Name: Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2021-12-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-12-15

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 34, Heifers 81, Bulls 51)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $124.18/cwt on 79 head.

Average price

$124.18

79 head · 508 lb average

Value per head Derived

$631

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$18

per head · Medium and Large 3 over Small 1

$7.50/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−7.65

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 3	448	125.50	562	18thin
Medium and Large 2	474	124.85	592	26
Medium and Large 1	582	124.25	723	28
Small 1	492	118.00	580	7thin

One grade step is worth $7.50/cwt here — about −$18 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 sale79 hd

124.18

—

VA average9 barns · 1,706 hd

131.83

−7.65

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

50 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	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	902	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	755	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	914	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	850	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	893	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	378	158.64/cwt	158.00–160.00	600	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	491	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	761	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	634	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	1,040	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	475	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	789	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	535	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	840	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	917	134.50/cwt	134.50–134.50	1,233	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	788	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,103	2
Steers	Small 1	—	830	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,038	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	450	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	743	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	567	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	879	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	652	150.00/cwt	148.00–151.00	978	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	546	126.50/cwt	126.50–126.50	691	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	333	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	463	3
Steers	Small 1	—	410	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	521	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	305	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	448	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	613	150.00/cwt	149.00–151.00	920	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	550	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	842	2
Heifers	Small 1	—	668	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	748	2
Heifers	Small 1	—	525	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	620	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	600	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	810	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	360	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	565	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	857	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	994	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	780	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	905	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	580	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	940	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	720	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	835	3
Bulls	Small 1	—	503	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	659	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	558	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	921	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	683	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	1,100	2
Bulls	Small 1	—	670	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	771	1
Bulls	Small 1	—	560	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	834	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	367	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	462	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	446	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	571	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	355	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	561	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	423	160.13/cwt	156.00–161.00	677	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	588	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	711	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	460	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	589	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	346	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	433	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	527	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	653	3
Bulls	Small 1	—	390	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	484	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	492	156.76/cwt	140.00–161.00	771	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	640	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	742	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	453	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	575	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	631	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	751	4
Heifers	Small 1	—	425	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	497	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	566	121.80/cwt	121.50–123.00	689	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	436	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	549	4
Heifers	Small 1	—	365	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	456	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 Dec 15, 2021

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

Receipts 166Last week 178Year ago 76

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 34, Heifers 81, Bulls 51)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	705	128.00	128.00
1	—	755	121.00	121.00
2	—	850	105.00	105.00
3	—	378	158.00–160.00	158.64
4	—	491	155.00	155.00
6	—	634	164.00	164.00
8	—	558	165.00	165.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	780	116.00	116.00
1	—	580	162.00	162.00
2	—	683	161.00	161.00
1	—	355	158.00	158.00
6	—	423	156.00–161.00	160.13
6	—	492	140.00–161.00	156.76
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	503	131.00	131.00
1	—	670	115.00	115.00
1	—	560	149.00	149.00
2	—	390	124.00	124.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	475	166.00	166.00
3	—	567	155.00	155.00
3	—	652	148.00–151.00	150.00
1	—	305	147.00	147.00
1	—	360	157.00	157.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	535	157.00	157.00
3	—	917	134.50	134.50
2	—	788	140.00	140.00
3	—	450	165.00	165.00
2	—	613	149.00–151.00	150.00
2	—	550	153.00	153.00
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	830	125.00	125.00
1	—	410	127.00	127.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	600	135.00	135.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	546	126.50	126.50
3	—	333	139.00	139.00
5	—	857	116.00	116.00
3	—	720	116.00	116.00
9	—	460	128.00	128.00
4	—	631	119.00	119.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	668	112.00	112.00
1	—	525	118.00	118.00
2	—	425	117.00	117.00
2	—	365	125.00	125.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	367	126.00	126.00
3	—	588	121.00	121.00
6	—	453	127.00	127.00
4	—	436	126.00	126.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	446	128.00	128.00
5	—	346	125.00	125.00
3	—	527	124.00	124.00
2	—	640	116.00	116.00
5	—	566	121.50–123.00	121.80

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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