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Southside Livestock Markets, Inc.

Name: Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2023-12-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-12-20

Feeder Cattle · Blackstone, Virginia · Wed, Dec 20

● Final23 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2183

← Dec 13Dec 20Jan 3 →

Receipts

55 head

▼ 21 vs last sale 76▼ 113 vs year ago 168 · −67.3%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 5, Heifers 16, Bulls 34)

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb bulls averaged $227.30/cwt on 34 head.

Average price

$227.30

34 head · 427 lb average

Value per head Derived

$970

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$86

per head · Small 1 over Medium and Large 1

$16.70/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+16.07

vs VA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Small 1	435	243.00	1,057	1thin
Medium and Large 2	398	232.00	924	3thin
Medium and Large 1	429	226.30	971	30

One grade step is worth $16.70/cwt here — about $86 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 sale34 hd

227.30

—

VA average9 barns · 454 hd

211.23

+16.07

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

Every lot

23 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 · Steers3 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	580	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,131	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	615	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,169	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	758	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	1,357	2
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Small 1	335	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	670	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	338	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	710	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	430	192.00/cwt	192.00–192.00	826	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	440	203.00/cwt	203.00–203.00	893	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	450	199.00/cwt	199.00–199.00	896	2
Heifers	—	Small 1	475	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	808	1
Heifers	—	Small 1	505	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	859	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	520	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	962	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	525	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	971	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	590	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	974	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	665	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	944	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls9 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	300	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	714	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	345	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	821	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	390	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	932	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	412	228.67/cwt	226.00–237.00	942	21
Bulls	—	Small 1	435	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	1,057	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	472	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,062	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	505	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	1,106	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	630	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,071	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	795	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,511	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 20, 2023

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

Receipts 55Last week 76Year ago 168

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 5, Heifers 16, Bulls 34)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	665	142.00	142.00
3	—	338	210.00	210.00
2	—	440	203.00	203.00
1	—	520	185.00	185.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	525	185.00	185.00
2	—	450	199.00	199.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	590	165.00	165.00
1	—	430	192.00	192.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	505	170.00	170.00
1	—	475	170.00	170.00
1	—	335	200.00	200.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	505	219.00	219.00
1	—	300	238.00	238.00
1	—	390	239.00	239.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	435	243.00	243.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	412	226.00–237.00	228.67
4	—	345	238.00	238.00
3	—	472	225.00	225.00
1	—	795	190.00	190.00
1	—	630	170.00	170.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	580	195.00	195.00
1	—	615	190.00	190.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	758	179.00	179.00

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.