Name: Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2021-09-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-09-22

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 107, Heifers 143, Bulls 64)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $117.51/cwt on 141 head.

Average price

$117.51

141 head · 524 lb average

Value per head Derived

$616

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$245

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3

$13.13/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−11.79

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	565	119.93	677	52
Medium and Large 2	513	117.92	605	74
Small 1	511	107.80	551	5thin
Medium and Large 3	405	106.80	432	10thin

One grade step is worth $13.13/cwt here — about $245 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 sale141 hd

117.51

—

VA average10 barns · 1,757 hd

129.30

−11.79

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

59 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 3	—	825	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	866	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	363	120.87/cwt	120.00–121.00	439	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	629	143.69/cwt	142.00–146.00	904	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	908	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	1,153	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	529	153.34/cwt	153.00–154.00	811	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	565	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	684	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	805	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	1,079	3
Heifers	Small 1	—	535	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	615	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	628	138.52/cwt	136.00–139.00	870	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	455	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	705	9
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	705	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	909	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	453	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	684	3
Steers	Small 1	—	595	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	797	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	374	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	527	4
Steers	Small 1	—	504	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	625	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	716	138.44/cwt	135.00–140.00	991	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	554	150.50/cwt	149.00–152.00	834	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	430	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	538	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	705	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	980	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	377	138.81/cwt	132.00–142.00	523	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	825	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	1,139	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	549	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	829	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	688	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	943	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	646	119.44/cwt	116.00–120.00	772	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	743	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	691	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	552	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	773	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	496	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	699	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	417	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	575	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	355	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	511	1
Bulls	Small 1	—	650	83.00/cwt	83.00–83.00	540	2
Bulls	Small 1	—	463	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	588	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	727	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	662	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	620	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	670	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	416	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	582	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	576	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	789	4
Heifers	Small 1	—	475	97.00/cwt	97.00–97.00	461	2
Bulls	Small 1	—	535	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	572	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	370	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	440	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	390	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	488	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	654	104.65/cwt	98.00–108.00	684	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	488	126.70/cwt	112.00–136.00	618	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	695	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	799	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	340	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	490	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	713	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	820	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	445	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	458	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	448	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	475	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	359	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	409	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	627	117.75/cwt	116.00–118.00	738	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	749	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	771	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	563	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	647	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	544	115.33/cwt	109.00–116.50	627	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	535	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	482	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	460	82.00/cwt	82.00–82.00	377	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	673	118.19/cwt	116.00–120.50	795	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	463	120.80/cwt	113.00–123.00	559	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	617	121.64/cwt	120.50–122.00	751	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	482	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	574	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	544	125.38/cwt	114.00–128.00	682	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	438	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	521	10

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 22, 2021

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

Receipts 314Last week 160Year ago 321

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 107, Heifers 143, Bulls 64)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	825	105.00	105.00
1	—	705	129.00	129.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	629	142.00–146.00	143.69
3	—	908	127.00	127.00
14	—	529	153.00–154.00	153.34
9	—	455	155.00	155.00
26	—	716	135.00–140.00	138.44
6	—	554	149.00–152.00	150.50
3	—	377	132.00–142.00	138.81
1	—	825	138.00	138.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	805	134.00	134.00
6	—	628	136.00–139.00	138.52
3	—	453	151.00	151.00
4	—	374	141.00	141.00
1	—	430	125.00	125.00
1	—	705	139.00	139.00
6	—	549	151.00	151.00
2	—	688	137.00	137.00
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	595	134.00	134.00
4	—	504	124.00	124.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	363	120.00–121.00	120.87
1	—	695	115.00	115.00
3	—	713	115.00	115.00
1	—	445	103.00	103.00
8	—	627	116.00–118.00	117.75
2	—	563	115.00	115.00
25	—	544	109.00–116.50	115.33
26	—	463	113.00–123.00	120.80
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	565	121.00	121.00
1	—	370	119.00	119.00
4	—	749	103.00	103.00
10	—	673	116.00–120.50	118.19
4	—	617	120.50–122.00	121.64
3	—	482	119.00	119.00
16	—	544	114.00–128.00	125.38
10	—	438	119.00	119.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	535	115.00	115.00
2	—	475	97.00	97.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	448	106.00	106.00
6	—	359	114.00	114.00
1	—	535	90.00	90.00
1	—	460	82.00	82.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	646	116.00–120.00	119.44
5	—	743	93.00	93.00
5	—	552	140.00	140.00
4	—	496	141.00	141.00
3	—	417	138.00	138.00
1	—	355	144.00	144.00
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	650	83.00	83.00
2	—	463	127.00	127.00
1	—	535	107.00	107.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	727	91.00	91.00
1	—	620	108.00	108.00
6	—	416	140.00	140.00
4	—	576	137.00	137.00
1	—	390	125.00	125.00
9	—	654	98.00–108.00	104.65
5	—	488	112.00–136.00	126.70
4	—	340	144.00	144.00

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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