Name: Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2021-01-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-01-20

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 19, Heifers 75, Bulls 42)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $107.00/cwt on 74 head.

Average price

$107.00

74 head · 587 lb average

Value per head Derived

$628

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$132

per head · Medium and Large 3 over Medium and Large 1

$8.92/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−8.78

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 3	445	114.33	509	6thin
Medium and Large 2	594	107.10	636	38
Medium and Large 1	608	105.41	640	30

One grade step is worth $8.92/cwt here — about −$132 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 sale74 hd

107.00

—

VA average9 barns · 1,684 hd

115.78

−8.78

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

43 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	Small 1	—	675	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	668	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	742	117.03/cwt	114.00–120.00	868	4
Bulls	Small 1	—	475	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	499	1
Steers	Small 1	—	538	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	667	2
Bulls	Small 1	—	413	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	450	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	373	124.29/cwt	120.00–129.00	464	2
Bulls	Small 1	—	760	79.00/cwt	79.00–79.00	600	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	451	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	559	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	785	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	809	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	724	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	724	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	645	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	619	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	710	89.00/cwt	89.00–89.00	632	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	506	123.82/cwt	117.00–125.50	627	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	650	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	761	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	430	130.36/cwt	127.00–131.00	561	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	570	121.50/cwt	121.50–121.50	693	6
Bulls	Small 1	—	360	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	389	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	525	114.71/cwt	100.00–130.00	602	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	562	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	736	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	707	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	855	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	612	106.76/cwt	100.00–111.50	653	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	683	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	676	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	480	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	667	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	425	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	497	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	445	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	614	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	445	96.55/cwt	87.00–116.00	430	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	558	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	586	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	495	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	648	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	414	118.89/cwt	109.00–123.00	492	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	360	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	324	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	595	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	637	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	640	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	595	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	653	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	666	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	470	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	630	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	390	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	542	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	330	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	380	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	639	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	684	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	425	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	485	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	738	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	768	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	460	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	557	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	531	110.50/cwt	110.50–110.50	587	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	345	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	466	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	355	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	433	1

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 20, 2021

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

Receipts 136Last week 232Year ago 198

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 19, Heifers 75, Bulls 42)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	675	99.00	99.00
1	—	475	105.00	105.00
2	—	413	109.00	109.00
1	—	760	79.00	79.00
1	—	360	108.00	108.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	645	96.00	96.00
1	—	710	89.00	89.00
5	—	506	117.00–125.50	123.82
5	—	650	117.00	117.00
6	—	430	127.00–131.00	130.36
6	—	570	121.50	121.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	525	100.00–130.00	114.71
7	—	414	109.00–123.00	118.89
1	—	595	107.00	107.00
2	—	653	102.00	102.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	742	114.00–120.00	117.03
3	—	562	131.00	131.00
1	—	480	139.00	139.00
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	538	124.00	124.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	707	121.00	121.00
2	—	445	138.00	138.00
1	—	495	131.00	131.00
1	—	390	139.00	139.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	470	134.00	134.00
1	—	345	135.00	135.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	373	120.00–129.00	124.29
1	—	785	103.00	103.00
9	—	724	100.00	100.00
5	—	612	100.00–111.50	106.76
1	—	425	117.00	117.00
12	—	558	105.00	105.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	451	124.00	124.00
3	—	683	99.00	99.00
3	—	445	87.00–116.00	96.55
1	—	360	90.00	90.00
21	—	639	107.00	107.00
2	—	738	104.00	104.00
4	—	531	110.50	110.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	640	93.00	93.00
1	—	330	115.00	115.00
1	—	425	114.00	114.00
2	—	460	121.00	121.00
1	—	355	122.00	122.00

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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