Name: Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2021-08-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-08-25

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 23, Heifers 61, Bulls 30)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $115.69/cwt on 61 head.

Average price

$115.69

61 head · 632 lb average

Value per head Derived

$731

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$111

per head · Medium and Large 3 over Small 1

$16.20/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−16.75

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 3	451	120.00	541	4thin
Medium and Large 1	661	118.53	783	28
Medium and Large 2	629	114.12	718	24
Small 1	628	103.80	652	5thin

One grade step is worth $16.20/cwt here — about −$111 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 sale61 hd

115.69

—

VA average9 barns · 1,349 hd

132.44

−16.75

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
Heifers	Small 1	—	725	92.00/cwt	92.00–92.00	667	1
Heifers	Small 1	—	465	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	465	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	527	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	659	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	640	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	928	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	560	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	672	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	487	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	672	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	533	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	592	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	640	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	762	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	645	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	916	1
Steers	Small 1	—	615	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	763	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	734	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	998	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	573	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	837	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	795	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	1,010	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	545	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	790	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	743	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,003	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	657	123.66/cwt	122.00–124.50	812	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	712	118.50/cwt	118.50–118.50	844	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	560	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	742	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	860	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	860	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	815	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	888	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	445	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	623	1
Heifers	Small 1	—	650	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	709	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	713	110.60/cwt	107.00–111.50	789	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	659	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	804	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	722	106.01/cwt	100.00–108.00	765	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	451	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	541	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	659	117.49/cwt	116.50–118.00	774	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	637	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	688	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	480	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	581	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	553	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	691	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	540	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	697	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	475	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	575	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	543	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	662	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	585	122.98/cwt	121.00–124.00	719	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	605	122.50/cwt	122.50–122.50	741	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	853	107.50/cwt	107.50–107.50	917	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	715	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	822	1
Bulls	Small 1	—	550	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	710	1
Bulls	Small 1	—	525	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	651	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	400	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	568	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	465	137.94/cwt	135.00–141.00	641	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	637	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	790	3

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 25, 2021

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

Receipts 114Last week 167Year ago 110

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 23, Heifers 61, Bulls 30)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	725	92.00	92.00
1	—	465	100.00	100.00
3	—	650	109.00	109.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	527	125.00	125.00
4	—	722	100.00–108.00	106.01
6	—	659	116.50–118.00	117.49
8	—	637	108.00	108.00
1	—	480	121.00	121.00
2	—	553	125.00	125.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	713	107.00–111.50	110.60
11	—	659	122.00	122.00
1	—	475	121.00	121.00
2	—	543	122.00	122.00
3	—	585	121.00–124.00	122.98
3	—	605	122.50	122.50
3	—	853	107.50	107.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	451	120.00	120.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	640	145.00	145.00
1	—	560	120.00	120.00
1	—	545	145.00	145.00
3	—	743	135.00	135.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	487	138.00	138.00
2	—	533	111.00	111.00
1	—	640	119.00	119.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	645	142.00	142.00
4	—	734	136.00	136.00
2	—	573	146.00	146.00
1	—	795	127.00	127.00
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	615	124.00	124.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	657	122.00–124.50	123.66
3	—	712	118.50	118.50
3	—	560	132.50	132.50
1	—	860	100.00	100.00
1	—	815	109.00	109.00
1	—	445	140.00	140.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	540	129.00	129.00
1	—	715	115.00	115.00
2	—	400	142.00	142.00
2	—	465	135.00–141.00	137.94
3	—	637	124.00	124.00
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	550	129.00	129.00
1	—	525	124.00	124.00

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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