Name: Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2021-05-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-05-05

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 21, Heifers 42, Bulls 37)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $114.72/cwt on 42 head.

Average price

$114.72

42 head · 523 lb average

Value per head Derived

$600

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$83

per head · Medium and Large 3 over Medium and Large 2

$15.21/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−9.62

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 3	403	125.00	504	7thin
Small 1	407	115.33	469	3thin
Medium and Large 1	580	114.45	663	18thin
Medium and Large 2	535	109.79	587	14thin

One grade step is worth $15.21/cwt here — about −$83 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 sale42 hd

114.72

—

VA average9 barns · 1,691 hd

124.34

−9.62

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

35 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	—	585	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	708	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	489	128.78/cwt	116.00–135.00	630	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	765	96.54/cwt	90.00–100.00	739	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	438	134.23/cwt	120.00–139.00	588	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	652	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	769	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	425	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	510	1
Heifers	Small 1	—	360	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	432	2
Heifers	Small 1	—	500	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	530	1
Bulls	Small 1	—	440	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	568	1
Bulls	Small 1	—	495	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	634	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	708	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	644	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	548	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	652	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	603	116.34/cwt	116.00–117.00	702	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	594	121.67/cwt	117.00–136.00	723	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	710	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	639	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	545	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	659	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	552	119.50/cwt	119.50–119.50	660	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	560	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	722	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	648	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	680	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	418	117.80/cwt	108.00–123.00	492	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	371	147.24/cwt	138.00–155.00	546	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	444	125.50/cwt	125.50–125.50	557	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	748	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	898	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	410	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	517	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	392	112.57/cwt	90.00–124.00	441	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	522	123.58/cwt	113.00–129.00	645	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	491	130.50/cwt	130.50–130.50	641	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	620	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	725	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	660	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	812	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	705	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	635	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	320	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	410	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	340	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	428	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	430	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	576	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	365	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	442	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	631	109.34/cwt	107.00–110.50	690	6

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 May 5, 2021

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

Receipts 100Last week 167Year ago 73

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 21, Heifers 42, Bulls 37)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	585	121.00	121.00
3	—	489	116.00–135.00	128.78
3	—	765	90.00–100.00	96.54
4	—	438	120.00–139.00	134.23
6	—	652	118.00	118.00
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	440	129.00	129.00
3	—	495	128.00	128.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	560	129.00	129.00
7	—	371	138.00–155.00	147.24
6	—	491	130.50	130.50
1	—	705	90.00	90.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	425	120.00	120.00
2	—	548	119.00	119.00
1	—	710	90.00	90.00
8	—	552	119.50	119.50
6	—	631	107.00–110.50	109.34
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	360	120.00	120.00
1	—	500	106.00	106.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	708	91.00	91.00
3	—	545	121.00	121.00
2	—	648	105.00	105.00
3	—	418	108.00–123.00	117.80
3	—	392	90.00–124.00	112.57
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	444	125.50	125.50
2	—	340	126.00	126.00
1	—	365	121.00	121.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	603	116.00–117.00	116.34
8	—	594	117.00–136.00	121.67
2	—	748	120.00	120.00
1	—	660	123.00	123.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	410	126.00	126.00
3	—	522	113.00–129.00	123.58
1	—	620	117.00	117.00
1	—	320	128.00	128.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	430	134.00	134.00

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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