Name: Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2021-07-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-07-07

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 17, Heifers 36, Bulls 26)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $112.29/cwt on 36 head.

Average price

$112.29

36 head · 533 lb average

Value per head Derived

$598

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$127

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 1

$16.17/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−9.85

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	546	118.50	647	8thin
Medium and Large 2	535	113.55	608	19thin
Medium and Large 3	520	105.00	546	6thin
Small 1	508	102.33	520	3thin

One grade step is worth $16.17/cwt here — about $127 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 sale36 hd

112.29

—

VA average2 barns · 234 hd

122.14

−9.85

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

34 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	—	575	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	834	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	633	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	848	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	418	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	539	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	506	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	729	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	745	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,043	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	660	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	997	3
Heifers	Small 1	—	475	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	451	1
Bulls	Small 1	—	560	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	784	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	705	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	790	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	365	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	493	1
Bulls	Small 1	—	415	123.10/cwt	112.00–126.00	511	5
Bulls	Small 1	—	310	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	357	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	850	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	1,114	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	428	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	496	2
Bulls	Small 1	—	475	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	599	1
Heifers	Small 1	—	525	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	557	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	550	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	809	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	535	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	647	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	535	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	776	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	490	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	701	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	670	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	804	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	695	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	855	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	575	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	610	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	541	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	638	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	485	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	509	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	527	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	553	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	473	115.13/cwt	110.00–120.00	545	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	433	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	520	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	915	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	1,025	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	560	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	829	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	785	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	879	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	618	132.96/cwt	125.00–145.00	822	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	520	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	692	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	612	105.52/cwt	100.00–116.00	646	6

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 Jul 7, 2021

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

Receipts 79Last week 83Year ago 228

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 17, Heifers 36, 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	—	575	145.00	145.00
3	—	633	134.00	134.00
4	—	418	129.00	129.00
4	—	506	144.00	144.00
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	560	140.00	140.00
5	—	415	112.00–126.00	123.10
1	—	310	115.00	115.00
1	—	475	126.00	126.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	365	135.00	135.00
1	—	535	145.00	145.00
2	—	490	143.00	143.00
1	—	695	123.00	123.00
1	—	785	112.00	112.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	745	140.00	140.00
3	—	660	151.00	151.00
4	—	550	147.00	147.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	850	131.00	131.00
1	—	915	112.00	112.00
2	—	560	148.00	148.00
4	—	618	125.00–145.00	132.96
1	—	520	133.00	133.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	475	95.00	95.00
2	—	525	106.00	106.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	705	112.00	112.00
2	—	428	116.00	116.00
4	—	535	121.00	121.00
1	—	670	120.00	120.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	575	106.00	106.00
6	—	541	118.00	118.00
2	—	473	110.00–120.00	115.13
4	—	433	120.00	120.00
6	—	612	100.00–116.00	105.52
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	485	105.00	105.00
5	—	527	105.00	105.00

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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