Name: Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2024-02-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-02-28

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 59, Heifers 69, Bulls 33)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $208.15/cwt on 68 head.

Average price

$208.15

68 head · 563 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,171

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$103

per head · Medium and Large 3 over Small 1

$41.57/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−33.37

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 3	474	221.77	1,051	13thin
Medium and Large 2	564	218.26	1,231	31
Medium and Large 1	668	193.07	1,290	14thin
Small 1	526	180.20	948	10thin

One grade step is worth $41.57/cwt here — about $103 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 sale68 hd

208.15

—

VA average6 barns · 1,257 hd

241.51

−33.37

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

49 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	—	615	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,384	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	510	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,275	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	422	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,245	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	570	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	1,402	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	343	289.00/cwt	289.00–289.00	991	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	540	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,355	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	888	218.09/cwt	216.50–228.00	1,937	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	663	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	1,730	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	757	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,817	3
Steers	Small 1	—	755	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,321	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	480	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	1,378	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	638	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	1,665	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	746	247.54/cwt	244.00–249.00	1,847	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	683	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	1,277	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	525	274.00/cwt	274.00–274.00	1,439	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	678	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,729	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	829	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	1,874	8
Steers	Small 1	—	613	204.16/cwt	150.00–257.00	1,252	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	395	282.00/cwt	282.00–282.00	1,114	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	335	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	737	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	540	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,539	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	708	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,345	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	545	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,199	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	400	207.00/cwt	207.00–207.00	828	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	727	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,381	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	615	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,199	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	343	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	833	5
Heifers	Small 1	—	373	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	746	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	469	236.50/cwt	236.50–236.50	1,109	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	636	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,304	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	453	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,042	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	340	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	792	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	780	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	1,209	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	551	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	1,251	8
Heifers	Small 1	—	543	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	842	2
Heifers	Small 1	—	485	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	970	1
Heifers	Small 1	—	732	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	1,200	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	647	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,520	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	534	223.00/cwt	223.00–223.00	1,191	3
Bulls	Small 1	—	595	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,160	1
Bulls	Small 1	—	388	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	974	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	660	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	1,234	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	800	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	1,472	3
Bulls	Small 1	—	480	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,133	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	685	203.00/cwt	203.00–203.00	1,391	4
Bulls	Small 1	—	735	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,103	1
Bulls	Small 1	—	336	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	810	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	392	297.00/cwt	297.00–297.00	1,164	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	780	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,365	1

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 28, 2024

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

Receipts 161Last week 197Year ago 175

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 59, Heifers 69, Bulls 33)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	615	225.00	225.00
2	—	510	250.00	250.00
3	—	422	295.00	295.00
3	—	570	246.00	246.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	343	289.00	289.00
1	—	540	251.00	251.00
3	—	647	235.00	235.00
3	—	392	297.00	297.00
1	—	780	175.00	175.00
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	595	195.00	195.00
2	—	388	251.00	251.00
5	—	480	236.00	236.00
1	—	735	150.00	150.00
4	—	336	241.00	241.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	888	216.50–228.00	218.09
6	—	663	261.00	261.00
1	—	480	287.00	287.00
3	—	638	261.00	261.00
19	—	746	244.00–249.00	247.54
8	—	829	226.00	226.00
1	—	395	282.00	282.00
2	—	540	285.00	285.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	757	240.00	240.00
4	—	525	274.00	274.00
2	—	678	255.00	255.00
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	755	175.00	175.00
2	—	613	150.00–257.00	204.16
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	683	187.00	187.00
2	—	545	220.00	220.00
1	—	400	207.00	207.00
5	—	343	243.00	243.00
2	—	453	230.00	230.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	335	220.00	220.00
3	—	727	190.00	190.00
1	—	615	195.00	195.00
2	—	780	155.00	155.00
3	—	534	223.00	223.00
1	—	660	187.00	187.00
3	—	800	184.00	184.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	708	190.00	190.00
6	—	469	236.50	236.50
8	—	636	205.00	205.00
3	—	340	233.00	233.00
8	—	551	227.00	227.00
4	—	685	203.00	203.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	373	200.00	200.00
2	—	543	155.00	155.00
1	—	485	200.00	200.00
3	—	732	164.00	164.00

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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