Name: Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2021-06-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-06-30

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 15, Heifers 41, Bulls 27)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $121.07/cwt on 41 head.

Average price

$121.07

41 head · 504 lb average

Value per head Derived

$611

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$1

per head · Small 1 over Medium and Large 3

$4.29/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.23

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Small 1	420	122.00	512	2thin
Medium and Large 2	501	121.89	611	18thin
Medium and Large 1	555	121.57	675	14thin
Medium and Large 3	436	117.71	513	7thin

One grade step is worth $4.29/cwt here — about −$1 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 sale41 hd

121.07

—

VA average6 barns · 907 hd

124.31

−3.23

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

33 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	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	815	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	710	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	767	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	415	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	535	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	505	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	717	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	630	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	819	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	617	129.11/cwt	124.00–145.00	797	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	663	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	723	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	556	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	689	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	439	122.50/cwt	122.50–122.50	538	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	478	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	602	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	554	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	814	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	412	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	544	6
Steers	Small 1	—	670	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	831	2
Heifers	Small 1	—	420	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	512	2
Bulls	Small 1	—	415	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	498	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	710	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	731	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	330	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	432	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	510	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	561	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	559	122.50/cwt	122.50–122.50	685	8
Steers	Small 1	—	420	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	525	1
Bulls	Small 1	—	605	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	647	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	462	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	527	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	513	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	718	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	558	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	753	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	515	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	747	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	385	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	470	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	540	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	783	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	740	89.00/cwt	89.00–89.00	659	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	440	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	546	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	625	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	875	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	385	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	477	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	680	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	823	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	375	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	491	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 30, 2021

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

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State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 15, Heifers 41, Bulls 27)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	595	137.00	137.00
1	—	710	108.00	108.00
2	—	415	129.00	129.00
3	—	505	142.00	142.00
3	—	630	130.00	130.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	412	132.00	132.00
2	—	513	140.00	140.00
2	—	558	135.00	135.00
1	—	385	122.00	122.00
2	—	740	89.00	89.00
1	—	680	121.00	121.00
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	415	120.00	120.00
1	—	605	107.00	107.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	617	124.00–145.00	129.11
4	—	554	147.00	147.00
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	670	124.00	124.00
1	—	420	125.00	125.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	515	145.00	145.00
1	—	440	124.00	124.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	540	145.00	145.00
1	—	625	140.00	140.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	663	109.00	109.00
8	—	556	124.00	124.00
2	—	478	126.00	126.00
1	—	375	131.00	131.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	439	122.50	122.50
1	—	710	103.00	103.00
1	—	330	131.00	131.00
8	—	559	122.50	122.50
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	420	122.00	122.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	510	110.00	110.00
3	—	462	114.00	114.00
3	—	385	124.00	124.00

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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