Sale reports / Virginia / Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. / 2021-04-21

Southside Livestock Markets, Inc.

Name: Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2021-04-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-04-21

Feeder Cattle · Blackstone, Virginia · Wed, Apr 21

● Final36 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2183

← Apr 14Apr 21Apr 28 →

Receipts

116 head

▼ 48 vs last sale 164▼ 72 vs year ago 188 · −38.3%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 22, Heifers 47, Bulls 47)

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 $121.14/cwt on 46 head.

Average price

$121.14

46 head · 529 lb average

Value per head Derived

$641

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$10

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

$4.04/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−10.78

vs VA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	535	122.83	657	26
Medium and Large 3	490	119.40	585	5thin
Small 1	385	119.00	458	1thin
Medium and Large 1	544	118.79	647	14thin

One grade step is worth $4.04/cwt here — about $10 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 sale46 hd

121.14

—

VA average12 barns · 2,646 hd

131.92

−10.78

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 · Steers10 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	360	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	580	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	400	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	612	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	455	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	687	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	534	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	753	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	586	136.22/cwt	130.00–137.00	798	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	695	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	869	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	695	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	855	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	750	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	863	1
Steers	—	Small 1	765	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	727	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	920	97.00/cwt	97.00–97.00	892	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	375	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	469	1
Heifers	—	Small 1	385	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	458	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	445	128.50/cwt	128.50–128.50	572	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	450	124.50/cwt	124.50–124.50	560	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	453	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	575	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	505	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	621	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	515	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	639	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	517	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	600	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	552	123.81/cwt	122.00–124.00	683	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	622	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	715	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	625	113.27/cwt	110.00–115.00	708	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	680	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	734	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	738	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	738	2
Feeder Cattle · Bulls13 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	332	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	531	5
Bulls	—	Small 1	390	124.25/cwt	118.00–125.00	485	9
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	430	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	598	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	433	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	602	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	472	137.50/cwt	137.50–137.50	649	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	484	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	668	10
Bulls	—	Small 1	545	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	632	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	556	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	706	7
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	560	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	706	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	628	124.50/cwt	124.50–124.50	782	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	650	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	813	1
Bulls	—	Small 1	660	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	766	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	775	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	837	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 Apr 21, 2021

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

Receipts 116Last week 164Year ago 188

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 22, Heifers 47, Bulls 47)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	775	108.00	108.00
2	—	430	139.00	139.00
3	—	628	124.50	124.50
7	—	556	127.00	127.00
10	—	484	138.00	138.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	390	118.00–125.00	124.25
1	—	545	116.00	116.00
1	—	660	116.00	116.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	650	125.00	125.00
1	—	560	126.00	126.00
2	—	433	139.00	139.00
3	—	472	137.50	137.50
5	—	332	160.00	160.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	695	125.00	125.00
1	—	455	151.00	151.00
1	—	750	115.00	115.00
5	—	534	141.00	141.00
1	—	360	161.00	161.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	765	95.00	95.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	586	130.00–137.00	136.22
1	—	400	153.00	153.00
1	—	695	123.00	123.00
1	—	920	97.00	97.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	385	119.00	119.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	622	115.00	115.00
6	—	453	127.00	127.00
1	—	375	125.00	125.00
1	—	505	123.00	123.00
1	—	680	108.00	108.00
2	—	738	100.00	100.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	625	110.00–115.00	113.27
1	—	515	124.00	124.00
8	—	445	128.50	128.50
11	—	552	122.00–124.00	123.81

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	450	124.50	124.50
3	—	517	116.00	116.00

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.