Name: Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2021-02-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-02-03

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 24, Heifers 13, Bulls 15)

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $129.65/cwt on 24 head.

Average price

$129.65

24 head · 630 lb average

Value per head Derived

$816

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$363

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 1

$4.75/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.88

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	360	134.00	482	2thin
Medium and Large 1	654	129.25	846	22

One grade step is worth $4.75/cwt here — about −$363 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 sale24 hd

129.65

—

VA average2 barns · 35 hd

130.53

−0.88

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

23 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	—	370	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	444	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	640	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	640	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	670	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	710	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	443	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	563	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	475	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	608	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	543	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	597	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	375	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	446	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	520	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	520	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	620	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	558	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	513	129.51/cwt	129.00–130.00	664	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	400	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	472	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	533	106.90/cwt	100.00–114.00	570	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	665	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	871	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	395	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	474	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	454	112.50/cwt	112.50–112.50	511	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	300	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	450	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	815	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	929	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	420	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	496	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	343	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	429	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	410	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	529	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	470	130.50/cwt	124.00–137.00	613	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	709	128.50/cwt	128.50–128.50	911	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	323	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	472	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 Feb 3, 2021

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

Receipts 52Last week 32Year ago 157

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 24, Heifers 13, Bulls 15)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	370	120.00	120.00
1	—	640	100.00	100.00
1	—	670	106.00	106.00
2	—	443	127.00	127.00
2	—	475	128.00	128.00
2	—	543	110.00	110.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	533	100.00–114.00	106.90
1	—	395	120.00	120.00
1	—	410	129.00	129.00
2	—	323	146.00	146.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	375	119.00	119.00
1	—	520	100.00	100.00
1	—	620	90.00	90.00
4	—	454	112.50	112.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	400	118.00	118.00
5	—	343	125.00	125.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	513	129.00–130.00	129.51
10	—	665	131.00	131.00
1	—	815	114.00	114.00
2	—	470	124.00–137.00	130.50
7	—	709	128.50	128.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	300	150.00	150.00
1	—	420	118.00	118.00

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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