Name: Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2021-12-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-12-01

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 51, Heifers 94, Bulls 72)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $124.64/cwt on 93 head.

Average price

$124.64

93 head · 506 lb average

Value per head Derived

$630

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$42

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Small 1

$10.84/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.94

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	451	129.32	583	41
Medium and Large 1	634	121.76	772	29
Medium and Large 3	427	121.25	518	12thin
Small 1	457	118.48	542	11thin

One grade step is worth $10.84/cwt here — about $42 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 sale93 hd

124.64

—

VA average6 barns · 1,053 hd

125.58

−0.94

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

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	Small 1	—	605	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	635	1
Heifers	Small 1	—	366	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	472	4
Heifers	Small 1	—	456	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	561	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	420	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	638	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	614	118.91/cwt	116.50–119.50	730	5
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	348	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	536	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	770	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	1,086	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	448	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	690	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	558	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	837	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	652	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	932	3
Heifers	Small 1	—	568	95.13/cwt	85.00–105.00	540	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	614	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	921	5
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	970	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	825	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	315	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	485	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	430	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	624	1
Steers	Small 1	—	740	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	992	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	745	142.58/cwt	139.50–143.50	1,062	13
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	505	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	758	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	340	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	530	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	806	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	1,120	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	334	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	554	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	748	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	830	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	492	141.32/cwt	136.00–144.00	695	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	433	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	684	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	505	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	687	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	355	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	554	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	555	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	810	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	402	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	667	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	564	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	807	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	775	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	837	1
Bulls	Small 1	—	467	120.50/cwt	120.50–120.50	563	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	635	130.69/cwt	128.00–132.00	830	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	360	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	439	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	338	163.38/cwt	154.00–168.00	552	6
Bulls	Small 1	—	585	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	708	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	478	150.31/cwt	130.00–155.00	718	9
Bulls	Small 1	—	428	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	599	5
Bulls	Small 1	—	658	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	790	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	460	111.50/cwt	108.00–115.00	513	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	648	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	855	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	441	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	542	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	595	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	655	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	361	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	437	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	735	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	853	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	427	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	517	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	542	124.50/cwt	124.50–124.50	675	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	350	135.50/cwt	135.50–135.50	474	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	630	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	750	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	442	129.50/cwt	129.50–129.50	572	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	470	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	569	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	768	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	922	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	550	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	701	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	866	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	1,057	7

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 Dec 1, 2021

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

Receipts 217Last week 217Year ago 167

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 51, Heifers 94, Bulls 72)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	605	105.00	105.00
4	—	366	129.00	129.00
4	—	456	123.00	123.00
2	—	568	85.00–105.00	95.13
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	614	116.50–119.50	118.91
1	—	360	122.00	122.00
1	—	735	116.00	116.00
3	—	427	121.00	121.00
9	—	542	124.50	124.50
1	—	470	121.00	121.00
2	—	768	120.00	120.00
7	—	866	122.00	122.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	460	108.00–115.00	111.50
13	—	350	135.50	135.50
3	—	630	119.00	119.00
14	—	442	129.50	129.50
9	—	550	127.50	127.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	441	123.00	123.00
1	—	595	110.00	110.00
4	—	361	121.00	121.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	420	152.00	152.00
1	—	505	150.00	150.00
3	—	340	156.00	156.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	348	154.00	154.00
1	—	970	85.00	85.00
1	—	430	145.00	145.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	770	141.00	141.00
2	—	448	154.00	154.00
7	—	558	150.00	150.00
3	—	652	143.00	143.00
5	—	614	150.00	150.00
1	—	315	154.00	154.00
13	—	745	139.50–143.50	142.58
4	—	806	139.00	139.00
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	740	134.00	134.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	334	166.00	166.00
3	—	748	111.00	111.00
3	—	492	136.00–144.00	141.32
3	—	433	158.00	158.00
1	—	505	136.00	136.00
1	—	355	156.00	156.00
5	—	555	146.00	146.00
4	—	648	132.00	132.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	402	166.00	166.00
4	—	564	143.00	143.00
1	—	775	108.00	108.00
3	—	635	128.00–132.00	130.69
6	—	338	154.00–168.00	163.38
9	—	478	130.00–155.00	150.31
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	467	120.50	120.50
3	—	585	121.00	121.00
5	—	428	140.00	140.00
2	—	658	120.00	120.00

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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