Name: Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2021-08-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-08-04

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 49, Heifers 76, Bulls 76)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $118.70/cwt on 76 head.

Average price

$118.70

76 head · 567 lb average

Value per head Derived

$673

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$58

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Small 1

$7.88/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−14.96

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	554	119.88	664	31
Medium and Large 1	586	119.24	699	34
Medium and Large 3	530	113.85	603	10thin
Small 1	645	112.00	722	1thin

One grade step is worth $7.88/cwt here — about −$58 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 sale76 hd

118.70

—

VA average7 barns · 1,461 hd

133.65

−14.96

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

46 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	542	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	791	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	656	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	945	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	705	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	804	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	559	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	665	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	733	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	814	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	760	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,140	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	465	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	581	1
Bulls	Small 1	—	615	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	615	1
Steers	Small 1	—	435	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	500	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	527	118.18/cwt	117.00–121.00	623	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	561	136.79/cwt	115.00–143.00	767	9
Heifers	Small 1	—	645	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	722	1
Bulls	Small 1	—	450	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	500	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	552	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	789	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	490	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	735	1
Bulls	Small 1	—	575	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	667	1
Bulls	Small 1	—	518	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	637	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	647	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	828	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	740	112.50/cwt	112.50–112.50	833	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	487	146.50/cwt	146.50–146.50	713	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	670	121.40/cwt	115.00–128.00	813	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	855	97.00/cwt	97.00–97.00	829	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	355	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	533	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	646	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	853	5
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	579	136.19/cwt	133.00–141.00	789	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	633	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	633	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	380	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	448	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	629	116.42/cwt	111.00–117.00	732	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	458	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	573	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	550	118.50/cwt	118.50–118.50	652	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	560	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	823	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	450	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	513	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	463	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	648	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	720	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	806	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	520	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	624	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	431	140.50/cwt	140.50–140.50	606	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	743	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	1,085	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	658	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	921	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	445	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	627	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	365	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	562	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	566	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	821	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	568	122.65/cwt	121.00–125.00	697	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	635	115.16/cwt	110.00–116.00	731	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	493	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	720	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	664	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	850	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	426	142.57/cwt	127.00–148.00	607	8

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 Aug 4, 2021

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

Receipts 201Last week 105Year ago 136

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 49, Heifers 76, Bulls 76)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	542	146.00	146.00
5	—	656	144.00	144.00
3	—	760	150.00	150.00
3	—	552	143.00	143.00
1	—	490	150.00	150.00
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	435	115.00	115.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	646	132.00	132.00
5	—	579	133.00–141.00	136.19
3	—	463	140.00	140.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	560	147.00	147.00
3	—	743	146.00	146.00
3	—	658	140.00	140.00
2	—	445	141.00	141.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	705	114.00	114.00
1	—	465	125.00	125.00
7	—	527	117.00–121.00	118.18
15	—	568	121.00–125.00	122.65
7	—	635	110.00–116.00	115.16
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	559	119.00	119.00
10	—	629	111.00–117.00	116.42
10	—	458	125.00	125.00
1	—	720	112.00	112.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	645	112.00	112.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	633	100.00	100.00
1	—	380	118.00	118.00
5	—	550	118.50	118.50
2	—	450	114.00	114.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	733	111.00	111.00
1	—	520	120.00	120.00
7	—	431	140.50	140.50
2	—	365	154.00	154.00
7	—	566	145.00	145.00
6	—	493	146.00	146.00
6	—	664	128.00	128.00
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	615	100.00	100.00
1	—	450	111.00	111.00
1	—	575	116.00	116.00
2	—	518	123.00	123.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	561	115.00–143.00	136.79
7	—	647	128.00	128.00
5	—	740	112.50	112.50
5	—	487	146.50	146.50
2	—	670	115.00–128.00	121.40
1	—	855	97.00	97.00
1	—	355	150.00	150.00
8	—	426	127.00–148.00	142.57

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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