Name: Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2021-05-26
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-05-26

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 56, Heifers 82, Bulls 51)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $108.03/cwt on 82 head.

Average price

$108.03

82 head · 593 lb average

Value per head Derived

$641

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$125

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Small 1

$15.81/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−13.97

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	562	110.14	619	31
Medium and Large 1	638	109.59	699	39
Medium and Large 3	526	98.56	519	9thin
Small 1	523	94.33	494	3thin

One grade step is worth $15.81/cwt here — about $125 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 sale82 hd

108.03

—

VA average7 barns · 959 hd

122.00

−13.97

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

47 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	—	595	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	690	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	755	88.00/cwt	88.00–88.00	664	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	488	133.37/cwt	122.00–139.00	651	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	810	81.67/cwt	75.00–85.00	662	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	543	138.68/cwt	137.00–139.00	753	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	636	122.53/cwt	109.00–127.00	779	12
Bulls	Small 1	—	507	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	639	3
Bulls	Small 1	—	560	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	745	3
Heifers	Small 1	—	620	87.00/cwt	87.00–87.00	539	1
Steers	Small 1	—	745	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	827	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	707	105.20/cwt	102.50–105.50	744	20
Steers	Small 1	—	695	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	910	1
Bulls	Small 1	—	648	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	648	3
Steers	Small 1	—	495	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	644	1
Heifers	Small 1	—	475	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	466	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	619	109.50/cwt	109.50–109.50	678	12
Bulls	Small 1	—	430	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	555	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	660	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	957	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	520	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	749	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	726	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	966	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	474	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	564	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	563	111.27/cwt	109.00–114.00	626	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	465	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	679	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	543	95.01/cwt	89.00–96.00	516	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	468	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	519	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	362	146.36/cwt	145.00–147.00	530	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	765	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	1,056	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	700	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	966	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	913	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	922	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	647	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	815	6
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	630	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	819	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	635	141.30/cwt	141.00–143.00	897	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	415	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	569	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	730	88.00/cwt	88.00–88.00	642	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	500	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	705	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	415	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	598	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	575	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	759	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	460	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	534	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	675	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	925	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	530	121.20/cwt	120.00–125.00	642	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	457	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	658	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	436	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	506	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	672	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	638	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	575	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	799	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	353	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	413	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	488	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	698	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	626	109.02/cwt	93.00–115.00	682	10

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 26, 2021

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

Receipts 189Last week 122Year ago 203

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 56, Heifers 82, Bulls 51)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	595	116.00	116.00
1	—	755	88.00	88.00
3	—	488	122.00–139.00	133.37
3	—	810	75.00–85.00	81.67
6	—	543	137.00–139.00	138.68
12	—	636	109.00–127.00	122.53
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	507	126.00	126.00
3	—	560	133.00	133.00
3	—	648	100.00	100.00
1	—	430	129.00	129.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	647	126.00	126.00
2	—	415	137.00	137.00
3	—	730	88.00	88.00
1	—	575	139.00	139.00
3	—	488	143.00	143.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	620	87.00	87.00
2	—	475	98.00	98.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	707	102.50–105.50	105.20
5	—	474	119.00	119.00
4	—	530	120.00–125.00	121.20
10	—	626	93.00–115.00	109.02
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	619	109.50	109.50
9	—	563	109.00–114.00	111.27
1	—	460	116.00	116.00
4	—	436	116.00	116.00
3	—	672	95.00	95.00
2	—	353	117.00	117.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	543	89.00–96.00	95.01
2	—	468	111.00	111.00
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	745	111.00	111.00
1	—	695	131.00	131.00
1	—	495	130.00	130.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	660	145.00	145.00
3	—	520	144.00	144.00
17	—	726	133.00	133.00
1	—	465	146.00	146.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	362	145.00–147.00	146.36
1	—	765	138.00	138.00
1	—	700	138.00	138.00
2	—	913	101.00	101.00
13	—	635	141.00–143.00	141.30
1	—	500	141.00	141.00
1	—	415	144.00	144.00
3	—	675	137.00	137.00
3	—	457	144.00	144.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	630	130.00	130.00
1	—	575	132.00	132.00

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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