Name: Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2021-06-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-06-23

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 22, Heifers 53, Bulls 37)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $119.87/cwt on 53 head.

Average price

$119.87

53 head · 507 lb average

Value per head Derived

$608

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$125

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Small 1

$16.92/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−4.56

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	505	123.87	626	19thin
Medium and Large 1	576	121.93	702	15thin
Medium and Large 3	452	116.85	528	14thin
Small 1	468	106.95	500	5thin

One grade step is worth $16.92/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 sale53 hd

119.87

—

VA average8 barns · 1,209 hd

124.43

−4.56

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

42 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	—	500	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	695	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	630	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	819	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	705	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	874	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	310	135.50/cwt	127.00–144.00	420	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	558	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	764	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	409	136.39/cwt	131.00–139.00	558	3
Heifers	Small 1	—	690	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	725	1
Heifers	Small 1	—	423	105.58/cwt	95.00–111.00	447	3
Bulls	Small 1	—	495	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	634	1
Bulls	Small 1	—	595	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	803	1
Bulls	Small 1	—	705	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	811	1
Bulls	Small 1	—	623	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	810	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	453	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	666	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	708	130.92/cwt	123.00–139.00	927	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	568	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	875	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	370	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	533	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	642	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	783	3
Heifers	Small 1	—	380	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	429	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	573	124.50/cwt	124.50–124.50	713	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	486	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	676	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	735	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	786	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	400	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	468	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	528	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	776	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	608	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	669	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	523	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	560	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	441	121.50/cwt	121.50–121.50	536	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	325	117.12/cwt	113.00–119.00	381	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	413	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	582	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	471	126.50/cwt	126.50–126.50	596	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	566	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	702	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	618	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	748	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	368	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	453	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	530	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	631	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	450	125.50/cwt	125.50–125.50	565	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	590	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	891	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	495	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	733	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	481	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	645	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	620	132.65/cwt	130.00–134.00	822	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	510	112.65/cwt	105.00–120.00	575	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	655	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	976	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	715	79.00/cwt	79.00–79.00	565	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	566	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	781	5

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 23, 2021

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

Receipts 112Last week 147Year ago 237

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 22, Heifers 53, Bulls 37)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	500	139.00	139.00
1	—	630	130.00	130.00
1	—	705	124.00	124.00
2	—	310	127.00–144.00	135.50
2	—	558	137.00	137.00
3	—	409	131.00–139.00	136.39
5	—	486	139.00	139.00
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	495	128.00	128.00
1	—	595	135.00	135.00
1	—	705	115.00	115.00
2	—	623	130.00	130.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	413	141.00	141.00
4	—	481	134.00	134.00
3	—	620	130.00–134.00	132.65
2	—	510	105.00–120.00	112.65
1	—	715	79.00	79.00
5	—	566	138.00	138.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	690	105.00	105.00
3	—	423	95.00–111.00	105.58
1	—	380	113.00	113.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	642	122.00	122.00
6	—	573	124.50	124.50
2	—	735	107.00	107.00
4	—	450	125.50	125.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	400	117.00	117.00
7	—	471	126.50	126.50
6	—	566	124.00	124.00
2	—	618	121.00	121.00
2	—	368	123.00	123.00
1	—	530	119.00	119.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	608	110.00	110.00
2	—	523	107.00	107.00
7	—	441	121.50	121.50
3	—	325	113.00–119.00	117.12
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	453	147.00	147.00
6	—	708	123.00–139.00	130.92
7	—	568	154.00	154.00
1	—	370	144.00	144.00
1	—	655	149.00	149.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	528	147.00	147.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	590	151.00	151.00
1	—	495	148.00	148.00

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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