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Southside Livestock Markets, Inc.

Name: Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2024-01-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-01-03

Feeder Cattle · Blackstone, Virginia · Wed, Jan 3

● Final28 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2183

← Dec 20Jan 3Jan 10 →

Receipts

61 head

▲ 6 vs last sale 55▼ 36 vs year ago 97 · −37.1%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 7, Heifers 27, Bulls 27)

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 $177.44/cwt on 27 head.

Average price

$177.44

27 head · 510 lb average

Value per head Derived

$906

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$51

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 1

$29.67/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.00

vs VA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	540	186.67	1,008	15thin
Medium and Large 3	446	168.56	753	9thin
Medium and Large 2	440	160.00	704	1thin
Small 1	610	157.00	958	2thin

One grade step is worth $29.67/cwt here — about $51 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 sale27 hd

177.44

—

VA average1 barns · 27 hd

177.44

+0.00

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

Every lot

28 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	—	Small 1	365	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	610	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	420	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	722	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	475	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,150	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	585	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,293	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	663	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	1,379	2
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	343	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	600	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	375	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	656	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	413	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	694	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	440	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	704	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	443	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	820	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	535	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	867	1
Heifers	—	Small 1	540	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	842	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	555	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	916	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	558	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	1,122	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	633	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	1,114	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	660	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	1,063	1
Heifers	—	Small 1	680	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	1,074	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls11 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	333	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	759	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	381	224.68/cwt	223.00–228.00	856	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	395	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	889	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	465	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	1,032	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	487	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	1,105	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	530	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	1,145	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	563	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,210	5
Bulls	—	Small 1	625	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	919	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	626	183.63/cwt	168.00–189.00	1,150	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	670	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,139	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	718	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	1,120	2

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 Jan 3, 2024

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

Receipts 61Last week 55Year ago 97

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 7, Heifers 27, Bulls 27)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	413	168.00	168.00
3	—	343	175.00	175.00
1	—	535	162.00	162.00
1	—	660	161.00	161.00
1	—	555	165.00	165.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	375	175.00	175.00
5	—	558	201.00	201.00
4	—	443	185.00	185.00
5	—	633	176.00	176.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	540	156.00	156.00
1	—	680	158.00	158.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	440	160.00	160.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	625	147.00	147.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	670	170.00	170.00
2	—	333	228.00	228.00
1	—	530	216.00	216.00
3	—	487	227.00	227.00
2	—	395	225.00	225.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	563	215.00	215.00
4	—	626	168.00–189.00	183.63
4	—	381	223.00–228.00	224.68
2	—	718	156.00	156.00
1	—	465	222.00	222.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	663	208.00	208.00
2	—	475	242.00	242.00
1	—	585	221.00	221.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	365	167.00	167.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	420	172.00	172.00

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.