Name: Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2021-06-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-06-02

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 66, Heifers 42, Bulls 54)

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $138.20/cwt on 66 head.

Average price

$138.20

66 head · 600 lb average

Value per head Derived

$829

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$185

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 1

$9.90/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−5.03

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	619	139.23	862	53
Medium and Large 2	522	135.42	707	10thin
Small 1	523	129.33	677	3thin

One grade step is worth $9.90/cwt here — about $185 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 sale66 hd

138.20

—

VA average7 barns · 847 hd

143.23

−5.03

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

49 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	540	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	783	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	830	86.00/cwt	86.00–86.00	714	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	718	133.71/cwt	132.00–135.00	960	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	671	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	953	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	572	140.68/cwt	136.00–144.00	805	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	563	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	754	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	640	139.38/cwt	138.00–141.00	892	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	766	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	1,019	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	440	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	620	4
Bulls	Small 1	—	520	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	608	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	835	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	1,102	1
Steers	Small 1	—	440	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	576	1
Steers	Small 1	—	525	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	714	1
Bulls	Small 1	—	608	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	687	2
Heifers	Small 1	—	470	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	503	1
Bulls	Small 1	—	570	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	627	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	468	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	679	2
Steers	Small 1	—	605	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	732	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	630	121.15/cwt	119.00–121.50	763	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	409	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	573	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	760	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	866	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	508	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	681	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	490	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	657	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	830	86.00/cwt	86.00–86.00	714	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	548	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	652	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	617	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	765	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	685	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	822	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	580	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	655	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	487	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	677	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	337	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	401	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	561	131.31/cwt	125.00–145.00	737	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	345	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	493	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	465	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	553	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	485	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	582	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	473	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	691	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	680	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	816	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	558	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	698	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	770	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	847	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	395	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	517	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	325	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	462	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	610	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	750	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	418	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	543	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	360	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	421	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	624	121.88/cwt	120.00–123.00	761	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	715	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	701	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	572	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	686	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	678	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	827	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	365	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	427	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	755	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	725	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 Jun 2, 2021

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

Receipts 162Last week 189Year ago 134

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 66, Heifers 42, Bulls 54)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	540	145.00	145.00
7	—	718	132.00–135.00	133.71
4	—	671	142.00	142.00
15	—	572	136.00–144.00	140.68
13	—	640	138.00–141.00	139.38
4	—	766	133.00	133.00
4	—	440	141.00	141.00
1	—	835	132.00	132.00
2	—	468	145.00	145.00
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	440	131.00	131.00
1	—	525	136.00	136.00
1	—	605	121.00	121.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	561	125.00–145.00	131.31
1	—	345	143.00	143.00
2	—	473	146.00	146.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	830	86.00	86.00
1	—	685	120.00	120.00
5	—	487	139.00	139.00
6	—	558	125.00	125.00
3	—	770	110.00	110.00
2	—	395	131.00	131.00
1	—	325	142.00	142.00
1	—	610	123.00	123.00
2	—	418	130.00	130.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	563	134.00	134.00
7	—	630	119.00–121.50	121.15
4	—	409	140.00	140.00
2	—	760	114.00	114.00
2	—	508	134.00	134.00
2	—	490	134.00	134.00
1	—	830	86.00	86.00
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	520	117.00	117.00
2	—	608	113.00	113.00
3	—	570	110.00	110.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	470	107.00	107.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	548	119.00	119.00
3	—	617	124.00	124.00
5	—	465	119.00	119.00
1	—	715	98.00	98.00
1	—	365	117.00	117.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	580	113.00	113.00
3	—	337	119.00	119.00
1	—	485	120.00	120.00
1	—	680	120.00	120.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	360	117.00	117.00
8	—	624	120.00–123.00	121.88
3	—	572	120.00	120.00
4	—	678	122.00	122.00
1	—	755	96.00	96.00

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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