Name: Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2021-01-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-01-13

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 26, Heifers 128, Bulls 78)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $108.42/cwt on 126 head.

Average price

$108.42

126 head · 531 lb average

Value per head Derived

$575

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$47

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3

$7.93/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−9.66

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	465	112.29	522	34
Medium and Large 1	592	107.48	636	71
Small 1	404	106.40	429	10thin
Medium and Large 3	455	104.36	474	11thin

One grade step is worth $7.93/cwt here — about $47 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 sale126 hd

108.42

—

VA average9 barns · 2,042 hd

118.08

−9.66

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

47 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	543	106.07/cwt	103.50–112.50	576	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	388	109.56/cwt	100.00–119.00	425	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	448	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	609	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	745	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	872	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	348	165.50/cwt	165.50–165.50	576	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	413	143.50/cwt	143.50–143.50	593	6
Steers	Small 1	—	555	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	755	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	556	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	756	5
Bulls	Small 1	—	548	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	537	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	445	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	418	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	641	107.89/cwt	106.00–110.00	692	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	454	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	477	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	490	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	588	1
Steers	Small 1	—	440	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	572	1
Bulls	Small 1	—	380	83.00/cwt	83.00–83.00	315	1
Heifers	Small 1	—	440	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	458	6
Heifers	Small 1	—	349	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	384	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	589	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	654	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	753	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	678	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	360	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	450	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	783	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	822	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	490	122.50/cwt	99.00–129.00	600	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	574	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	672	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	475	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	475	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	541	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	584	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	587	131.58/cwt	131.00–134.00	772	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	535	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	482	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	352	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	387	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	460	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	506	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	728	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	684	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	625	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	619	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	337	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	418	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	405	127.91/cwt	110.00–140.00	518	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	581	117.50/cwt	117.50–117.50	683	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	363	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	345	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	528	111.95/cwt	110.00–116.00	591	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	340	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	561	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	680	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	653	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	490	125.50/cwt	125.50–125.50	615	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	644	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	702	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	552	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	607	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	707	104.72/cwt	94.00–110.00	740	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	655	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	655	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	616	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	819	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	446	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	508	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	750	89.00/cwt	89.00–89.00	668	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	620	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	676	3

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 13, 2021

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

Receipts 232Last week 106Year ago 125

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 26, Heifers 128, Bulls 78)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	543	103.50–112.50	106.07
1	—	445	94.00	94.00
17	—	641	106.00–110.00	107.89
8	—	454	105.00	105.00
4	—	589	111.00	111.00
5	—	360	125.00	125.00
3	—	783	105.00	105.00
16	—	707	94.00–110.00	104.72
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	440	104.00	104.00
4	—	349	110.00	110.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	475	100.00	100.00
7	—	541	108.00	108.00
2	—	728	94.00	94.00
11	—	337	124.00	124.00
2	—	363	95.00	95.00
5	—	552	110.00	110.00
1	—	655	100.00	100.00
5	—	446	114.00	114.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	535	90.00	90.00
5	—	352	110.00	110.00
2	—	460	110.00	110.00
2	—	625	99.00	99.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	388	100.00–119.00	109.56
5	—	405	110.00–140.00	127.91
4	—	581	117.50	117.50
3	—	528	110.00–116.00	111.95
4	—	340	165.00	165.00
1	—	680	96.00	96.00
6	—	490	125.50	125.50
3	—	750	89.00	89.00
3	—	620	109.00	109.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	348	165.50	165.50
6	—	413	143.50	143.50
4	—	753	90.00	90.00
9	—	490	99.00–129.00	122.50
10	—	574	117.00	117.00
4	—	644	109.00	109.00
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	548	98.00	98.00
1	—	380	83.00	83.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	448	136.00	136.00
1	—	745	117.00	117.00
5	—	556	136.00	136.00
1	—	490	120.00	120.00
7	—	616	133.00	133.00
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	555	136.00	136.00
1	—	440	130.00	130.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	587	131.00–134.00	131.58

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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