Name: Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2021-11-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-11-03

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 16, Heifers 67, Bulls 45)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $114.00/cwt on 67 head.

Average price

$114.00

67 head · 501 lb average

Value per head Derived

$572

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$137

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Small 1

$22.27/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−12.04

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	481	118.57	570	24
Medium and Large 1	545	118.31	645	29
Medium and Large 3	439	99.60	437	4thin
Small 1	450	96.30	433	10thin

One grade step is worth $22.27/cwt here — about $137 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 sale67 hd

114.00

—

VA average10 barns · 2,016 hd

126.04

−12.04

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	—	705	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	705	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	890	83.00/cwt	83.00–83.00	739	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	368	139.97/cwt	135.00–145.00	515	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	490	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	696	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	653	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	764	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	755	114.50/cwt	114.00–115.00	864	6
Heifers	Small 1	—	620	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	577	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	345	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	373	2
Heifers	Small 1	—	368	97.50/cwt	97.50–97.50	359	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	700	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	847	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	622	105.64/cwt	95.00–111.00	657	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	524	109.27/cwt	97.50–125.00	573	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	625	127.01/cwt	126.00–128.00	794	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	724	130.54/cwt	126.00–132.00	945	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	475	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	713	1
Bulls	Small 1	—	475	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	523	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	345	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	414	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	542	115.52/cwt	110.00–121.00	626	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	458	123.25/cwt	105.00–127.00	564	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	555	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	710	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	541	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	741	5
Bulls	Small 1	—	655	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	740	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	315	117.50/cwt	117.50–117.50	370	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	730	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	818	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	453	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	530	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	644	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	708	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	378	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	446	2
Bulls	Small 1	—	785	67.50/cwt	67.50–67.50	530	1
Bulls	Small 1	—	425	97.50/cwt	97.50–97.50	414	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	370	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	551	1
Heifers	Small 1	—	425	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	404	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	533	91.21/cwt	82.50–100.00	486	2
Heifers	Small 1	—	565	97.50/cwt	97.50–97.50	551	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	555	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	638	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	575	113.92/cwt	100.00–119.00	655	7
Bulls	Small 1	—	590	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	561	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	408	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	632	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	639	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	716	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	476	133.01/cwt	107.50–149.00	633	5

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 Nov 3, 2021

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

Receipts 128Last week 266Year ago 137

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 16, Heifers 67, Bulls 45)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	705	100.00	100.00
1	—	890	83.00	83.00
2	—	368	135.00–145.00	139.97
2	—	490	142.00	142.00
4	—	653	117.00	117.00
6	—	755	114.00–115.00	114.50
7	—	575	100.00–119.00	113.92
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	475	110.00	110.00
1	—	655	113.00	113.00
1	—	785	67.50	67.50
1	—	425	97.50	97.50
1	—	590	95.00	95.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	315	117.50	117.50
1	—	730	112.00	112.00
1	—	370	149.00	149.00
1	—	555	115.00	115.00
3	—	408	155.00	155.00
4	—	639	112.00	112.00
5	—	476	107.50–149.00	133.01
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	620	93.00	93.00
4	—	368	97.50	97.50
3	—	425	95.00	95.00
2	—	565	97.50	97.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	345	108.00	108.00
2	—	533	82.50–100.00	91.21
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	700	121.00	121.00
7	—	524	97.50–125.00	109.27
11	—	555	128.00	128.00
3	—	453	117.00	117.00
5	—	644	110.00	110.00
2	—	378	118.00	118.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	622	95.00–111.00	105.64
4	—	345	120.00	120.00
6	—	542	110.00–121.00	115.52
11	—	458	105.00–127.00	123.25
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	625	126.00–128.00	127.01
4	—	724	126.00–132.00	130.54
5	—	541	137.00	137.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	475	150.00	150.00

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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