Name: Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2021-07-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-07-21

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 47, Heifers 75, Bulls 51)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $117.90/cwt on 75 head.

Average price

$117.90

75 head · 538 lb average

Value per head Derived

$635

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$135

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3

$8.55/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−9.62

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	562	120.74	678	36
Medium and Large 2	536	116.54	625	26
Small 1	448	116.00	519	2thin
Medium and Large 3	484	112.18	543	11thin

One grade step is worth $8.55/cwt here — about $135 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 sale75 hd

117.90

—

VA average10 barns · 1,385 hd

127.52

−9.62

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

47 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	739	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	806	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	443	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	545	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	648	116.50/cwt	116.50–116.50	755	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	485	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	597	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	500	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	665	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	538	141.47/cwt	136.00–147.00	761	2
Heifers	Small 1	—	535	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	610	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	554	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	698	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	413	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	558	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	540	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	680	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	638	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	925	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	563	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	861	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	728	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	976	2
Bulls	Small 1	—	460	118.00/cwt	116.00–120.00	543	2
Steers	Small 1	—	505	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	636	1
Bulls	Small 1	—	630	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	662	1
Heifers	Small 1	—	360	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	425	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	370	135.60/cwt	129.00–138.00	502	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	577	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	773	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	810	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	932	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	720	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	842	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	465	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	618	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	330	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	426	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	595	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	744	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	655	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	721	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	468	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	608	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	725	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	848	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	352	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	486	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	651	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	840	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	455	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	651	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	435	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	522	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	421	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	522	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	634	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	704	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	550	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	831	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	475	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	646	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	550	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	638	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	560	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	638	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	442	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	495	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	347	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	441	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	395	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	466	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	605	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	877	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	513	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	662	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	638	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	695	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	315	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	400	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	462	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	628	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	370	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	470	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	735	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	801	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 Jul 21, 2021

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

Receipts 173Last week 268Year ago 116

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 47, Heifers 75, Bulls 51)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	739	109.00	109.00
11	—	443	123.00	123.00
9	—	648	116.50	116.50
1	—	485	123.00	123.00
10	—	554	126.00	126.00
1	—	540	126.00	126.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	535	114.00	114.00
1	—	360	118.00	118.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	435	120.00	120.00
7	—	634	111.00	111.00
11	—	550	116.00	116.00
3	—	347	127.00	127.00
1	—	370	127.00	127.00
1	—	735	109.00	109.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	560	114.00	114.00
7	—	442	112.00	112.00
1	—	395	118.00	118.00
2	—	638	109.00	109.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	500	133.00	133.00
6	—	413	135.00	135.00
4	—	370	129.00–138.00	135.60
3	—	577	134.00	134.00
1	—	810	115.00	115.00
1	—	720	117.00	117.00
1	—	465	133.00	133.00
1	—	330	129.00	129.00
9	—	651	129.00	129.00
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	460	116.00–120.00	118.00
1	—	630	105.00	105.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	595	125.00	125.00
1	—	655	110.00	110.00
2	—	468	130.00	130.00
1	—	725	117.00	117.00
3	—	352	138.00	138.00
6	—	421	124.00	124.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	538	136.00–147.00	141.47
8	—	638	145.00	145.00
8	—	563	153.00	153.00
2	—	728	134.00	134.00
2	—	475	136.00	136.00
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	505	126.00	126.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	455	143.00	143.00
9	—	550	151.00	151.00
1	—	605	145.00	145.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	513	129.00	129.00
1	—	315	127.00	127.00
6	—	462	136.00	136.00

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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