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Southside Livestock Markets, Inc.

Name: Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2023-08-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-08-16

Feeder Cattle · Blackstone, Virginia · Wed, Aug 16

● Final43 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2183

← Aug 9Aug 16Aug 24 →

Receipts

136 head

▼ 10 vs last sale 146▼ 58 vs year ago 194 · −29.9%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 47, Heifers 46, Bulls 43)

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $217.17/cwt on 46 head.

Average price

$217.17

46 head · 630 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,368

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$439

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 1

$19.45/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−15.90

vs VA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	665	219.45	1,459	31
Medium and Large 2	576	215.57	1,241	12thin
Medium and Large 3	445	200.00	890	1thin
Small 1	510	200.00	1,020	2thin

One grade step is worth $19.45/cwt here — about $439 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 sale46 hd

217.17

—

VA average10 barns · 1,385 hd

233.06

−15.90

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

Every lot

43 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 · Steers18 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	360	222.40/cwt	217.00–227.50	801	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	445	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	890	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	460	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,058	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	480	226.88/cwt	195.00–240.00	1,089	4
Steers	—	Small 1	485	202.00/cwt	202.00–202.00	980	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	515	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,185	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	515	227.55/cwt	225.00–230.00	1,172	2
Steers	—	Small 1	535	198.00/cwt	198.00–198.00	1,059	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	565	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	1,294	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	570	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,083	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	628	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	1,363	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	632	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	1,378	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	668	226.19/cwt	218.00–228.50	1,511	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	720	218.50/cwt	218.50–218.50	1,573	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	785	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	1,617	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	835	197.00/cwt	197.00–197.00	1,645	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	835	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,628	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	910	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,729	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	373	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	698	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	415	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	664	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	420	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	798	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	463	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	903	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	490	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	843	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	517	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,008	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	565	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	1,057	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	571	200.10/cwt	198.00–201.00	1,143	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	642	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	1,213	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	648	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	1,192	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	665	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	1,257	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	712	165.75/cwt	165.75–165.75	1,180	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	731	165.75/cwt	165.75–165.75	1,212	8
Feeder Cattle · Bulls12 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	340	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	721	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	420	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	966	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	440	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	950	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	481	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	1,092	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	545	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,199	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	568	219.31/cwt	218.00–220.00	1,246	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	605	196.00/cwt	196.00–196.00	1,186	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	610	180.30/cwt	172.00–186.00	1,100	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	666	196.78/cwt	194.00–197.00	1,311	14
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	723	191.75/cwt	191.75–191.75	1,386	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	735	192.00/cwt	192.00–192.00	1,411	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	845	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,479	4

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 Aug 16, 2023

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

Receipts 136Last week 146Year ago 194

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 47, Heifers 46, Bulls 43)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	481	227.00	227.00
14	—	666	194.00–197.00	196.78
2	—	420	230.00	230.00
3	—	568	218.00–220.00	219.31
4	—	845	175.00	175.00
3	—	610	172.00–186.00	180.30
4	—	723	191.75	191.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	605	196.00	196.00
3	—	545	220.00	220.00
1	—	340	212.00	212.00
1	—	735	192.00	192.00
1	—	440	216.00	216.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	570	190.00	190.00
2	—	360	217.00–227.50	222.40
1	—	515	230.00	230.00
2	—	460	230.00	230.00
4	—	628	217.00	217.00
2	—	835	197.00	197.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	445	200.00	200.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	485	202.00	202.00
1	—	535	198.00	198.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	668	218.00–228.50	226.19
1	—	910	190.00	190.00
1	—	565	229.00	229.00
7	—	720	218.50	218.50
3	—	632	218.00	218.00
2	—	785	206.00	206.00
4	—	480	195.00–240.00	226.88
2	—	835	195.00	195.00
2	—	515	225.00–230.00	227.55

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	517	195.00	195.00
3	—	642	189.00	189.00
7	—	571	198.00–201.00	200.10
1	—	420	190.00	190.00
1	—	490	172.00	172.00
6	—	665	189.00	189.00
8	—	731	165.75	165.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	565	187.00	187.00
2	—	373	187.00	187.00
8	—	648	184.00	184.00
2	—	463	195.00	195.00
3	—	712	165.75	165.75
1	—	415	160.00	160.00

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.