Sale reports / Virginia / Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. / 2021-03-17

Southside Livestock Markets, Inc.

Name: Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2021-03-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-03-17

Feeder Cattle · Blackstone, Virginia · Wed, Mar 17

● Final36 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2183

← Mar 10Mar 17Mar 24 →

Receipts

129 head

▼ 103 vs last sale 232▲ 89 vs year ago 40 · +222.5%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 24, Heifers 81, Bulls 24)

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 $115.42/cwt on 81 head.

Average price

$115.42

81 head · 572 lb average

Value per head Derived

$661

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$86

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Small 1

$12.69/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−7.82

vs VA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	573	117.69	674	43
Medium and Large 3	532	115.50	614	10thin
Medium and Large 1	587	112.17	659	27
Small 1	560	105.00	588	1thin

One grade step is worth $12.69/cwt here — about $86 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 sale81 hd

115.42

—

VA average11 barns · 3,213 hd

123.24

−7.82

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

Every lot

36 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 · Steers8 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	457	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	676	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	458	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	687	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	532	143.37/cwt	139.00–149.00	763	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	535	127.97/cwt	125.00–131.00	685	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	613	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	736	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	715	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	887	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	835	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	994	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	875	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,050	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	366	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	501	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	372	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	465	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	390	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	511	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	455	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	560	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	465	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	591	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	470	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	559	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	500	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	610	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	545	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	670	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	551	118.50/cwt	118.50–118.50	653	7
Heifers	—	Small 1	560	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	588	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	627	106.67/cwt	100.00–111.50	669	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	643	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	637	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	698	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	719	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	710	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	710	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	769	104.50/cwt	104.50–104.50	804	13
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	790	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	790	2
Feeder Cattle · Bulls12 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	350	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	560	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	367	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	624	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	415	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	647	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	420	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	630	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	480	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	619	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	496	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	689	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	553	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	691	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	570	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	730	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	644	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	805	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	690	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	849	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	740	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	777	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	775	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	814	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 Mar 17, 2021

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

Receipts 129Last week 232Year ago 40

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 24, Heifers 81, Bulls 24)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	350	160.00	160.00
1	—	570	128.00	128.00
1	—	775	105.00	105.00
2	—	415	156.00	156.00
4	—	644	125.00	125.00
6	—	496	139.00	139.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	420	150.00	150.00
1	—	690	123.00	123.00
1	—	740	105.00	105.00
2	—	553	125.00	125.00
3	—	367	170.00	170.00
1	—	480	129.00	129.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	457	148.00	148.00
11	—	532	139.00–149.00	143.37
1	—	715	124.00	124.00
1	—	875	120.00	120.00
2	—	613	120.00	120.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	535	125.00–131.00	127.97
1	—	835	119.00	119.00
3	—	458	150.00	150.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	710	100.00	100.00
2	—	790	100.00	100.00
3	—	470	119.00	119.00
7	—	551	118.50	118.50
12	—	627	100.00–111.50	106.67
2	—	390	131.00	131.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	560	105.00	105.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	545	123.00	123.00
6	—	643	99.00	99.00
8	—	366	137.00	137.00
11	—	465	127.00	127.00
13	—	769	104.50	104.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	455	123.00	123.00
3	—	372	125.00	125.00
4	—	698	103.00	103.00
1	—	500	122.00	122.00

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.