Name: Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2021-09-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-09-08

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 72, Heifers 42, Bulls 21)

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $147.59/cwt on 72 head.

Average price

$147.59

72 head · 612 lb average

Value per head Derived

$903

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$205

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 1

$14.78/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.82

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	630	149.53	943	52
Medium and Large 2	584	146.23	854	13thin
Medium and Large 3	502	137.00	687	3thin
Small 1	548	134.75	738	4thin

One grade step is worth $14.78/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 sale72 hd

147.59

—

VA average7 barns · 729 hd

149.41

−1.82

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

39 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	—	445	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	627	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	635	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	762	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	499	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	699	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	573	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	814	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	640	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	768	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	413	144.54/cwt	138.00–151.00	597	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	812	142.25/cwt	140.00–143.00	1,155	8
Steers	Small 1	—	587	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	804	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	568	155.28/cwt	149.00–157.00	882	17
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	550	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	814	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	748	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,085	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	537	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	848	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	465	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	721	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	644	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	927	7
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	585	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	848	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	635	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	705	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	665	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	798	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	570	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	701	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	318	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	480	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	715	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	1,030	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	460	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	612	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	556	131.50/cwt	131.50–131.50	731	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	600	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	750	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	627	127.04/cwt	125.00–128.00	797	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	633	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	899	3
Steers	Small 1	—	430	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	550	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	459	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	702	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	533	139.14/cwt	138.00–139.50	742	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	365	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	613	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	595	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	714	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	435	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	505	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	661	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	965	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	445	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	681	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	685	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	856	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	363	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	436	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	536	122.89/cwt	105.00–128.00	659	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	708	103.41/cwt	95.00–112.00	732	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	427	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	564	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	443	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	576	6

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 Sep 8, 2021

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

Receipts 135Last week 86Year ago 51

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 72, Heifers 42, Bulls 21)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	445	141.00	141.00
1	—	635	120.00	120.00
4	—	499	140.00	140.00
6	—	573	142.00	142.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	640	120.00	120.00
2	—	413	138.00–151.00	144.54
4	—	533	138.00–139.50	139.14
1	—	365	168.00	168.00
1	—	595	120.00	120.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	812	140.00–143.00	142.25
17	—	568	149.00–157.00	155.28
3	—	748	145.00	145.00
3	—	537	158.00	158.00
3	—	633	142.00	142.00
4	—	459	153.00	153.00
13	—	661	146.00	146.00
1	—	445	153.00	153.00
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	587	137.00	137.00
1	—	430	128.00	128.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	550	148.00	148.00
1	—	465	155.00	155.00
7	—	644	144.00	144.00
2	—	318	151.00	151.00
2	—	715	144.00	144.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	585	145.00	145.00
2	—	460	133.00	133.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	635	111.00	111.00
1	—	435	116.00	116.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	665	120.00	120.00
5	—	556	131.50	131.50
1	—	600	125.00	125.00
2	—	708	95.00–112.00	103.41
6	—	443	130.00	130.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	570	123.00	123.00
3	—	627	125.00–128.00	127.04
1	—	685	125.00	125.00
2	—	363	120.00	120.00
8	—	536	105.00–128.00	122.89
7	—	427	132.00	132.00

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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