Name: Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2021-03-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-03-24

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 24, Heifers 51, Bulls 43)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $122.72/cwt on 51 head.

Average price

$122.72

51 head · 519 lb average

Value per head Derived

$637

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$123

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

$16.67/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.93

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	458	130.02	595	19thin
Medium and Large 3	474	125.19	594	13thin
Small 1	410	117.00	480	2thin
Medium and Large 1	634	113.35	718	17thin

One grade step is worth $16.67/cwt here — about −$123 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 sale51 hd

122.72

—

VA average9 barns · 1,611 hd

124.65

−1.93

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	—	345	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	597	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	456	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	702	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	700	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	770	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	410	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	607	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	583	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	822	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	503	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	775	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	750	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	825	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	695	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	952	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	404	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	638	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	385	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	481	1
Bulls	Small 1	—	423	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	508	2
Heifers	Small 1	—	430	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	507	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	648	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	719	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	655	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	727	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	665	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	845	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	425	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	510	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	724	111.13/cwt	100.00–113.00	805	7
Heifers	Small 1	—	390	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	452	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	577	147.50/cwt	147.50–147.50	851	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	478	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	717	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	555	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	794	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	346	135.50/cwt	135.50–135.50	469	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	538	145.49/cwt	144.00–147.00	783	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	550	116.33/cwt	115.00–119.00	640	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	740	92.00/cwt	92.00–92.00	681	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	645	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	819	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	443	133.64/cwt	130.00–134.00	592	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	630	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	863	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	533	116.50/cwt	116.50–116.50	621	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	761	129.95/cwt	125.00–131.50	989	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	550	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	688	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	361	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	599	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	515	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	639	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	360	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	450	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	680	97.00/cwt	97.00–97.00	660	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	639	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	875	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	441	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	582	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	635	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	692	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 Mar 24, 2021

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

Receipts 118Last week 129Year ago 43

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 24, Heifers 51, Bulls 43)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	345	173.00	173.00
1	—	456	154.00	154.00
1	—	700	110.00	110.00
2	—	410	148.00	148.00
2	—	583	141.00	141.00
3	—	503	154.00	154.00
4	—	750	110.00	110.00
6	—	665	127.00	127.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	404	158.00	158.00
4	—	478	150.00	150.00
3	—	555	143.00	143.00
1	—	740	92.00	92.00
2	—	645	127.00	127.00
4	—	361	166.00	166.00
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	423	120.00	120.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	695	137.00	137.00
3	—	577	147.50	147.50
2	—	538	144.00–147.00	145.49
13	—	761	125.00–131.50	129.95
4	—	639	137.00	137.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	630	137.00	137.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	385	125.00	125.00
4	—	648	111.00	111.00
1	—	655	111.00	111.00
1	—	425	120.00	120.00
7	—	724	100.00–113.00	111.13
3	—	550	115.00–119.00	116.33
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	430	118.00	118.00
1	—	390	116.00	116.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	346	135.50	135.50
10	—	443	130.00–134.00	133.64
2	—	550	125.00	125.00
1	—	515	124.00	124.00
2	—	635	109.00	109.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	533	116.50	116.50
1	—	360	125.00	125.00
1	—	680	97.00	97.00
8	—	441	132.00	132.00

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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