Name: Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2021-04-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-04-07

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 46, Heifers 117, Bulls 63)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $126.27/cwt on 112 head.

Average price

$126.27

112 head · 500 lb average

Value per head Derived

$631

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$39

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Small 1

$42.59/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−7.65

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	476	132.23	629	31
Medium and Large 1	533	127.39	679	32
Medium and Large 3	471	126.26	594	43
Small 1	658	89.64	590	6thin

One grade step is worth $42.59/cwt here — about $39 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 sale112 hd

126.27

—

VA average8 barns · 1,503 hd

133.92

−7.65

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

50 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 2	—	720	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	734	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	671	123.28/cwt	122.00–127.00	827	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	610	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	763	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	450	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	594	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	685	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	781	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	640	132.02/cwt	130.00–134.00	845	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	757	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	977	3
Steers	Small 1	—	530	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	652	1
Heifers	Small 1	—	621	90.96/cwt	89.00–97.00	565	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	470	120.15/cwt	113.00–127.00	565	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	390	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	488	1
Bulls	Small 1	—	513	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	590	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	528	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	739	2
Bulls	Small 1	—	363	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	472	2
Bulls	Small 1	—	570	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	707	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	518	130.82/cwt	130.00–132.00	678	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	963	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	963	2
Heifers	Small 1	—	733	87.00/cwt	87.00–87.00	638	2
Steers	Small 1	—	553	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	713	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	470	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	639	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	643	130.43/cwt	127.00–131.00	839	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	558	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	731	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	520	122.86/cwt	120.00–131.00	639	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	765	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	796	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	430	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	611	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	591	136.70/cwt	131.00–140.00	808	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	550	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	770	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	668	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	815	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	540	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	691	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	663	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	829	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	714	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	921	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	445	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	659	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	471	128.59/cwt	86.00–134.00	606	24
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	540	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	680	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	561	129.00/cwt	128.00–132.00	724	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	438	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	558	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	411	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	588	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	354	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	496	5
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	428	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	552	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	568	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	716	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	546	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	710	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	484	138.50/cwt	138.50–138.50	670	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	575	117.29/cwt	115.00–119.00	674	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	800	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	944	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	348	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	383	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	665	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	805	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	458	133.19/cwt	101.00–135.50	610	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	347	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	579	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	360	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	477	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	548	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	685	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 Apr 7, 2021

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

Receipts 226Last week 224Year ago 152

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 46, Heifers 117, Bulls 63)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	720	102.00	102.00
4	—	663	125.00	125.00
9	—	411	143.00	143.00
7	—	546	130.00	130.00
9	—	484	138.50	138.50
8	—	347	167.00	167.00
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	513	115.00	115.00
2	—	363	130.00	130.00
3	—	570	124.00	124.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	643	127.00–131.00	130.43
4	—	558	131.00	131.00
4	—	520	120.00–131.00	122.86
2	—	765	104.00	104.00
1	—	430	142.00	142.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	671	122.00–127.00	123.28
4	—	610	125.00	125.00
2	—	470	113.00–127.00	120.15
1	—	390	125.00	125.00
10	—	518	130.00–132.00	130.82
5	—	561	128.00–132.00	129.00
6	—	438	127.50	127.50
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	621	89.00–97.00	90.96
2	—	733	87.00	87.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	668	122.00	122.00
8	—	540	128.00	128.00
5	—	354	140.00	140.00
16	—	458	101.00–135.50	133.19
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	471	86.00–134.00	128.59
7	—	575	115.00–119.00	117.29
2	—	348	110.00	110.00
2	—	665	121.00	121.00
8	—	360	132.50	132.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	450	132.00	132.00
2	—	685	114.00	114.00
3	—	550	140.00	140.00
6	—	714	129.00	129.00
1	—	800	118.00	118.00
3	—	548	125.00	125.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	640	130.00–134.00	132.02
3	—	757	129.00	129.00
2	—	528	140.00	140.00
2	—	963	100.00	100.00
1	—	470	136.00	136.00
8	—	591	131.00–140.00	136.70
4	—	445	148.00	148.00
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	530	123.00	123.00
2	—	553	129.00	129.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	540	126.00	126.00
2	—	428	129.00	129.00
2	—	568	126.00	126.00

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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