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Southside Livestock Markets, Inc.

Name: Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2024-01-31
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-01-31

Feeder Cattle · Blackstone, Virginia · Wed, Jan 31

● Final40 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2183

← Jan 24Jan 31Feb 7 →

Receipts

122 head

▼ 18 vs last sale 140▲ 83 vs year ago 39 · +212.8%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 39, Heifers 57, Bulls 26)

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 $206.24/cwt on 55 head.

Average price

$206.24

55 head · 526 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,086

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$702

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 1

$45.01/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−16.64

vs VA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	595	212.01	1,262	24
Medium and Large 2	539	205.37	1,106	16thin
Medium and Large 3	409	200.14	818	14thin
Small 1	335	167.00	559	1thin

One grade step is worth $45.01/cwt here — about $702 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 sale55 hd

206.24

—

VA average6 barns · 758 hd

222.88

−16.64

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

Every lot

40 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 · Steers14 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	385	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	982	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	474	278.50/cwt	270.00–285.00	1,320	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	520	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,378	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	545	268.00/cwt	268.00–268.00	1,461	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	560	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,484	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	565	268.00/cwt	268.00–268.00	1,514	1
Steers	—	Small 1	570	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,254	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	625	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	1,588	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	626	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	1,559	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	672	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	1,707	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	690	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	1,753	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	750	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,500	2
Steers	—	Small 1	765	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,568	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	823	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	1,794	3
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Small 1	335	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	559	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	345	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	621	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	374	207.00/cwt	207.00–207.00	774	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	378	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	832	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	420	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	840	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	435	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	892	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	439	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	970	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	520	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	780	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	551	227.50/cwt	227.50–227.50	1,254	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	571	217.06/cwt	200.00–223.00	1,239	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	616	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	1,281	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	634	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	1,357	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	665	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,330	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	678	130.85/cwt	117.00–145.00	887	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	726	180.45/cwt	171.00–187.00	1,310	5
Feeder Cattle · Bulls11 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	417	264.52/cwt	235.00–280.00	1,103	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	430	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,204	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	494	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	1,275	4
Bulls	—	Small 1	495	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,114	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	550	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,375	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	568	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,420	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	630	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,392	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	665	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	1,436	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	735	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,544	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	740	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	1,584	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	755	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	1,601	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 Jan 31, 2024

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

Receipts 122Last week 140Year ago 39

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 39, Heifers 57, Bulls 26)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	430	280.00	280.00
1	—	550	250.00	250.00
1	—	755	212.00	212.00
4	—	740	214.00	214.00
5	—	630	221.00	221.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	494	258.00	258.00
1	—	735	210.00	210.00
2	—	568	250.00	250.00
3	—	417	235.00–280.00	264.52
1	—	665	216.00	216.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	495	225.00	225.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	690	254.00	254.00
4	—	626	249.00	249.00
4	—	545	268.00	268.00
1	—	565	268.00	268.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	474	270.00–285.00	278.50
2	—	385	255.00	255.00
4	—	560	265.00	265.00
6	—	672	254.00	254.00
2	—	625	254.00	254.00
3	—	823	218.00	218.00
2	—	520	265.00	265.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	765	205.00	205.00
3	—	570	220.00	220.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	750	200.00	200.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	345	180.00	180.00
1	—	520	150.00	150.00
6	—	374	207.00	207.00
6	—	435	205.00	205.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	420	200.00	200.00
12	—	551	227.50	227.50
4	—	634	214.00	214.00
5	—	726	171.00–187.00	180.45
1	—	665	200.00	200.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	616	208.00	208.00
2	—	378	220.00	220.00
4	—	439	221.00	221.00
2	—	678	117.00–145.00	130.85
4	—	571	200.00–223.00	217.06

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	335	167.00	167.00

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.