Name: Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2021-04-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-04-14

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 36, Heifers 57, Bulls 71)

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb bulls averaged $135.89/cwt on 71 head.

Average price

$135.89

71 head · 528 lb average

Value per head Derived

$717

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$36

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Small 1

$8.57/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−10.77

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	523	139.11	727	30
Medium and Large 1	532	135.27	720	26
Small 1	530	130.54	691	15thin

One grade step is worth $8.57/cwt here — about $36 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 sale71 hd

135.89

—

VA average10 barns · 863 hd

146.66

−10.77

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

49 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	845	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	989	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	670	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	811	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	348	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	581	3
Bulls	Small 1	—	477	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	658	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	405	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	555	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	469	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	614	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	535	144.50/cwt	144.50–144.50	773	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	563	144.50/cwt	144.50–144.50	814	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	415	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	581	1
Heifers	Small 1	—	517	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	610	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	491	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	697	9
Bulls	Small 1	—	410	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	570	3
Heifers	Small 1	—	455	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	573	2
Bulls	Small 1	—	660	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	752	1
Steers	Small 1	—	453	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	584	2
Bulls	Small 1	—	578	126.64/cwt	124.00–127.50	732	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	627	136.16/cwt	131.00–137.50	854	5
Heifers	Small 1	—	633	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	772	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	562	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	652	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	673	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	875	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	418	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	594	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	345	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	576	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	735	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	889	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	830	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	830	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	727	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	756	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	560	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	633	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	774	127.80/cwt	125.00–130.50	989	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	558	130.38/cwt	130.00–130.50	728	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	330	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	459	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	378	136.05/cwt	135.00–137.00	514	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	720	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	900	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	540	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	702	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	700	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	896	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	663	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	869	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	493	143.75/cwt	143.75–143.75	709	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	570	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	667	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	332	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	478	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	430	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	525	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	807	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	1,001	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	505	143.50/cwt	143.50–143.50	725	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	542	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	699	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	535	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	701	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	665	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	871	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	660	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	792	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	572	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	758	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	461	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	618	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	705	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	705	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	620	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	732	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	450	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	599	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 Apr 14, 2021

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

Receipts 164Last week 226Year ago 111

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 36, Heifers 57, Bulls 71)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	845	117.00	117.00
2	—	535	144.50	144.50
6	—	563	144.50	144.50
1	—	415	140.00	140.00
5	—	627	131.00–137.50	136.16
10	—	774	125.00–130.50	127.80
1	—	700	128.00	128.00
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	453	129.00	129.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	540	130.00	130.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	807	124.00	124.00
1	—	505	143.50	143.50
1	—	665	131.00	131.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	670	121.00	121.00
4	—	469	131.00	131.00
3	—	727	104.00	104.00
8	—	558	130.00–130.50	130.38
1	—	330	139.00	139.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	517	118.00	118.00
2	—	455	126.00	126.00
3	—	633	122.00	122.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	560	113.00	113.00
1	—	430	122.00	122.00
1	—	620	118.00	118.00
1	—	450	133.00	133.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	570	117.00	117.00
3	—	332	144.00	144.00
5	—	542	129.00	129.00
5	—	660	120.00	120.00
11	—	461	134.00	134.00
1	—	705	100.00	100.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	348	167.00	167.00
2	—	405	137.00	137.00
2	—	378	135.00–137.00	136.05
2	—	720	125.00	125.00
4	—	663	131.00	131.00
9	—	493	143.75	143.75
1	—	535	131.00	131.00
7	—	572	132.50	132.50
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	477	138.00	138.00
3	—	410	139.00	139.00
1	—	660	114.00	114.00
8	—	578	124.00–127.50	126.64
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	491	142.00	142.00
5	—	562	116.00	116.00
3	—	673	130.00	130.00
3	—	418	142.00	142.00
3	—	345	167.00	167.00
2	—	735	121.00	121.00
1	—	830	100.00	100.00

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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