Name: Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2021-01-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-01-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 40, Heifers 36, Bulls 30)

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $128.25/cwt on 39 head.

Average price

$128.25

39 head · 614 lb average

Value per head Derived

$787

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$103

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Small 1

$28.27/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.98

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	560	129.27	724	4thin
Medium and Large 1	620	128.93	799	34
Small 1	615	101.00	621	1thin

One grade step is worth $28.27/cwt here — about $103 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 sale39 hd

128.25

—

VA average6 barns · 636 hd

130.23

−1.98

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

Every lot, as filed

38 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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	725	88.00/cwt	88.00–88.00	638	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	870	86.00/cwt	86.00–86.00	748	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	440	129.50/cwt	129.50–129.50	570	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	493	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	631	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	560	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	728	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	653	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	718	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	742	121.50/cwt	121.50–121.50	902	3
Heifers	Small 1	—	460	87.00/cwt	87.00–87.00	400	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	675	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	662	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	353	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	491	2
Bulls	Small 1	—	435	86.00/cwt	86.00–86.00	374	1
Heifers	Small 1	—	550	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	385	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	752	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	925	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	622	128.91/cwt	122.00–134.00	802	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	436	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	519	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	473	138.21/cwt	136.00–139.00	654	4
Steers	Small 1	—	615	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	621	1
Bulls	Small 1	—	360	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	342	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	520	126.50/cwt	126.50–126.50	658	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	338	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	362	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	870	78.00/cwt	78.00–78.00	679	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	688	92.00/cwt	92.00–92.00	633	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	668	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	862	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	885	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	1,159	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	558	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	625	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	522	132.03/cwt	128.00–134.00	689	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	678	92.00/cwt	92.00–92.00	624	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	345	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	449	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	733	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	623	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	539	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	593	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	465	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	525	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	543	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	489	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	400	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	508	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	570	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	661	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	470	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	494	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	495	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	609	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	675	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	817	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	340	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	364	2

How this sale compares

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 6, 2021

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

Receipts 106Last week 76Year ago 227

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 40, Heifers 36, Bulls 30)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	725	88.00	88.00
1	—	870	86.00	86.00
4	—	440	129.50	129.50
4	—	493	128.00	128.00
4	—	560	130.00	130.00
6	—	653	110.00	110.00
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	435	86.00	86.00
1	—	360	95.00	95.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	870	78.00	78.00
2	—	688	92.00	92.00
1	—	345	130.00	130.00
1	—	400	127.00	127.00
2	—	570	116.00	116.00
1	—	470	105.00	105.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	742	121.50	121.50
2	—	353	139.00	139.00
5	—	752	123.00	123.00
14	—	622	122.00–134.00	128.91
4	—	473	136.00–139.00	138.21
3	—	520	126.50	126.50
2	—	668	129.00	129.00
1	—	885	131.00	131.00
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	615	101.00	101.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	522	128.00–134.00	132.03
1	—	675	121.00	121.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	460	87.00	87.00
1	—	550	70.00	70.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	675	98.00	98.00
2	—	338	107.00	107.00
2	—	733	85.00	85.00
5	—	539	110.00	110.00
7	—	495	123.00	123.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	436	119.00	119.00
3	—	558	112.00	112.00
2	—	678	92.00	92.00
2	—	340	107.00	107.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	465	113.00	113.00
2	—	543	90.00	90.00

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.

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