Name: Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2021-05-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-05-12

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 16, Heifers 53, Bulls 41)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $112.35/cwt on 53 head.

Average price

$112.35

53 head · 550 lb average

Value per head Derived

$618

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$164

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 1

$12.91/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−9.50

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	584	114.41	668	35
Medium and Large 2	498	113.00	563	9thin
Medium and Large 3	455	105.40	480	5thin
Small 1	497	101.50	504	4thin

One grade step is worth $12.91/cwt here — about $164 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 sale53 hd

112.35

—

VA average9 barns · 1,069 hd

121.85

−9.50

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

39 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	—	410	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	492	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	525	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	635	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	663	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	670	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	772	87.06/cwt	81.00–90.00	672	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	634	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	812	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	561	124.58/cwt	120.00–125.50	699	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	709	98.33/cwt	95.00–99.00	697	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	648	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	745	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	566	118.96/cwt	115.00–121.00	673	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	370	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	418	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	600	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	756	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	462	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	541	7
Bulls	Small 1	—	575	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	673	1
Heifers	Small 1	—	428	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	484	2
Heifers	Small 1	—	565	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	509	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	585	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	749	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	528	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	602	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	620	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	713	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	495	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	545	1
Bulls	Small 1	—	483	99.12/cwt	90.00–117.00	479	3
Bulls	Small 1	—	645	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	697	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	426	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	567	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	570	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	599	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	440	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	466	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	639	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	805	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	635	130.31/cwt	128.00–132.00	827	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	538	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	651	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	465	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	493	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	475	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	542	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	375	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	461	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	380	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	429	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	763	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	877	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	570	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	730	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	545	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	670	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	515	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	628	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	485	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	616	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	525	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	504	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	425	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	451	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	625	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	713	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 May 12, 2021

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

Receipts 110Last week 100Year ago 75

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 16, Heifers 53, Bulls 41)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	410	120.00	120.00
2	—	525	121.00	121.00
3	—	663	101.00	101.00
3	—	772	81.00–90.00	87.06
4	—	634	128.00	128.00
6	—	561	120.00–125.50	124.58
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	575	117.00	117.00
3	—	483	90.00–117.00	99.12
4	—	645	108.00	108.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	426	133.00	133.00
1	—	570	105.00	105.00
5	—	639	126.00	126.00
1	—	375	123.00	123.00
1	—	545	123.00	123.00
2	—	485	127.00	127.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	709	95.00–99.00	98.33
7	—	648	115.00	115.00
12	—	566	115.00–121.00	118.96
7	—	462	117.00	117.00
3	—	538	121.00	121.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	370	113.00	113.00
4	—	528	114.00	114.00
2	—	475	114.00	114.00
1	—	425	106.00	106.00
1	—	625	114.00	114.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	428	113.00	113.00
2	—	565	90.00	90.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	440	106.00	106.00
2	—	465	106.00	106.00
1	—	380	113.00	113.00
1	—	525	96.00	96.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	600	126.00	126.00
1	—	570	128.00	128.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	585	128.00	128.00
1	—	495	110.00	110.00
7	—	635	128.00–132.00	130.31
2	—	763	115.00	115.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	620	115.00	115.00
1	—	515	122.00	122.00

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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