420	239.00	239.00
2	—	568	216.00	216.00
2	—	523	195.00–226.00	209.98
1	—	725	181.00	181.00
1	—	360	180.00	180.00
7	—	643	195.00	195.00
5	—	339	249.00	249.00
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	405	225.00	225.00
2	—	458	172.00–202.00	187.25
1	—	730	177.00	177.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	568	218.00	218.00
2	—	718	184.00	184.00
8	—	654	198.00	198.00
7	—	497	231.00	231.00
1	—	350	249.00	249.00
5	—	430	242.00	242.00
1	—	630	179.00	179.00

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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