Name: Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2021-12-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-12-08

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 12, Heifers 79, Bulls 87)

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb bulls averaged $153.55/cwt on 85 head.

Average price

$153.55

85 head · 503 lb average

Value per head Derived

$772

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$130

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 1

$38.07/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+12.29

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	507	159.32	808	44
Medium and Large 2	473	158.17	748	29
Small 1	559	121.25	678	12thin

One grade step is worth $38.07/cwt here — about $130 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 sale85 hd

153.55

—

VA average9 barns · 1,250 hd

141.26

+12.29

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

48 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	—	505	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	803	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	370	164.57/cwt	162.00–167.00	609	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	718	130.38/cwt	119.00–142.00	936	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	643	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	900	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	551	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	843	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	425	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	735	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	520	157.92/cwt	156.00–160.00	821	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	643	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	997	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	463	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	759	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	310	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	481	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	655	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	1,009	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	375	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	585	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	580	128.50/cwt	128.50–128.50	745	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	725	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	689	1
Heifers	Small 1	—	433	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	550	2
Heifers	Small 1	—	558	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	686	2
Heifers	Small 1	—	663	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	723	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	620	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	744	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	623	123.28/cwt	121.00–124.00	768	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	456	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	650	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	352	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	479	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	532	116.68/cwt	116.00–117.00	621	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	420	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	517	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	563	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	704	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	658	125.50/cwt	125.50–125.50	826	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	781	120.50/cwt	120.50–120.50	941	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	626	124.60/cwt	123.00–125.00	780	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	338	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	423	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	480	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	557	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	560	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	689	1
Bulls	Small 1	—	655	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	806	4
Bulls	Small 1	—	385	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	404	1
Bulls	Small 1	—	735	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	588	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	358	134.50/cwt	134.50–134.50	482	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	529	131.97/cwt	131.50–133.50	698	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	457	139.50/cwt	139.50–139.50	638	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	413	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	702	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	370	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	500	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	730	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	1,007	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	477	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	782	12
Bulls	Small 1	—	518	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	704	2
Bulls	Small 1	—	563	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	692	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	865	87.00/cwt	87.00–87.00	753	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	610	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	878	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	563	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	850	3
Bulls	Small 1	—	405	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	527	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	336	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	571	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	491	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	776	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 8, 2021

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

Receipts 178Last week 217Year ago 139

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 12, Heifers 79, Bulls 87)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	505	159.00	159.00
2	—	370	162.00–167.00	164.57
2	—	718	119.00–142.00	130.38
6	—	643	140.00	140.00
9	—	551	153.00	153.00
12	—	425	173.00	173.00
12	—	477	164.00	164.00
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	655	123.00	123.00
1	—	385	105.00	105.00
1	—	735	80.00	80.00
2	—	518	136.00	136.00
2	—	563	123.00	123.00
2	—	405	130.00	130.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	413	170.00	170.00
1	—	370	135.00	135.00
1	—	730	138.00	138.00
1	—	865	87.00	87.00
2	—	610	144.00	144.00
3	—	563	151.00	151.00
5	—	336	170.00	170.00
7	—	491	158.00	158.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	520	156.00–160.00	157.92
2	—	643	155.00	155.00
3	—	463	164.00	164.00
2	—	375	156.00	156.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	310	155.00	155.00
1	—	655	154.00	154.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	620	120.00	120.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	580	128.50	128.50
1	—	725	95.00	95.00
4	—	658	125.50	125.50
4	—	781	120.50	120.50
5	—	626	123.00–125.00	124.60
4	—	358	134.50	134.50
8	—	529	131.50–133.50	131.97
11	—	457	139.50	139.50
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	433	127.00	127.00
2	—	558	123.00	123.00
2	—	663	109.00	109.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	623	121.00–124.00	123.28
8	—	456	142.50	142.50
9	—	352	136.00	136.00
3	—	532	116.00–117.00	116.68
3	—	563	125.00	125.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	420	123.00	123.00
3	—	338	125.00	125.00
1	—	480	116.00	116.00
1	—	560	123.00	123.00

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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