Name: Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2021-04-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-04-28

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 29, Heifers 83, Bulls 55)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $118.77/cwt on 83 head.

Average price

$118.77

83 head · 522 lb average

Value per head Derived

$620

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$101

per head · Medium and Large 3 over Small 1

$18.89/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−9.47

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 3	393	127.64	502	11thin
Medium and Large 2	508	119.88	610	43
Medium and Large 1	598	114.55	685	25
Small 1	554	108.75	602	4thin

One grade step is worth $18.89/cwt here — about −$101 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 sale83 hd

118.77

—

VA average7 barns · 1,669 hd

128.24

−9.47

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

44 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	—	745	97.00/cwt	97.00–97.00	723	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	365	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	511	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	559	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	710	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	615	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	756	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	428	133.56/cwt	127.00–135.00	572	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	491	126.50/cwt	126.50–126.50	621	11
Bulls	Small 1	—	440	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	554	1
Steers	Small 1	—	822	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	855	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	454	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	636	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	520	133.50/cwt	133.50–133.50	694	3
Bulls	Small 1	—	535	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	605	1
Bulls	Small 1	—	665	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	599	2
Heifers	Small 1	—	558	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	580	2
Steers	Small 1	—	585	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	743	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	620	116.54/cwt	115.00–118.00	723	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	643	111.50/cwt	111.50–111.50	717	6
Heifers	Small 1	—	635	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	635	1
Heifers	Small 1	—	465	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	591	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	669	123.80/cwt	121.00–126.00	828	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	585	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	749	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	420	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	567	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	483	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	604	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	574	112.08/cwt	87.00–125.00	643	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	467	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	593	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	780	101.50/cwt	101.50–101.50	792	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	529	119.08/cwt	110.00–122.00	630	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	478	133.05/cwt	130.00–136.00	636	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	560	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	728	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	720	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	749	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	630	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	687	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	351	125.47/cwt	118.00–128.00	440	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	675	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	851	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	660	107.49/cwt	107.00–109.00	709	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	449	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	566	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	340	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	479	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	735	97.00/cwt	97.00–97.00	713	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	515	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	536	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	426	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	554	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	351	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	456	6
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	630	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	762	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	353	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	498	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	519	122.60/cwt	119.00–125.00	636	7
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	460	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	593	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	550	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	699	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 Apr 28, 2021

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

Receipts 167Last week 116Year ago 169

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 29, Heifers 83, Bulls 55)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	745	97.00	97.00
2	—	365	140.00	140.00
5	—	559	127.00	127.00
5	—	615	123.00	123.00
11	—	428	127.00–135.00	133.56
11	—	491	126.50	126.50
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	440	126.00	126.00
1	—	535	113.00	113.00
2	—	665	90.00	90.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	620	115.00–118.00	116.54
3	—	420	135.00	135.00
3	—	483	125.00	125.00
3	—	574	87.00–125.00	112.08
1	—	340	141.00	141.00
1	—	735	97.00	97.00
3	—	353	141.00	141.00
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	822	104.00	104.00
1	—	585	127.00	127.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	454	140.00	140.00
3	—	520	133.50	133.50
7	—	669	121.00–126.00	123.80
1	—	585	128.00	128.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	478	130.00–136.00	133.05
2	—	560	130.00	130.00
2	—	675	126.00	126.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	630	121.00	121.00
2	—	460	129.00	129.00
2	—	550	127.00	127.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	558	104.00	104.00
1	—	635	100.00	100.00
1	—	465	127.00	127.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	643	111.50	111.50
8	—	351	118.00–128.00	125.47
8	—	660	107.00–109.00	107.49
14	—	449	126.00	126.00
7	—	519	119.00–125.00	122.60
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	467	127.00	127.00
6	—	780	101.50	101.50
8	—	529	110.00–122.00	119.08
1	—	720	104.00	104.00
4	—	630	109.00	109.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	515	104.00	104.00
4	—	426	130.00	130.00
6	—	351	130.00	130.00

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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