Name: Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2021-02-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-02-10

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 11, Heifers 47, Bulls 30)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $111.51/cwt on 46 head.

Average price

$111.51

46 head · 500 lb average

Value per head Derived

$557

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$188

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Small 1

$8.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−7.06

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	506	113.00	571	21
Medium and Large 1	500	111.27	556	16thin
Medium and Large 3	544	110.17	600	6thin
Small 1	365	105.00	383	3thin

One grade step is worth $8.00/cwt here — about $188 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 sale46 hd

111.51

—

VA average8 barns · 809 hd

118.57

−7.06

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

32 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	—	460	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	575	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	720	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	706	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	343	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	515	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	515	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	592	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	432	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	575	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	647	113.50/cwt	113.50–113.50	734	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	528	114.32/cwt	109.00–116.00	604	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	464	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	515	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	418	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	464	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	375	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	443	1
Bulls	Small 1	—	715	88.00/cwt	88.00–88.00	629	1
Heifers	Small 1	—	365	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	383	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	635	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	800	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	463	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	625	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	740	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	725	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	505	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	606	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	650	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	819	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	539	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	738	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	420	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	491	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	420	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	542	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	474	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	550	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	536	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	590	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	630	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	630	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	570	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	604	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	643	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	662	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	410	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	414	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	442	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	535	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	580	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	603	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	380	130.75/cwt	121.00–140.00	497	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	650	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	696	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	620	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	645	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	559	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	637	4

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 10, 2021

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

Receipts 88Last week 52Year ago 33

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 11, Heifers 47, 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	—	460	125.00	125.00
1	—	720	98.00	98.00
2	—	343	150.00	150.00
2	—	515	115.00	115.00
3	—	432	133.00	133.00
3	—	647	113.50	113.50
5	—	570	106.00	106.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	418	111.00	111.00
2	—	740	98.00	98.00
1	—	505	120.00	120.00
2	—	380	121.00–140.00	130.75
5	—	650	107.00	107.00
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	715	88.00	88.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	528	109.00–116.00	114.32
5	—	464	111.00	111.00
4	—	420	117.00	117.00
3	—	630	100.00	100.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	375	118.00	118.00
8	—	474	116.00	116.00
5	—	536	110.00	110.00
2	—	643	103.00	103.00
3	—	442	121.00	121.00
2	—	580	104.00	104.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	365	105.00	105.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	410	101.00	101.00
1	—	620	104.00	104.00
4	—	559	114.00	114.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	635	126.00	126.00
2	—	463	135.00	135.00
2	—	650	126.00	126.00
5	—	539	137.00	137.00
1	—	420	129.00	129.00

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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