Name: Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2021-05-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-05-19

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 15, Heifers 71, Bulls 36)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $110.85/cwt on 71 head.

Average price

$110.85

71 head · 554 lb average

Value per head Derived

$615

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$109

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 1

$17.16/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−12.28

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	580	114.73	665	29
Medium and Large 2	538	113.00	608	19thin
Medium and Large 3	521	107.06	557	16thin
Small 1	570	97.57	556	7thin

One grade step is worth $17.16/cwt here — about $109 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

110.85

—

VA average12 barns · 1,923 hd

123.13

−12.28

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	—	345	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	483	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	515	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	644	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	415	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	544	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	563	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	681	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	636	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	801	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	720	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	734	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	647	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	718	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	561	118.28/cwt	118.00–119.00	664	15
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	430	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	559	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	325	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	387	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	550	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	633	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	564	104.26/cwt	100.00–117.00	588	4
Heifers	Small 1	—	730	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	715	1
Bulls	Small 1	—	465	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	591	1
Heifers	Small 1	—	559	89.00/cwt	89.00–89.00	498	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	626	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	795	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	662	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	695	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	555	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	566	6
Heifers	Small 1	—	370	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	444	1
Steers	Small 1	—	510	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	658	1
Heifers	Small 1	—	655	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	714	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	500	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	510	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	388	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	446	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	450	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	509	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	660	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	700	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	482	110.68/cwt	110.00–112.00	533	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	580	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	771	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	412	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	560	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	450	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	504	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	623	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	654	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	645	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	845	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	395	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	470	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	523	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	617	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	553	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	708	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	655	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	688	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	500	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	675	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	478	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	698	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	531	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	765	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	385	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	497	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 19, 2021

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

Receipts 122Last week 110Year ago 97

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 15, Heifers 71, Bulls 36)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	345	140.00	140.00
2	—	515	125.00	125.00
3	—	415	131.00	131.00
5	—	563	121.00	121.00
6	—	636	126.00	126.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	564	100.00–117.00	104.26
5	—	626	127.00	127.00
5	—	412	136.00	136.00
3	—	500	135.00	135.00
1	—	385	129.00	129.00
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	465	127.00	127.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	720	102.00	102.00
7	—	647	111.00	111.00
15	—	561	118.00–119.00	118.28
1	—	660	106.00	106.00
3	—	482	110.00–112.00	110.68
2	—	523	118.00	118.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	325	119.00	119.00
11	—	550	115.00	115.00
2	—	450	112.00	112.00
2	—	623	105.00	105.00
1	—	395	119.00	119.00
2	—	655	105.00	105.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	730	98.00	98.00
4	—	559	89.00	89.00
1	—	370	120.00	120.00
1	—	655	109.00	109.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	662	105.00	105.00
6	—	555	102.00	102.00
1	—	500	102.00	102.00
3	—	388	115.00	115.00
3	—	450	113.00	113.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	430	130.00	130.00
1	—	645	131.00	131.00
2	—	553	128.00	128.00
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	510	129.00	129.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	580	133.00	133.00
3	—	478	146.00	146.00
6	—	531	144.00	144.00

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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