Sale reports / Virginia / Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. / 2023-08-24

Southside Livestock Markets, Inc.

Name: Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2023-08-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-08-24

Feeder Cattle · Blackstone, Virginia · Thu, Aug 24

● Final35 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2183

← Aug 16Aug 24Aug 30 →

Receipts

99 head

▼ 37 vs last sale 136▼ 41 vs year ago 140 · −29.3%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 31, Heifers 45, Bulls 23)

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 $191.84/cwt on 45 head.

Average price

$191.84

45 head · 590 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,132

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$121

per head · Medium and Large 3 over Small 1

$25.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−18.17

vs VA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 3	455	196.00	892	1thin
Medium and Large 2	597	194.35	1,160	18thin
Medium and Large 1	590	192.41	1,135	23
Small 1	592	171.00	1,012	3thin

One grade step is worth $25.00/cwt here — about −$121 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 sale45 hd

191.84

—

VA average9 barns · 1,469 hd

210.01

−18.17

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

Every lot

35 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 · Steers12 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	405	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	960	1
Steers	—	Small 1	450	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	954	1
Steers	—	Small 1	543	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	896	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	590	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	1,375	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	610	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	1,379	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	650	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	1,411	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	702	217.00/cwt	215.00–218.00	1,523	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	705	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	1,523	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	751	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	1,637	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	815	197.00/cwt	197.00–197.00	1,606	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	823	197.00/cwt	197.00–197.00	1,621	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	936	199.00/cwt	197.00–199.50	1,863	5
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	380	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	779	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	448	210.50/cwt	210.50–210.50	943	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	455	196.00/cwt	196.00–196.00	892	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	459	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	955	5
Heifers	—	Small 1	480	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	840	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	512	198.74/cwt	197.00–202.00	1,018	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	541	202.00/cwt	202.00–202.00	1,093	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	623	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	1,165	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	638	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	1,219	6
Heifers	—	Small 1	648	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	1,095	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	665	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	1,244	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	667	184.25/cwt	181.00–191.00	1,229	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	705	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,269	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	727	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	1,280	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	815	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,426	3
Feeder Cattle · Bulls8 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	430	192.35/cwt	165.00–221.00	827	2
Bulls	—	Small 1	480	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	826	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	540	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,080	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	563	199.30/cwt	180.00–206.00	1,122	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	570	202.40/cwt	197.00–208.00	1,154	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	645	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,193	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	654	182.60/cwt	127.00–190.00	1,194	9
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	723	178.86/cwt	167.00–185.00	1,293	3

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

Thu Aug 24, 2023

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

Receipts 99Last week 136Year ago 140

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 31, Heifers 45, Bulls 23)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	723	167.00–185.00	178.86
4	—	563	180.00–206.00	199.30
9	—	654	127.00–190.00	182.60

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	645	185.00	185.00
1	—	540	200.00	200.00
2	—	570	197.00–208.00	202.40
2	—	430	165.00–221.00	192.35

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	480	172.00	172.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	610	226.00	226.00
2	—	705	216.00	216.00
1	—	815	197.00	197.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	650	217.00	217.00
3	—	702	215.00–218.00	217.00
6	—	751	218.00	218.00
3	—	590	233.00	233.00
4	—	823	197.00	197.00
5	—	936	197.00–199.50	199.00
1	—	405	237.00	237.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	450	212.00	212.00
2	—	543	165.00	165.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	541	202.00	202.00
2	—	705	180.00	180.00
3	—	667	181.00–191.00	184.25
6	—	638	191.00	191.00
3	—	448	210.50	210.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	380	205.00	205.00
3	—	623	187.00	187.00
3	—	727	176.00	176.00
5	—	459	208.00	208.00
3	—	815	175.00	175.00
2	—	665	187.00	187.00
6	—	512	197.00–202.00	198.74

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	455	196.00	196.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	480	175.00	175.00
2	—	648	169.00	169.00

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.