Name: Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2023-11-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-11-08

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 50, Heifers 98, Bulls 43)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $170.73/cwt on 95 head.

Average price

$170.73

95 head · 527 lb average

Value per head Derived

$900

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$350

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 1

$45.41/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−24.55

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	558	180.81	1,009	28
Medium and Large 2	526	177.48	934	43
Medium and Large 3	496	155.07	769	14thin
Small 1	487	135.40	660	10thin

One grade step is worth $45.41/cwt here — about $350 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 sale95 hd

170.73

—

VA average11 barns · 2,143 hd

195.28

−24.55

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	—	505	198.00/cwt	198.00–198.00	1,000	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	608	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	1,100	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	675	169.45/cwt	166.00–173.00	1,144	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	753	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	1,258	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	435	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	957	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	489	202.83/cwt	194.00–207.00	992	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	568	211.50/cwt	211.50–211.50	1,201	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	695	207.00/cwt	207.00–207.00	1,439	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	830	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,328	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	678	181.90/cwt	173.00–191.00	1,233	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	880	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	1,487	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	729	200.18/cwt	197.00–203.00	1,459	10
Steers	Small 1	—	730	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	1,226	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	753	203.00/cwt	203.00–203.00	1,529	2
Heifers	Small 1	—	655	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	924	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	474	192.00/cwt	192.00–192.00	910	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	720	196.00/cwt	196.00–196.00	1,411	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	534	215.32/cwt	213.00–216.00	1,150	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	665	209.00/cwt	209.00–209.00	1,390	5
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	730	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,314	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	728	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	1,070	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	553	178.50/cwt	178.50–178.50	987	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	528	198.00/cwt	198.00–198.00	1,045	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	915	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,556	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	538	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	1,028	4
Heifers	Small 1	—	375	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	585	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	353	184.50/cwt	184.50–184.50	651	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	576	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	1,077	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	815	186.33/cwt	186.00–187.00	1,519	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	605	216.74/cwt	216.00–219.00	1,311	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	448	178.50/cwt	178.50–178.50	800	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	661	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	1,044	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	380	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	684	1
Heifers	Small 1	—	524	135.66/cwt	127.00–140.00	711	3
Heifers	Small 1	—	454	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	590	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	348	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	647	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	635	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	972	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	572	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	847	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	665	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,131	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	417	238.50/cwt	238.50–238.50	995	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	459	160.57/cwt	155.00–162.00	737	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	546	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,010	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	465	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	1,004	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	638	174.21/cwt	169.00–175.50	1,111	13
Bulls	Small 1	—	478	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	813	4
Bulls	Small 1	—	540	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	918	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	384	158.39/cwt	140.00–168.00	608	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	625	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	938	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	554	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,108	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	571	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,171	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 8, 2023

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

Receipts 191Last week 195Year ago 281

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 50, Heifers 98, Bulls 43)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	505	198.00	198.00
2	—	608	181.00	181.00
2	—	675	166.00–173.00	169.45
2	—	753	167.00	167.00
3	—	435	220.00	220.00
3	—	489	194.00–207.00	202.83
5	—	571	205.00	205.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	665	170.00	170.00
10	—	417	238.50	238.50
2	—	465	216.00	216.00
4	—	554	200.00	200.00
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	478	170.00	170.00
2	—	540	170.00	170.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	568	211.50	211.50
1	—	695	207.00	207.00
3	—	720	196.00	196.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	830	160.00	160.00
2	—	678	173.00–191.00	181.90
1	—	730	180.00	180.00
2	—	528	198.00	198.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	880	169.00	169.00
10	—	729	197.00–203.00	200.18
2	—	753	203.00	203.00
9	—	534	213.00–216.00	215.32
5	—	665	209.00	209.00
1	—	915	170.00	170.00
3	—	815	186.00–187.00	186.33
4	—	605	216.00–219.00	216.74
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	730	168.00	168.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	655	141.00	141.00
1	—	375	156.00	156.00
3	—	524	127.00–140.00	135.66
5	—	454	130.00	130.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	474	192.00	192.00
4	—	553	178.50	178.50
4	—	538	191.00	191.00
1	—	380	180.00	180.00
2	—	348	186.00	186.00
13	—	638	169.00–175.50	174.21
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	728	147.00	147.00
5	—	353	184.50	184.50
7	—	576	187.00	187.00
12	—	448	178.50	178.50
4	—	661	158.00	158.00
11	—	546	185.00	185.00
1	—	625	150.00	150.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	635	153.00	153.00
5	—	572	148.00	148.00
5	—	459	155.00–162.00	160.57
3	—	384	140.00–168.00	158.39

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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