Name: Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2021-10-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-10-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 33, Heifers 114, Bulls 62)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $113.78/cwt on 114 head.

Average price

$113.78

114 head · 539 lb average

Value per head Derived

$613

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$170

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 1

$20.84/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−11.94

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	556	117.67	655	37
Medium and Large 2	531	115.17	611	63
Medium and Large 3	550	97.50	536	8thin
Small 1	501	96.83	485	6thin

One grade step is worth $20.84/cwt here — about $170 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 sale114 hd

113.78

—

VA average10 barns · 1,996 hd

125.72

−11.94

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

52 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 2	—	515	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	675	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	765	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	926	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	720	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	986	4
Heifers	Small 1	—	540	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	540	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	375	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	450	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	463	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	722	3
Steers	Small 1	—	540	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	664	1
Steers	Small 1	—	440	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	594	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	635	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	895	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	648	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	888	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	718	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	574	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	455	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	482	2
Heifers	Small 1	—	485	87.00/cwt	87.00–87.00	422	1
Heifers	Small 1	—	615	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	615	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	480	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	662	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	662	132.29/cwt	115.00–140.00	876	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	634	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	691	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	690	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	835	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	560	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	806	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	428	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	668	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	490	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	755	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	409	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	646	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	338	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	544	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	605	82.00/cwt	82.00–82.00	496	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	765	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	765	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	695	113.50/cwt	113.50–113.50	789	1
Bulls	Small 1	—	663	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	597	2
Bulls	Small 1	—	430	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	525	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	574	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	758	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	520	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	650	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	413	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	648	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	563	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	676	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	530	114.48/cwt	114.00–116.00	607	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	645	114.93/cwt	107.00–115.50	741	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	624	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	699	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	493	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	592	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	443	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	540	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	334	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	551	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	707	101.05/cwt	89.00–119.00	714	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	535	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	546	3
Bulls	Small 1	—	498	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	593	2
Bulls	Small 1	—	340	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	391	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	445	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	454	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	557	118.03/cwt	112.00–120.00	657	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	395	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	431	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	442	118.70/cwt	116.00–119.00	525	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	480	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	576	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	555	119.50/cwt	119.50–119.50	663	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	540	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	605	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	349	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	415	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	543	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	793	2
Heifers	Small 1	—	375	97.00/cwt	97.00–97.00	364	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 Oct 6, 2021

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

Receipts 209Last week 211Year ago 261

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 33, Heifers 114, Bulls 62)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	515	131.00	131.00
3	—	463	156.00	156.00
2	—	635	141.00	141.00
10	—	662	115.00–140.00	132.29
1	—	560	144.00	144.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	765	121.00	121.00
4	—	720	137.00	137.00
3	—	648	137.00	137.00
1	—	480	138.00	138.00
2	—	428	156.00	156.00
2	—	543	146.00	146.00
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	540	123.00	123.00
1	—	440	135.00	135.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	540	100.00	100.00
1	—	485	87.00	87.00
2	—	615	100.00	100.00
2	—	375	97.00	97.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	375	120.00	120.00
4	—	530	114.00–116.00	114.48
14	—	645	107.00–115.50	114.93
6	—	443	122.00	122.00
1	—	480	120.00	120.00
10	—	555	119.50	119.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	718	80.00	80.00
2	—	455	106.00	106.00
3	—	535	102.00	102.00
1	—	445	102.00	102.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	634	109.00	109.00
3	—	690	121.00	121.00
5	—	707	89.00–119.00	101.05
15	—	557	112.00–120.00	118.03
1	—	395	109.00	109.00
20	—	442	116.00–119.00	118.70
1	—	540	112.00	112.00
6	—	349	119.00	119.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	490	154.00	154.00
3	—	409	158.00	158.00
3	—	338	161.00	161.00
2	—	605	82.00	82.00
1	—	765	100.00	100.00
1	—	695	113.50	113.50
7	—	574	132.00	132.00
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	663	90.00	90.00
1	—	430	122.00	122.00
2	—	498	119.00	119.00
1	—	340	115.00	115.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	520	125.00	125.00
12	—	413	157.00	157.00
6	—	563	120.00	120.00
5	—	624	112.00	112.00
5	—	493	120.00	120.00
5	—	334	165.00	165.00

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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