Sale reports / Virginia / Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. / 2023-11-29

Southside Livestock Markets, Inc.

Name: Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2023-11-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-11-29

Feeder Cattle · Blackstone, Virginia · Wed, Nov 29

● Final39 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2183

← Nov 15Nov 29Dec 6 →

Receipts

89 head

▼ 130 vs last sale 219▼ 51 vs year ago 140 · −36.4%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 14, Heifers 42, Bulls 33)

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 $172.65/cwt on 42 head.

Average price

$172.65

42 head · 527 lb average

Value per head Derived

$911

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$152

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 1

$22.71/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−5.65

vs VA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	558	180.21	1,006	20
Medium and Large 2	494	178.00	880	8thin
Medium and Large 3	473	159.75	756	8thin
Small 1	542	157.50	854	6thin

One grade step is worth $22.71/cwt here — about $152 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 sale42 hd

172.65

—

VA average6 barns · 896 hd

178.29

−5.65

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

Every lot

39 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 · Steers5 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	452	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	1,035	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	555	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,166	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	600	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	1,248	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	662	206.51/cwt	205.00–208.00	1,367	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	763	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	1,572	4
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	320	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	512	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	330	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	518	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	370	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	618	1
Heifers	—	Small 1	380	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	578	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	395	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	660	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	440	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	660	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	451	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	821	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	485	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	776	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	525	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,050	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	548	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	943	3
Heifers	—	Small 1	553	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	896	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	573	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	1,014	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	582	174.23/cwt	150.00–180.00	1,014	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	600	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	888	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	610	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,068	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	635	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	1,118	3
Heifers	—	Small 1	660	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	957	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	748	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	1,189	2
Feeder Cattle · Bulls16 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	328	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	689	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	340	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	714	1
Bulls	—	Small 1	370	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	740	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	410	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	861	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	423	204.00/cwt	204.00–204.00	863	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	493	199.00/cwt	199.00–199.00	981	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	502	192.75/cwt	192.00–193.00	968	4
Bulls	—	Small 1	512	170.21/cwt	165.00–173.00	871	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	553	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	1,006	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	560	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	1,042	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	600	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	852	1
Bulls	—	Small 1	628	123.77/cwt	117.50–130.00	777	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	649	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	1,090	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	718	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	1,120	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	725	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	1,109	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	750	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	855	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 Nov 29, 2023

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

Receipts 89Last week 219Year ago 140

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 14, Heifers 42, 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	—	340	210.00	210.00
1	—	600	142.00	142.00
1	—	725	153.00	153.00
1	—	750	114.00	114.00
2	—	423	204.00	204.00
2	—	560	186.00	186.00
3	—	493	199.00	199.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	512	165.00–173.00	170.21
1	—	370	200.00	200.00
2	—	628	117.50–130.00	123.77

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	649	168.00	168.00
1	—	410	210.00	210.00
3	—	553	182.00	182.00
4	—	502	192.00–193.00	192.75
2	—	328	210.00	210.00
2	—	718	156.00	156.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	320	160.00	160.00
1	—	370	167.00	167.00
5	—	582	150.00–180.00	174.23
1	—	485	160.00	160.00
2	—	748	159.00	159.00
7	—	525	200.00	200.00
3	—	635	176.00	176.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	451	182.00	182.00
1	—	610	175.00	175.00
1	—	395	167.00	167.00
2	—	573	177.00	177.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	440	150.00	150.00
3	—	548	172.00	172.00
2	—	330	157.00	157.00
1	—	600	148.00	148.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	380	152.00	152.00
1	—	660	145.00	145.00
4	—	553	162.00	162.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	662	205.00–208.00	206.51
2	—	555	210.00	210.00
4	—	763	206.00	206.00
1	—	600	208.00	208.00
3	—	452	229.00	229.00

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.