Name: Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2023-11-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-11-01

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 40, Heifers 94, Bulls 61)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $170.02/cwt on 94 head.

Average price

$170.02

94 head · 543 lb average

Value per head Derived

$923

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$195

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 1

$10.61/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−25.90

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	587	174.38	1,024	29
Medium and Large 3	500	172.65	863	20
Medium and Large 2	549	167.30	919	29
Small 1	507	163.77	830	16thin

One grade step is worth $10.61/cwt here — about $195 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 sale94 hd

170.02

—

VA average9 barns · 1,955 hd

195.92

−25.90

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

58 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	383	184.51/cwt	183.00–186.00	707	2
Steers	Small 1	—	655	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	1,035	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	640	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	1,357	5
Heifers	Small 1	—	615	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	990	3
Heifers	Small 1	—	365	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	602	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	620	192.00/cwt	192.00–192.00	1,190	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	875	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,575	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	700	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	1,407	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	805	198.00/cwt	198.00–198.00	1,594	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	534	192.00/cwt	192.00–192.00	1,025	7
Heifers	Small 1	—	510	171.04/cwt	149.00–188.00	872	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	540	213.00/cwt	213.00–213.00	1,150	1
Steers	Small 1	—	535	196.00/cwt	196.00–196.00	1,049	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	490	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	1,019	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	545	203.00/cwt	203.00–203.00	1,106	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	659	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,417	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	640	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	1,318	1
Steers	Small 1	—	710	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,527	3
Steers	Small 1	—	410	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	697	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	560	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	1,221	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	763	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,488	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	960	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	1,786	1
Steers	Small 1	—	495	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	792	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	630	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	1,090	1
Bulls	Small 1	—	428	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	753	2
Bulls	Small 1	—	580	199.00/cwt	199.00–199.00	1,154	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	561	196.09/cwt	140.00–202.50	1,100	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	498	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,071	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	651	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	1,126	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	300	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	555	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	727	165.38/cwt	159.00–167.50	1,202	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	820	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	1,271	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	566	199.00/cwt	199.00–199.00	1,126	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	730	166.50/cwt	166.50–166.50	1,215	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	900	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	1,323	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	524	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	917	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	643	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	1,138	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	643	172.25/cwt	172.25–172.25	1,108	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	505	213.50/cwt	213.50–213.50	1,078	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	380	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	684	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	350	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	648	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	790	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	1,082	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	625	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	913	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	422	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	781	3
Bulls	Small 1	—	640	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	1,050	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	360	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	641	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	646	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	1,008	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	585	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	1,106	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	663	153.75/cwt	130.00–163.00	1,019	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	555	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	910	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	474	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	830	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	745	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	991	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	546	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	1,032	4
Steers	Small 1	—	559	195.24/cwt	189.00–208.00	1,091	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	753	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	1,099	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	436	173.50/cwt	173.50–173.50	756	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	451	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	816	6
Heifers	Small 1	—	465	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	721	5

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 Nov 1, 2023

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

Receipts 195Last week 138Year ago 265

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 40, Heifers 94, Bulls 61)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	383	183.00–186.00	184.51
2	—	790	137.00	137.00
1	—	625	146.00	146.00
1	—	585	189.00	189.00
7	—	663	130.00–163.00	153.75
1	—	745	133.00	133.00
4	—	546	189.00	189.00
11	—	436	173.50	173.50
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	615	161.00	161.00
1	—	365	165.00	165.00
7	—	510	149.00–188.00	171.04
5	—	465	155.00	155.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	534	192.00	192.00
9	—	643	177.00	177.00
1	—	380	180.00	180.00
4	—	555	164.00	164.00
4	—	474	175.00	175.00
4	—	753	146.00	146.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	524	175.00	175.00
4	—	360	178.00	178.00
5	—	646	156.00	156.00
6	—	451	181.00	181.00
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	655	158.00	158.00
2	—	535	196.00	196.00
3	—	710	215.00	215.00
1	—	410	170.00	170.00
1	—	495	160.00	160.00
3	—	559	189.00–208.00	195.24
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	640	212.00	212.00
2	—	875	180.00	180.00
1	—	700	201.00	201.00
3	—	805	198.00	198.00
1	—	490	208.00	208.00
1	—	545	203.00	203.00
3	—	560	218.00	218.00
1	—	960	186.00	186.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	620	192.00	192.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	540	213.00	213.00
7	—	659	215.00	215.00
1	—	640	206.00	206.00
2	—	763	195.00	195.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	630	173.00	173.00
11	—	561	140.00–202.50	196.09
10	—	498	215.00	215.00
7	—	651	173.00	173.00
1	—	300	185.00	185.00
4	—	727	159.00–167.50	165.38
1	—	820	155.00	155.00
3	—	422	185.00	185.00
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	428	176.00	176.00
1	—	580	199.00	199.00
2	—	640	164.00	164.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	566	199.00	199.00
2	—	730	166.50	166.50
1	—	900	147.00	147.00
6	—	643	172.25	172.25
4	—	505	213.50	213.50
1	—	350	185.00	185.00

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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