Name: Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2021-08-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-08-11

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 86, Heifers 64, Bulls 52)

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $147.39/cwt on 85 head.

Average price

$147.39

85 head · 637 lb average

Value per head Derived

$940

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$94

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3

$25.13/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.58

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	533	150.13	800	8thin
Medium and Large 1	649	147.39	957	76
Medium and Large 3	565	125.00	706	1thin

One grade step is worth $25.13/cwt here — about $94 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 sale85 hd

147.39

—

VA average10 barns · 1,833 hd

145.81

+1.58

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

42 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	—	505	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	641	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	825	88.00/cwt	88.00–88.00	726	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	488	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	561	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	729	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	773	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	638	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	804	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	558	133.50/cwt	133.50–133.50	745	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	648	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	966	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	885	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,062	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	990	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	1,168	1
Bulls	Small 1	—	473	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	596	3
Bulls	Small 1	—	545	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	670	3
Bulls	Small 1	—	650	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	696	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	636	111.45/cwt	109.50–118.00	709	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	465	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	730	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	533	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	826	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	902	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	1,182	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	727	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	1,040	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	552	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	834	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	474	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	574	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	325	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	455	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	415	143.50/cwt	143.50–143.50	596	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	817	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,144	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	528	118.88/cwt	113.00–120.00	628	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	555	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	666	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	557	120.50/cwt	120.50–120.50	671	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	643	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	958	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	457	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	686	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	695	146.22/cwt	146.00–147.00	1,016	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	685	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	856	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	735	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	750	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	360	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	461	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	455	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	560	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	705	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	635	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	644	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	786	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	502	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	658	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	563	133.50/cwt	133.50–133.50	752	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	620	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	738	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	465	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	465	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	565	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	706	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	535	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	808	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	505	120.50/cwt	120.50–120.50	609	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	675	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	689	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 Aug 11, 2021

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

Receipts 202Last week 201Year ago 163

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 86, Heifers 64, Bulls 52)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	505	127.00	127.00
1	—	825	88.00	88.00
2	—	488	115.00	115.00
4	—	729	106.00	106.00
7	—	638	126.00	126.00
8	—	558	133.50	133.50
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	473	126.00	126.00
3	—	545	123.00	123.00
2	—	650	107.00	107.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	325	140.00	140.00
3	—	415	143.50	143.50
4	—	644	122.00	122.00
6	—	502	131.00	131.00
6	—	563	133.50	133.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	648	149.00	149.00
1	—	885	120.00	120.00
1	—	990	118.00	118.00
5	—	465	157.00	157.00
6	—	533	155.00	155.00
3	—	902	131.00	131.00
10	—	727	143.00	143.00
14	—	552	151.00	151.00
3	—	817	140.00	140.00
9	—	695	146.00–147.00	146.22
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	643	149.00	149.00
3	—	457	150.00	150.00
3	—	535	151.00	151.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	565	125.00	125.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	636	109.50–118.00	111.45
4	—	474	121.00	121.00
6	—	528	113.00–120.00	118.88
11	—	555	120.00	120.00
3	—	685	125.00	125.00
3	—	735	102.00	102.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	557	120.50	120.50
2	—	360	128.00	128.00
2	—	455	123.00	123.00
2	—	705	90.00	90.00
4	—	620	119.00	119.00
1	—	505	120.50	120.50
1	—	675	102.00	102.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	465	100.00	100.00

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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