Name: Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2021-08-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-08-18

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 65, Heifers 71, Bulls 31)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $124.47/cwt on 71 head.

Average price

$124.47

71 head · 544 lb average

Value per head Derived

$677

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$205

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 1

$12.56/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−4.64

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	575	126.31	727	32
Medium and Large 2	534	125.85	672	23
Medium and Large 3	509	120.50	613	12thin
Small 1	459	113.75	522	4thin

One grade step is worth $12.56/cwt here — about $205 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 sale71 hd

124.47

—

VA average11 barns · 1,911 hd

129.12

−4.64

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
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	712	146.14/cwt	141.00–147.00	1,041	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	453	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	578	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	640	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	960	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	545	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	654	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	450	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	671	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	564	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	835	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	755	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,057	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	636	126.50/cwt	126.50–126.50	805	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	417	150.50/cwt	150.50–150.50	628	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	517	153.86/cwt	145.00–155.00	795	9
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	355	107.50/cwt	107.50–107.50	382	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	558	146.82/cwt	141.00–148.00	819	6
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	615	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	830	3
Steers	Small 1	—	575	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	575	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	855	131.99/cwt	130.00–133.00	1,129	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	673	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	976	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	639	146.92/cwt	144.00–151.00	939	12
Bulls	Small 1	—	573	122.50/cwt	122.50–122.50	702	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	517	134.18/cwt	133.00–134.50	694	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	645	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	787	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	562	132.20/cwt	121.00–138.00	743	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	480	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	600	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	385	152.50/cwt	152.50–152.50	587	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	513	131.03/cwt	130.00–134.00	672	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	565	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	712	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	685	112.50/cwt	112.50–112.50	771	1
Bulls	Small 1	—	615	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	584	1
Bulls	Small 1	—	423	105.40/cwt	82.50–127.50	446	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	400	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	584	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	538	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	678	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	765	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	803	1
Heifers	Small 1	—	528	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	586	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	541	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	709	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	717	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	853	4
Heifers	Small 1	—	320	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	394	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	370	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	470	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	364	148.23/cwt	135.00–152.50	540	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	631	125.58/cwt	125.50–126.00	792	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	560	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	672	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	620	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	725	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	451	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	559	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	582	124.19/cwt	124.00–124.50	723	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	461	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	553	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	565	121.48/cwt	105.00–129.50	686	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	665	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	845	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	543	128.95/cwt	124.00–129.75	700	7
Heifers	Small 1	—	460	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	506	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 18, 2021

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

Receipts 167Last week 202Year ago 128

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 65, Heifers 71, Bulls 31)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	712	141.00–147.00	146.14
3	—	450	149.00	149.00
5	—	564	148.00	148.00
2	—	755	140.00	140.00
9	—	517	145.00–155.00	153.86
3	—	855	130.00–133.00	131.99
6	—	673	145.00	145.00
12	—	639	144.00–151.00	146.92
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	640	150.00	150.00
3	—	417	150.50	150.50
6	—	558	141.00–148.00	146.82
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	545	120.00	120.00
1	—	355	107.50	107.50
3	—	615	135.00	135.00
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	575	100.00	100.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	453	127.50	127.50
5	—	636	126.50	126.50
8	—	541	131.00	131.00
4	—	717	119.00	119.00
8	—	582	124.00–124.50	124.19
1	—	665	127.00	127.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	538	126.00	126.00
1	—	560	120.00	120.00
2	—	620	117.00	117.00
7	—	461	120.00	120.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	528	111.00	111.00
1	—	320	123.00	123.00
1	—	460	110.00	110.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	370	127.00	127.00
6	—	631	125.50–126.00	125.58
5	—	451	124.00	124.00
3	—	565	105.00–129.50	121.48
7	—	543	124.00–129.75	128.95
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	573	122.50	122.50
1	—	615	95.00	95.00
2	—	423	82.50–127.50	105.40
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	517	133.00–134.50	134.18
3	—	645	122.00	122.00
3	—	562	121.00–138.00	132.20
1	—	480	125.00	125.00
1	—	385	152.50	152.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	513	130.00–134.00	131.03
1	—	565	126.00	126.00
1	—	685	112.50	112.50
2	—	400	146.00	146.00
1	—	765	105.00	105.00
4	—	364	135.00–152.50	148.23

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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