Name: Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2021-06-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-06-16

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 59, Heifers 62, Bulls 26)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $113.01/cwt on 61 head.

Average price

$113.01

61 head · 509 lb average

Value per head Derived

$576

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$68

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

$13.21/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−12.33

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	499	117.10	584	21
Medium and Large 1	529	116.57	616	22
Medium and Large 3	497	103.89	517	18thin

One grade step is worth $13.21/cwt here — about $68 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 sale61 hd

113.01

—

VA average10 barns · 1,385 hd

125.34

−12.33

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

40 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	—	400	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	596	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	635	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	737	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	735	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	764	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	572	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	686	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	657	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	762	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	505	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	621	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	355	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	522	2
Bulls	Small 1	—	655	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	675	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	530	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	636	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	438	121.50/cwt	121.50–121.50	532	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	473	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	691	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	644	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	676	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	537	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	644	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	360	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	389	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	647	130.75/cwt	130.00–133.00	846	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	375	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	454	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	442	121.50/cwt	121.50–121.50	537	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	730	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	905	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	378	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	363	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	550	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	517	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	472	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	694	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	565	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	768	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	545	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	649	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	769	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	984	7
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	434	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	603	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	610	103.32/cwt	102.00–106.00	630	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	720	84.00/cwt	84.00–84.00	605	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	455	123.99/cwt	123.00–125.00	564	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	653	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	731	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	410	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	578	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	450	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	518	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	625	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	681	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	443	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	465	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	630	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	813	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	546	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	737	6
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	505	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	621	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	555	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	749	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	388	141.46/cwt	135.00–148.00	549	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	515	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	587	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	345	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	414	2

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 16, 2021

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

Receipts 147Last week 175Year ago 72

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 59, Heifers 62, Bulls 26)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	400	149.00	149.00
1	—	635	116.00	116.00
1	—	735	104.00	104.00
3	—	572	120.00	120.00
3	—	657	116.00	116.00
8	—	505	123.00	123.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	355	147.00	147.00
1	—	530	120.00	120.00
2	—	455	123.00–125.00	123.99
2	—	653	112.00	112.00
1	—	410	141.00	141.00
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	655	103.00	103.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	438	121.50	121.50
9	—	537	120.00	120.00
1	—	360	108.00	108.00
1	—	720	84.00	84.00
2	—	625	109.00	109.00
2	—	345	120.00	120.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	644	105.00	105.00
2	—	375	121.00	121.00
5	—	442	121.50	121.50
10	—	545	119.00	119.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	378	96.00	96.00
3	—	550	94.00	94.00
3	—	610	102.00–106.00	103.32
6	—	443	105.00	105.00
4	—	515	114.00	114.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	473	146.00	146.00
8	—	647	130.00–133.00	130.75
4	—	730	124.00	124.00
6	—	565	136.00	136.00
7	—	769	128.00	128.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	472	147.00	147.00
5	—	630	129.00	129.00
6	—	546	135.00	135.00
1	—	555	135.00	135.00
2	—	388	135.00–148.00	141.46
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	434	139.00	139.00
1	—	450	115.00	115.00
1	—	505	123.00	123.00

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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