Name: Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2023-09-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-09-13

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 40, Heifers 63, Bulls 48)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $200.26/cwt on 61 head.

Average price

$200.26

61 head · 541 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,082

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$212

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3

$33.36/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−21.81

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	517	204.43	1,057	23
Medium and Large 1	581	204.33	1,187	29
Small 1	390	195.25	761	2thin
Medium and Large 3	494	171.08	844	7thin

One grade step is worth $33.36/cwt here — about $212 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 sale61 hd

200.26

—

VA average10 barns · 2,290 hd

222.07

−21.81

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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	350	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	858	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	465	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	744	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	660	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	990	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	750	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	1,065	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	503	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	1,197	3
Bulls	Small 1	—	610	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	1,092	1
Steers	Small 1	—	505	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,086	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	529	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	1,291	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	640	237.31/cwt	232.00–239.00	1,519	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	533	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,279	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	733	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	1,701	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	870	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	1,966	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	430	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	1,088	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	763	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	1,770	2
Heifers	Small 1	—	330	220.50/cwt	220.50–220.50	728	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	478	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	1,032	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	955	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,958	1
Steers	Small 1	—	430	196.00/cwt	196.00–196.00	843	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	515	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,133	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	695	188.00/cwt	188.00–188.00	1,307	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	575	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,150	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	363	221.50/cwt	221.50–221.50	804	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	410	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	1,037	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	710	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	1,626	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	470	213.00/cwt	213.00–213.00	1,001	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	770	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	1,378	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	810	147.50/cwt	147.50–147.50	1,195	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	743	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	1,404	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	685	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	1,281	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	727	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	1,374	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	515	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,138	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	649	200.50/cwt	200.50–200.50	1,301	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	405	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,013	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	446	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	928	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	725	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	1,370	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	341	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	835	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	570	164.76/cwt	135.00–194.00	939	2
Heifers	Small 1	—	450	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	765	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	650	193.00/cwt	193.00–193.00	1,255	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	545	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,090	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	510	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	709	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	403	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	1,024	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	575	195.99/cwt	160.00–226.00	1,127	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	630	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,134	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	463	175.71/cwt	140.00–197.00	814	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	829	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,824	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	380	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	828	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	325	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	709	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	558	209.69/cwt	205.00–211.50	1,170	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	650	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,138	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 Sep 13, 2023

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

Receipts 151Last week 162Year ago 177

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 40, Heifers 63, Bulls 48)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	350	245.00	245.00
1	—	465	160.00	160.00
1	—	660	150.00	150.00
1	—	750	142.00	142.00
3	—	503	238.00	238.00
3	—	727	189.00	189.00
9	—	649	200.50	200.50
5	—	405	250.00	250.00
9	—	575	160.00–226.00	195.99
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	610	179.00	179.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	770	179.00	179.00
1	—	810	147.50	147.50
1	—	685	187.00	187.00
2	—	515	221.00	221.00
5	—	341	245.00	245.00
2	—	570	135.00–194.00	164.76
2	—	403	254.00	254.00
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	505	215.00	215.00
1	—	430	196.00	196.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	529	244.00	244.00
4	—	640	232.00–239.00	237.31
9	—	733	232.00	232.00
1	—	430	253.00	253.00
2	—	763	232.00	232.00
1	—	955	205.00	205.00
7	—	829	220.00	220.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	533	240.00	240.00
1	—	870	226.00	226.00
1	—	410	253.00	253.00
2	—	710	229.00	229.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	515	220.00	220.00
1	—	695	188.00	188.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	330	220.50	220.50
1	—	450	170.00	170.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	478	216.00	216.00
5	—	743	189.00	189.00
6	—	650	193.00	193.00
1	—	380	218.00	218.00
1	—	325	218.00	218.00
11	—	558	205.00–211.50	209.69
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	575	200.00	200.00
4	—	363	221.50	221.50
2	—	470	213.00	213.00
6	—	446	208.00	208.00
3	—	725	189.00	189.00
1	—	545	200.00	200.00
1	—	650	175.00	175.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	510	139.00	139.00
1	—	630	180.00	180.00
5	—	463	140.00–197.00	175.71

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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