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Southside Livestock Markets, Inc.

Name: Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2023-12-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-12-13

Feeder Cattle · Blackstone, Virginia · Wed, Dec 13

● Final35 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2183

← Dec 6Dec 13Dec 20 →

Receipts

76 head

▼ 98 vs last sale 174▼ 92 vs year ago 168 · −54.8%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 11, Heifers 37, 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 $167.46/cwt on 37 head.

Average price

$167.46

37 head · 576 lb average

Value per head Derived

$965

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$360

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3

$63.46/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−18.63

vs VA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	534	175.46	937	13thin
Medium and Large 2	603	165.35	997	23
Medium and Large 3	515	112.00	577	1thin

One grade step is worth $63.46/cwt here — about $360 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 sale37 hd

167.46

—

VA average8 barns · 903 hd

186.10

−18.63

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 · Steers9 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	315	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	677	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	355	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	781	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	470	202.00/cwt	202.00–202.00	949	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	490	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	1,058	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	538	209.00/cwt	209.00–209.00	1,124	2
Steers	—	Small 1	645	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,032	1
Steers	—	Small 1	675	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,249	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	728	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,310	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	740	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	1,317	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	330	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	495	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	372	192.98/cwt	191.00–194.00	718	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	447	188.00/cwt	188.00–188.00	840	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	515	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	577	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	558	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	993	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	569	175.51/cwt	173.00–178.00	999	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	633	158.02/cwt	152.00–164.00	1,000	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	635	161.54/cwt	161.00–162.00	1,026	13
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	655	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	1,074	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	723	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	1,092	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	735	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	1,095	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls15 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	335	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	774	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	370	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	855	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	385	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	735	1
Bulls	—	Small 1	435	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	809	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	441	202.79/cwt	160.00–217.00	894	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	445	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	757	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	485	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	1,028	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	490	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	1,009	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	540	193.00/cwt	193.00–193.00	1,042	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	580	196.00/cwt	196.00–196.00	1,137	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	580	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,073	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	605	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	1,071	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	632	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	1,093	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	728	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,165	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	735	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,176	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 Dec 13, 2023

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

Receipts 76Last week 174Year ago 168

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 11, Heifers 37, 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	—	385	191.00	191.00
1	—	580	196.00	196.00
1	—	605	177.00	177.00
1	—	735	160.00	160.00
3	—	335	231.00	231.00
3	—	490	206.00	206.00
4	—	441	160.00–217.00	202.79

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	540	193.00	193.00
2	—	728	160.00	160.00
1	—	580	185.00	185.00
1	—	370	231.00	231.00
1	—	445	170.00	170.00
5	—	632	173.00	173.00
2	—	485	212.00	212.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	435	186.00	186.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	740	178.00	178.00
2	—	538	209.00	209.00
1	—	490	216.00	216.00
1	—	355	220.00	220.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	315	215.00	215.00
1	—	470	202.00	202.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	645	160.00	160.00
1	—	675	185.00	185.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	728	180.00	180.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	569	173.00–178.00	175.51
13	—	635	161.00–162.00	161.54
1	—	330	150.00	150.00
1	—	735	149.00	149.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	558	178.00	178.00
2	—	633	152.00–164.00	158.02
2	—	723	151.00	151.00
3	—	447	188.00	188.00
3	—	372	191.00–194.00	192.98
1	—	655	164.00	164.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	515	112.00	112.00

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.