Name: Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2021-09-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-09-29

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 47, Heifers 125, Bulls 39)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $130.72/cwt on 123 head.

Average price

$130.72

123 head · 637 lb average

Value per head Derived

$832

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$293

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

$28.54/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.73

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	641	134.54	863	96
Medium and Large 1-2	743	129.00	958	6thin
Medium and Large 2	604	115.00	695	16thin
Small 1	518	112.33	582	3thin
Medium and Large 3	538	106.00	570	2thin

One grade step is worth $28.54/cwt here — about $293 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 sale123 hd

130.72

—

VA average8 barns · 1,620 hd

128.99

+1.73

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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	345	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	528	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	845	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	896	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	540	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	653	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	635	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	794	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	417	139.77/cwt	127.00–146.00	583	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	730	107.80/cwt	95.00–114.00	787	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	735	141.95/cwt	138.00–145.00	1,043	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	543	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	815	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	623	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	928	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	598	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	921	4
Steers	Small 1	—	660	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	759	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	780	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	1,115	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	801	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,121	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	820	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	1,123	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	690	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	945	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	668	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	788	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	473	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	719	2
Heifers	Small 1	—	550	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	666	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	729	135.81/cwt	134.00–137.00	990	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	684	146.63/cwt	143.00–149.00	1,003	10
Steers	Small 1	—	455	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	669	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	370	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	414	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	615	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	898	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	743	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	958	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	448	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	511	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	549	119.50/cwt	119.50–119.50	656	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	725	97.00/cwt	97.00–97.00	703	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	461	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	562	4
Heifers	Small 1	—	455	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	432	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	468	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	571	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	470	97.00/cwt	97.00–97.00	456	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	605	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	696	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	582	134.86/cwt	130.00–141.00	785	23
Bulls	Small 1	—	680	92.00/cwt	92.00–92.00	626	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	547	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	651	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	555	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	766	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	720	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	828	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	684	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	964	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	641	134.35/cwt	118.00–142.00	861	24
Bulls	Small 1	—	500	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	595	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	823	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	914	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	433	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	624	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	489	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	680	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	346	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	540	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	550	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	776	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	491	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	682	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	633	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	766	2

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 29, 2021

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

Receipts 211Last week 314Year ago 153

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 47, Heifers 125, Bulls 39)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	345	153.00	153.00
1	—	845	106.00	106.00
2	—	540	121.00	121.00
2	—	635	125.00	125.00
3	—	417	127.00–146.00	139.77
3	—	730	95.00–114.00	107.80
4	—	550	141.00	141.00
6	—	491	139.00	139.00
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	680	92.00	92.00
1	—	500	119.00	119.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	555	138.00	138.00
1	—	720	115.00	115.00
3	—	433	144.00	144.00
4	—	489	139.00	139.00
4	—	346	156.00	156.00
2	—	633	121.00	121.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	735	138.00–145.00	141.95
2	—	543	150.00	150.00
3	—	623	149.00	149.00
4	—	598	154.00	154.00
8	—	780	143.00	143.00
2	—	820	137.00	137.00
2	—	473	152.00	152.00
10	—	684	143.00–149.00	146.63
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	660	115.00	115.00
1	—	455	147.00	147.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	801	140.00	140.00
1	—	690	137.00	137.00
1	—	615	146.00	146.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	668	118.00	118.00
1	—	370	112.00	112.00
2	—	448	114.00	114.00
1	—	725	97.00	97.00
3	—	468	122.00	122.00
3	—	547	119.00	119.00
4	—	823	111.00	111.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	550	121.00	121.00
1	—	455	95.00	95.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	729	134.00–137.00	135.81
6	—	549	119.50	119.50
4	—	461	122.00	122.00
23	—	582	130.00–141.00	134.86
17	—	684	141.00	141.00
24	—	641	118.00–142.00	134.35
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	743	129.00	129.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	470	97.00	97.00
1	—	605	115.00	115.00

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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