Name: Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2024-02-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-02-21

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 34, Heifers 81, Bulls 82)

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb bulls averaged $254.31/cwt on 80 head.

Average price

$254.31

80 head · 548 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,392

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$98

per head · Medium and Large 3 over Medium and Large 1

$3.64/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−11.56

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 3	510	257.00	1,311	1thin
Medium and Large 2	553	256.01	1,415	23
Small 1	445	255.60	1,138	5thin
Medium and Large 1	556	253.36	1,408	51

One grade step is worth $3.64/cwt here — about −$98 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 sale80 hd

254.31

—

VA average7 barns · 768 hd

265.87

−11.56

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

55 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 1	—	634	214.98/cwt	214.00–217.00	1,363	6
Bulls	Small 1	—	425	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	871	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	451	236.50/cwt	236.50–236.50	1,067	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	720	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	1,130	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	685	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,404	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	430	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	903	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	370	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	903	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	500	271.50/cwt	271.50–271.50	1,358	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	713	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,355	2
Heifers	Small 1	—	625	192.00/cwt	192.00–192.00	1,200	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	800	205.67/cwt	201.00–215.00	1,645	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	793	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	1,340	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	365	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	898	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	478	201.25/cwt	180.00–221.00	962	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	600	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	1,104	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	567	219.53/cwt	217.00–221.50	1,245	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	668	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,804	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	467	231.23/cwt	226.00–234.00	1,080	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	725	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	1,689	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	925	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	1,748	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	790	220.15/cwt	215.00–236.00	1,739	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	455	298.00/cwt	298.00–298.00	1,356	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	488	288.00/cwt	288.00–288.00	1,405	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	555	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,582	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	540	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	1,436	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	623	276.00/cwt	276.00–276.00	1,719	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	625	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,475	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	853	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	1,757	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	733	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,693	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	580	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	1,630	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	395	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,146	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	489	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,369	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	557	245.90/cwt	220.00–258.00	1,370	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	710	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	1,548	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	420	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,239	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	760	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,444	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	370	283.31/cwt	267.00–301.00	1,048	2
Bulls	Small 1	—	340	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	986	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	626	232.53/cwt	230.50–235.50	1,456	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	554	263.50/cwt	263.50–263.50	1,460	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	355	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	1,069	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	662	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,463	5
Bulls	Small 1	—	487	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	1,271	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	510	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	1,311	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	507	266.63/cwt	238.00–277.00	1,352	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	735	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	1,367	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	430	299.00/cwt	299.00–299.00	1,286	4
Heifers	Small 1	—	545	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	1,188	1
Heifers	Small 1	—	450	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	797	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	548	225.50/cwt	225.50–225.50	1,236	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	546	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,174	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	428	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	997	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	540	222.89/cwt	222.50–225.00	1,204	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	649	211.50/cwt	211.50–211.50	1,373	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	354	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	850	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 Feb 21, 2024

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

Receipts 197Last week 151Year ago 252

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 34, Heifers 81, Bulls 82)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	634	214.00–217.00	214.98
2	—	370	244.00	244.00
2	—	713	190.00	190.00
3	—	793	169.00	169.00
7	—	567	217.00–221.50	219.53
3	—	467	226.00–234.00	231.23
2	—	428	233.00	233.00
6	—	540	222.50–225.00	222.89
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	451	236.50	236.50
4	—	685	205.00	205.00
13	—	548	225.50	225.50
6	—	649	211.50	211.50
4	—	354	240.00	240.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	720	157.00	157.00
1	—	430	210.00	210.00
1	—	365	246.00	246.00
2	—	478	180.00–221.00	201.25
1	—	600	184.00	184.00
4	—	546	215.00	215.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	625	192.00	192.00
1	—	545	218.00	218.00
1	—	450	177.00	177.00
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	425	205.00	205.00
1	—	340	290.00	290.00
3	—	487	261.00	261.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	500	271.50	271.50
8	—	489	280.00	280.00
7	—	557	220.00–258.00	245.90
3	—	710	218.00	218.00
3	—	420	295.00	295.00
2	—	760	190.00	190.00
2	—	370	267.00–301.00	283.31
15	—	626	230.50–235.50	232.53
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	554	263.50	263.50
1	—	355	301.00	301.00
5	—	662	221.00	221.00
5	—	507	238.00–277.00	266.63
2	—	735	186.00	186.00
4	—	430	299.00	299.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	510	257.00	257.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	800	201.00–215.00	205.67
4	—	668	270.00	270.00
1	—	725	233.00	233.00
1	—	925	189.00	189.00
4	—	790	215.00–236.00	220.15
4	—	455	298.00	298.00
3	—	853	206.00	206.00
2	—	580	281.00	281.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	488	288.00	288.00
3	—	555	285.00	285.00
2	—	623	276.00	276.00
2	—	733	231.00	231.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	540	266.00	266.00
1	—	625	236.00	236.00
1	—	395	290.00	290.00

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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