Name: Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2021-09-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-09-15

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 39, Heifers 65, Bulls 56)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $121.04/cwt on 64 head.

Average price

$121.04

64 head · 535 lb average

Value per head Derived

$647

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$255

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 1

$25.20/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−11.22

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	562	122.53	688	34
Medium and Large 2	521	121.94	635	24
Medium and Large 3	423	120.67	511	3thin
Small 1	445	97.33	433	3thin

One grade step is worth $25.20/cwt here — about $255 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 sale64 hd

121.04

—

VA average10 barns · 1,866 hd

132.26

−11.22

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

53 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	Medium and Large 2	—	600	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	732	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	665	122.43/cwt	121.00–123.00	814	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	572	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	715	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	612	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	906	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	715	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	815	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	724	143.81/cwt	139.00–145.00	1,041	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	668	136.61/cwt	127.00–146.00	913	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	521	125.86/cwt	125.00–126.50	656	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	443	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	536	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	740	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	999	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	648	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	797	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	825	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	1,007	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	786	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	1,093	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	543	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	673	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	675	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	864	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	448	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	636	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	515	146.77/cwt	136.00–152.00	756	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	605	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	817	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	545	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	654	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	553	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	841	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	417	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	605	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	355	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	582	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	670	99.85/cwt	80.00–120.00	669	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	640	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	768	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	510	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	638	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	315	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	410	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	484	145.50/cwt	145.50–145.50	704	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	620	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	651	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	860	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	817	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	755	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	808	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	675	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	756	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	558	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	703	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	805	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	942	2
Bulls	Small 1	—	443	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	527	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	415	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	593	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	475	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	641	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	738	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	804	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	340	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	479	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	455	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	560	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	560	138.00/cwt	132.00–142.00	773	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	384	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	468	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	320	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	384	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	440	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	550	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	698	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	810	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	570	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	707	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	385	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	485	1
Heifers	Small 1	—	470	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	353	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	510	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	597	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	345	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	421	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	433	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	533	4
Heifers	Small 1	—	515	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	603	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	528	125.50/cwt	125.50–125.50	663	5
Heifers	Small 1	—	350	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	350	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 Sep 15, 2021

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

Receipts 160Last week 135Year ago 133

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 39, Heifers 65, Bulls 56)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	600	122.00	122.00
1	—	455	123.00	123.00
4	—	384	122.00	122.00
5	—	698	116.00	116.00
3	—	570	124.00	124.00
1	—	345	122.00	122.00
4	—	433	123.00	123.00
5	—	528	125.50	125.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	665	121.00–123.00	122.43
3	—	572	125.00	125.00
1	—	715	114.00	114.00
7	—	521	125.00–126.50	125.86
10	—	443	121.00	121.00
3	—	648	123.00	123.00
2	—	805	117.00	117.00
1	—	385	126.00	126.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	320	120.00	120.00
1	—	440	125.00	125.00
1	—	510	117.00	117.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	470	75.00	75.00
1	—	515	117.00	117.00
1	—	350	100.00	100.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	612	148.00	148.00
5	—	724	139.00–145.00	143.81
2	—	668	127.00–146.00	136.61
4	—	786	139.00	139.00
3	—	448	142.00	142.00
3	—	515	136.00–152.00	146.77
6	—	553	152.00	152.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	740	135.00	135.00
1	—	825	122.00	122.00
1	—	675	128.00	128.00
1	—	605	135.00	135.00
2	—	545	120.00	120.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	543	124.00	124.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	417	145.00	145.00
3	—	355	164.00	164.00
2	—	670	80.00–120.00	99.85
2	—	640	120.00	120.00
1	—	510	125.00	125.00
1	—	315	130.00	130.00
8	—	484	145.50	145.50
10	—	560	132.00–142.00	138.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	620	105.00	105.00
1	—	860	95.00	95.00
2	—	755	107.00	107.00
1	—	675	112.00	112.00
4	—	558	126.00	126.00
7	—	415	143.00	143.00
3	—	475	135.00	135.00
2	—	738	109.00	109.00
1	—	340	141.00	141.00
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	443	119.00	119.00

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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