Name: Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2023-12-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-12-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 44, Heifers 85, Bulls 45)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $168.83/cwt on 85 head.

Average price

$168.83

85 head · 521 lb average

Value per head Derived

$879

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$150

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 1

$27.47/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−16.40

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	514	172.67	888	39
Medium and Large 2	528	169.96	898	36
Medium and Large 3	528	154.40	816	5thin
Small 1	508	145.20	738	5thin

One grade step is worth $27.47/cwt here — about $150 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 sale85 hd

168.83

—

VA average9 barns · 1,650 hd

185.23

−16.40

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
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	612	157.00/cwt	156.00–160.00	961	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	521	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	1,084	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	715	192.00/cwt	192.00–192.00	1,373	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	650	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	1,060	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	640	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	1,030	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	835	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	1,478	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	657	206.01/cwt	203.00–207.00	1,353	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	385	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	812	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	588	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,176	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	495	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	797	1
Heifers	Small 1	—	535	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	803	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	395	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	830	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	635	196.00/cwt	196.00–196.00	1,245	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	450	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	923	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	734	196.53/cwt	194.00–199.00	1,443	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	542	203.41/cwt	196.00–211.00	1,102	6
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	648	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	1,153	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	640	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,280	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	460	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	943	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	570	188.00/cwt	188.00–188.00	1,072	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	643	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,061	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	512	190.80/cwt	179.00–197.00	977	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	754	138.78/cwt	120.00–145.00	1,046	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	435	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	892	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	360	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	760	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	428	203.00/cwt	203.00–203.00	869	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	580	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	1,085	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	440	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	792	7
Heifers	Small 1	—	450	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	653	2
Bulls	Small 1	—	537	156.44/cwt	147.00–161.00	840	3
Bulls	Small 1	—	775	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	938	1
Bulls	Small 1	—	630	155.50/cwt	155.50–155.50	980	1
Bulls	Small 1	—	663	155.50/cwt	155.50–155.50	1,031	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	727	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	1,032	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	425	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	689	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	750	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,050	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	495	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	911	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	548	183.00/cwt	183.00–183.00	1,003	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	357	161.50/cwt	161.50–161.50	577	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	365	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	610	5
Heifers	Small 1	—	570	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	775	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	661	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	1,064	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	520	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	910	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	468	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	674	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	433	185.38/cwt	180.00–186.00	803	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	673	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	1,131	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	735	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,029	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	542	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	970	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	750	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	983	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	629	161.77/cwt	152.00–165.00	1,018	4

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 Dec 6, 2023

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

Receipts 174Last week 89Year ago 164

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 44, Heifers 85, Bulls 45)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	612	156.00–160.00	157.00
2	—	650	163.00	163.00
1	—	495	161.00	161.00
5	—	727	142.00	142.00
5	—	365	167.00	167.00
9	—	433	180.00–186.00	185.38
10	—	542	179.00	179.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	640	161.00	161.00
1	—	425	162.00	162.00
2	—	468	144.00	144.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	535	150.00	150.00
2	—	450	145.00	145.00
1	—	570	136.00	136.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	440	180.00	180.00
16	—	548	183.00	183.00
8	—	357	161.50	161.50
2	—	673	168.00	168.00
1	—	735	140.00	140.00
1	—	750	131.00	131.00
4	—	629	152.00–165.00	161.77
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	521	208.00	208.00
8	—	657	203.00–207.00	206.01
1	—	385	211.00	211.00
2	—	588	200.00	200.00
8	—	734	194.00–199.00	196.53
3	—	640	200.00	200.00
3	—	460	205.00	205.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	715	192.00	192.00
1	—	835	177.00	177.00
1	—	395	210.00	210.00
1	—	635	196.00	196.00
1	—	450	205.00	205.00
6	—	542	196.00–211.00	203.41
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	648	178.00	178.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	570	188.00	188.00
5	—	643	165.00	165.00
5	—	512	179.00–197.00	190.80
4	—	754	120.00–145.00	138.78
3	—	435	205.00	205.00
1	—	360	211.00	211.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	428	203.00	203.00
1	—	580	187.00	187.00
2	—	750	140.00	140.00
1	—	495	184.00	184.00
5	—	661	161.00	161.00
1	—	520	175.00	175.00
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	537	147.00–161.00	156.44
1	—	775	121.00	121.00
1	—	630	155.50	155.50
3	—	663	155.50	155.50

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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