Sale reports / Virginia / Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. / 2021-02-24

Southside Livestock Markets, Inc.

Name: Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2021-02-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-02-24

Feeder Cattle · Blackstone, Virginia · Wed, Feb 24

● Final31 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2183

← Feb 10Feb 24Mar 3 →

Receipts

79 head

▼ 9 vs last sale 88▼ 23 vs year ago 102 · −22.5%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 23, Heifers 43, Bulls 13)

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $113.22/cwt on 43 head.

Average price

$113.22

43 head · 565 lb average

Value per head Derived

$640

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$109

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 1

$8.78/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−7.92

vs VA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	506	116.90	591	25
Medium and Large 1	647	108.12	700	18thin

One grade step is worth $8.78/cwt here — about −$109 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 sale43 hd

113.22

—

VA average7 barns · 552 hd

121.14

−7.92

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

31 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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers13 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Small 1	325	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	260	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	340	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	340	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	385	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	551	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	410	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	574	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	445	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	605	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	460	116.26/cwt	104.00–128.00	535	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	480	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	653	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	520	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	697	1
Steers	—	Small 1	530	92.00/cwt	92.00–92.00	488	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	542	134.50/cwt	134.50–134.50	729	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	645	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	729	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	735	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	816	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	905	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	986	3
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	373	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	459	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	445	88.00/cwt	88.00–88.00	392	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	451	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	555	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	470	118.42/cwt	118.00–119.00	557	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	500	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	500	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	521	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	641	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	563	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	676	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	590	119.50/cwt	119.50–119.50	705	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	665	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	665	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	713	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	734	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	829	97.50/cwt	97.50–97.50	808	6
Feeder Cattle · Bulls7 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	480	77.00/cwt	77.00–77.00	370	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	510	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	587	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	568	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	648	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	584	109.56/cwt	109.00–112.00	640	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	625	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	631	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	740	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	710	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	800	86.00/cwt	86.00–86.00	688	1

This sale against other markets

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 Feb 24, 2021

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

Receipts 79Last week 88Year ago 102

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 23, Heifers 43, Bulls 13)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	480	77.00	77.00
1	—	800	86.00	86.00
2	—	568	114.00	114.00
2	—	625	101.00	101.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	510	115.00	115.00
1	—	740	96.00	96.00
5	—	584	109.00–112.00	109.56

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	829	97.50	97.50
3	—	563	120.00	120.00
1	—	500	100.00	100.00
3	—	713	103.00	103.00
5	—	470	118.00–119.00	118.42

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	665	100.00	100.00
5	—	521	123.00	123.00
7	—	451	123.00	123.00
2	—	373	123.00	123.00
7	—	590	119.50	119.50
3	—	445	88.00	88.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	385	143.00	143.00
1	—	520	134.00	134.00
2	—	460	104.00–128.00	116.26
2	—	410	140.00	140.00
1	—	340	100.00	100.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	530	92.00	92.00
1	—	325	80.00	80.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	480	136.00	136.00
1	—	645	113.00	113.00
2	—	735	111.00	111.00
5	—	542	134.50	134.50
1	—	445	136.00	136.00
3	—	905	109.00	109.00

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.