Sale reports / Virginia / Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. / 2023-03-08

Southside Livestock Markets, Inc.

Name: Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2023-03-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-03-08

Feeder Cattle · Blackstone, Virginia · Wed, Mar 8

● Final40 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2183

← Mar 1Mar 8Mar 15 →

Receipts

119 head

▼ 56 vs last sale 175▲ 10 vs year ago 109 · +9.2%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 29, Heifers 62, Bulls 28)

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $172.12/cwt on 61 head.

Average price

$172.12

61 head · 505 lb average

Value per head Derived

$870

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$60

per head · Medium and Large 3 over Small 1

$6.63/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−4.05

vs VA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 3	463	173.63	804	23
Medium and Large 2	504	173.33	874	21
Medium and Large 1	570	168.78	962	15thin
Small 1	518	167.00	864	2thin

One grade step is worth $6.63/cwt here — about −$60 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 sale61 hd

172.12

—

VA average11 barns · 1,988 hd

176.17

−4.05

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

40 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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers10 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	413	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	888	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	455	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	956	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	455	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	646	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	505	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	1,015	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	537	217.44/cwt	212.00–218.50	1,168	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	546	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	1,179	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	607	212.11/cwt	207.00–215.00	1,288	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	643	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	1,337	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	723	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,338	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	820	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,394	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	332	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	561	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	352	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	620	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	370	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	655	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	380	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	483	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	415	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	726	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	432	174.50/cwt	174.50–174.50	754	5
Heifers	—	Small 1	445	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	761	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	470	179.50/cwt	179.50–179.50	844	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	478	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	870	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	505	176.50/cwt	176.50–176.50	891	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	525	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	898	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	549	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	961	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	553	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	951	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	565	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	972	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	584	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	1,010	4
Heifers	—	Small 1	590	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	962	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	630	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	1,021	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	635	160.64/cwt	155.00–162.00	1,020	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	740	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	1,147	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls11 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	345	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	738	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	370	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	799	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	413	203.00/cwt	203.00–203.00	838	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	420	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	899	2
Bulls	—	Small 1	470	199.00/cwt	199.00–199.00	935	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	485	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	1,023	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	495	203.00/cwt	203.00–203.00	1,005	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	534	197.87/cwt	190.50–205.00	1,057	10
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	535	196.00/cwt	196.00–196.00	1,049	2
Bulls	—	Small 1	620	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,054	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	655	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	1,251	1

This sale against other markets

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 Mar 8, 2023

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

Receipts 119Last week 175Year ago 109

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 29, Heifers 62, Bulls 28)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	495	203.00	203.00
2	—	535	196.00	196.00
4	—	413	203.00	203.00
1	—	370	216.00	216.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	470	199.00	199.00
1	—	620	170.00	170.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	345	214.00	214.00
2	—	420	214.00	214.00
3	—	485	211.00	211.00
10	—	534	190.50–205.00	197.87
1	—	655	191.00	191.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	413	215.00	215.00
2	—	723	185.00	185.00
1	—	455	142.00	142.00
1	—	820	170.00	170.00
4	—	546	216.00	216.00
7	—	607	207.00–215.00	212.11

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	537	212.00–218.50	217.44
1	—	455	210.00	210.00
2	—	643	208.00	208.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	505	201.00	201.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	352	176.00	176.00
2	—	565	172.00	172.00
6	—	549	175.00	175.00
4	—	630	162.00	162.00
4	—	470	179.50	179.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	740	155.00	155.00
3	—	505	176.50	176.50
4	—	584	173.00	173.00
1	—	370	177.00	177.00
1	—	415	175.00	175.00
5	—	635	155.00–162.00	160.64

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	332	169.00	169.00
5	—	432	174.50	174.50
1	—	525	171.00	171.00
8	—	478	182.00	182.00
1	—	380	127.00	127.00
5	—	553	172.00	172.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	445	171.00	171.00
1	—	590	163.00	163.00

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.