Name: Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2023-10-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-10-25

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 39, Heifers 59, Bulls 40)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $174.32/cwt on 58 head.

Average price

$174.32

58 head · 550 lb average

Value per head Derived

$958

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$326

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 1

$38.95/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−25.97

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	603	180.68	1,090	30
Medium and Large 2	489	176.83	865	18thin
Medium and Large 3	471	156.67	738	6thin
Small 1	539	141.73	764	4thin

One grade step is worth $38.95/cwt here — about $326 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 sale58 hd

174.32

—

VA average9 barns · 1,911 hd

200.29

−25.97

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

46 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	—	742	168.68/cwt	165.00–170.50	1,252	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	645	186.50/cwt	185.00–187.00	1,203	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	544	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,170	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	373	177.57/cwt	150.00–202.00	662	2
Bulls	Small 1	—	560	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	902	2
Bulls	Small 1	—	610	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	994	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	625	216.12/cwt	215.00–218.00	1,351	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	488	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	1,118	2
Heifers	Small 1	—	470	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	517	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	395	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	853	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	475	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	1,083	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	524	217.86/cwt	211.00–219.00	1,142	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	553	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	1,001	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	383	175.49/cwt	147.00–190.00	672	5
Steers	Small 1	—	430	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	675	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	520	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,170	6
Heifers	Small 1	—	630	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	1,021	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	705	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	1,142	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	425	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	769	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	545	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	899	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	753	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,431	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	740	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	1,399	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	600	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	930	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	710	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	1,093	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	543	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,032	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	689	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,206	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	472	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	873	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	535	162.50/cwt	162.50–162.50	869	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	620	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	899	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	450	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	653	2
Bulls	Small 1	—	513	137.38/cwt	122.00–145.00	705	3
Bulls	Small 1	—	443	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	642	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	335	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	533	1
Heifers	Small 1	—	528	147.46/cwt	140.00–155.00	779	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	530	193.00/cwt	193.00–193.00	1,023	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	415	183.00/cwt	183.00–183.00	759	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	338	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	676	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	479	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	982	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	582	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	1,042	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	644	181.50/cwt	181.50–181.50	1,169	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	415	202.00/cwt	202.00–202.00	838	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	473	203.00/cwt	203.00–203.00	960	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	635	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,143	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	330	207.00/cwt	207.00–207.00	683	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	588	163.63/cwt	135.00–193.00	962	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	750	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	1,290	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 Oct 25, 2023

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

Receipts 138Last week 245Year ago 186

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 39, Heifers 59, Bulls 40)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	742	165.00–170.50	168.68
4	—	645	185.00–187.00	186.50
5	—	544	215.00	215.00
2	—	373	150.00–202.00	177.57
3	—	479	205.00	205.00
1	—	330	207.00	207.00
2	—	588	135.00–193.00	163.63
2	—	750	172.00	172.00
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	560	161.00	161.00
2	—	610	163.00	163.00
3	—	513	122.00–145.00	137.38
2	—	443	145.00	145.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	530	193.00	193.00
2	—	338	200.00	200.00
2	—	415	202.00	202.00
2	—	473	203.00	203.00
2	—	635	180.00	180.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	625	215.00–218.00	216.12
2	—	488	229.00	229.00
1	—	395	216.00	216.00
6	—	520	225.00	225.00
2	—	753	190.00	190.00
3	—	740	189.00	189.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	475	228.00	228.00
7	—	524	211.00–219.00	217.86
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	430	157.00	157.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	470	110.00	110.00
1	—	630	162.00	162.00
2	—	528	140.00–155.00	147.46
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	553	181.00	181.00
5	—	383	147.00–190.00	175.49
1	—	600	155.00	155.00
1	—	710	154.00	154.00
6	—	472	185.00	185.00
1	—	535	162.50	162.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	705	162.00	162.00
6	—	543	190.00	190.00
6	—	689	175.00	175.00
2	—	415	183.00	183.00
8	—	582	179.00	179.00
7	—	644	181.50	181.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	425	181.00	181.00
1	—	545	165.00	165.00
1	—	620	145.00	145.00
2	—	450	145.00	145.00
1	—	335	159.00	159.00

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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