Name: Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2021-07-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-07-28

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 20, Heifers 43, Bulls 42)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $125.07/cwt on 43 head.

Average price

$125.07

43 head · 495 lb average

Value per head Derived

$619

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$30

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 1

$15.82/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.30

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	528	129.82	686	11thin
Medium and Large 2	487	124.11	604	27
Medium and Large 3	385	123.67	477	3thin
Small 1	575	114.00	656	2thin

One grade step is worth $15.82/cwt here — about $30 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 sale43 hd

125.07

—

VA average6 barns · 931 hd

127.37

−2.30

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

44 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 2	—	482	136.86/cwt	136.00–139.00	660	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	505	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	727	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	635	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	800	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	820	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	779	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	855	88.00/cwt	88.00–88.00	752	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	663	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	835	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	733	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	806	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	463	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	732	3
Steers	Small 1	—	455	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	669	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	490	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	706	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	705	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	973	1
Heifers	Small 1	—	495	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	579	1
Heifers	Small 1	—	655	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	727	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	527	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	817	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	655	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	989	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	360	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	450	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	653	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	823	3
Steers	Small 1	—	545	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	779	1
Bulls	Small 1	—	465	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	595	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	728	97.00/cwt	97.00–97.00	706	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	343	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	473	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	469	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	582	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	565	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	802	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	750	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,050	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	451	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	604	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	620	122.35/cwt	121.00–123.00	759	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	344	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	437	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	870	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	740	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	540	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	675	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	562	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	742	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	630	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	951	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	570	121.52/cwt	121.00–122.00	693	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	546	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	655	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	385	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	450	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	448	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	582	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	390	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	476	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	553	130.66/cwt	130.00–132.00	723	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	470	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	569	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	343	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	429	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	580	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	876	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	427	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	641	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	425	140.50/cwt	140.50–140.50	597	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	566	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	787	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	638	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	772	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 Jul 28, 2021

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

Receipts 105Last week 173Year ago 130

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 20, Heifers 43, Bulls 42)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	482	136.00–139.00	136.86
1	—	360	125.00	125.00
2	—	728	97.00	97.00
3	—	343	138.00	138.00
1	—	870	85.00	85.00
1	—	540	125.00	125.00
5	—	425	140.50	140.50
5	—	566	139.00	139.00
2	—	638	121.00	121.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	505	144.00	144.00
1	—	635	126.00	126.00
1	—	820	95.00	95.00
1	—	855	88.00	88.00
2	—	663	126.00	126.00
2	—	733	110.00	110.00
3	—	490	144.00	144.00
3	—	565	142.00	142.00
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	465	128.00	128.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	463	158.00	158.00
1	—	705	138.00	138.00
3	—	527	155.00	155.00
2	—	655	151.00	151.00
1	—	750	140.00	140.00
3	—	562	132.00	132.00
1	—	630	151.00	151.00
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	455	147.00	147.00
1	—	545	143.00	143.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	580	151.00	151.00
3	—	427	150.00	150.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	495	117.00	117.00
1	—	655	111.00	111.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	653	126.00	126.00
4	—	451	134.00	134.00
1	—	390	122.00	122.00
3	—	553	130.00–132.00	130.66
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	469	124.00	124.00
3	—	620	121.00–123.00	122.35
4	—	344	127.00	127.00
2	—	570	121.00–122.00	121.52
7	—	546	120.00	120.00
1	—	385	117.00	117.00
6	—	448	130.00	130.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	470	121.00	121.00
2	—	343	125.00	125.00

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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