Name: Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2019-06-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-06-12

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 62, Heifers 79, Bulls 56)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $116.80/cwt on 72 head.

Average price

$116.80

72 head · 532 lb average

Value per head Derived

$622

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$190

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3

$8.22/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−4.62

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	575	117.72	677	37
Medium and Large 2	499	117.70	588	27
Medium and Large 3	445	109.50	487	8thin

One grade step is worth $8.22/cwt here — about $190 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 sale72 hd

116.80

—

VA average8 barns · 1,829 hd

121.42

−4.62

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

37 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	—	715	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	772	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	760	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	821	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	421	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	610	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	554	125.50/cwt	125.50–125.50	695	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	497	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	631	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	658	116.50/cwt	116.50–116.50	767	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	525	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	609	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	330	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	462	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	405	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	579	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	628	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	716	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	486	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	622	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	560	123.50/cwt	123.50–123.50	692	10
Bulls	Small 1	—	440	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	308	1
Bulls	Small 1	—	520	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	546	1
Bulls	Small 1	—	745	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	596	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	348	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	452	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	458	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	531	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	629	114.09/cwt	108.00–116.00	718	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	575	119.79/cwt	119.50–120.00	689	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	648	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	648	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	346	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	433	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	469	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	539	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	537	119.49/cwt	108.00–122.50	642	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	445	109.50/cwt	109.50–109.50	487	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	655	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	806	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	735	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	860	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	622	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	784	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	947	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	1,013	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	444	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	644	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	537	134.50/cwt	134.50–134.50	722	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	813	117.30/cwt	110.00–119.00	954	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	966	111.58/cwt	105.00–112.50	1,078	16
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	563	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	754	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	655	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	786	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	715	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	794	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	477	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	692	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	530	87.00/cwt	87.00–87.00	461	1

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 Jun 12, 2019

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

Receipts 197Last week 0Year ago 0

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 62, Heifers 79, Bulls 56)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	715	108.00	108.00
1	—	760	108.00	108.00
4	—	421	145.00	145.00
7	—	554	125.50	125.50
9	—	497	127.00	127.00
9	—	658	116.50	116.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	525	116.00	116.00
2	—	330	140.00	140.00
2	—	405	143.00	143.00
3	—	628	114.00	114.00
4	—	486	128.00	128.00
10	—	560	123.50	123.50
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	440	70.00	70.00
1	—	520	105.00	105.00
1	—	745	80.00	80.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	348	130.00	130.00
3	—	458	116.00	116.00
15	—	629	108.00–116.00	114.09
17	—	575	119.50–120.00	119.79
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	648	100.00	100.00
4	—	346	125.00	125.00
7	—	469	115.00	115.00
14	—	537	108.00–122.50	119.49
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	445	109.50	109.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	655	123.00	123.00
2	—	735	117.00	117.00
3	—	622	126.00	126.00
3	—	947	107.00	107.00
4	—	444	145.00	145.00
11	—	537	134.50	134.50
11	—	813	110.00–119.00	117.30
16	—	966	105.00–112.50	111.58
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	563	134.00	134.00
2	—	655	120.00	120.00
2	—	715	111.00	111.00
3	—	477	145.00	145.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	530	87.00	87.00

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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