Name: Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2019-06-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-06-19

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 35, Heifers 55, Bulls 41)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $116.50/cwt on 55 head.

Average price

$116.50

55 head · 523 lb average

Value per head Derived

$610

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$27

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Small 1

$12.01/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.27

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	472	119.01	562	18thin
Medium and Large 1	589	115.90	682	24
Medium and Large 3	467	114.71	536	12thin
Small 1	550	107.00	589	1thin

One grade step is worth $12.01/cwt here — about −$27 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 sale55 hd

116.50

—

VA average8 barns · 1,468 hd

119.77

−3.27

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

42 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	—	540	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	675	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	550	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	638	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	735	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	698	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	445	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	632	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	483	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	667	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	656	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	741	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	725	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	674	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	760	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	714	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	538	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	592	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	336	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	494	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	476	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	652	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	634	111.75/cwt	111.00–112.00	708	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	417	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	592	5
Bulls	Small 1	—	400	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	464	1
Bulls	Small 1	—	460	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	478	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	738	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	790	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	473	117.04/cwt	110.00–119.50	554	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	527	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	627	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	625	115.73/cwt	114.00–118.50	723	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	565	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	672	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	628	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	628	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	522	117.01/cwt	113.00–119.00	611	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	356	128.05/cwt	117.00–132.00	456	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	461	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	553	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	375	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	439	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	438	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	504	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	523	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	591	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	453	115.50/cwt	115.50–115.50	523	5
Heifers	Small 1	—	550	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	589	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	510	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	648	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	745	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	827	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	905	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	815	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	753	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	889	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	629	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	833	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	463	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	671	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	559	135.15/cwt	131.00–136.00	755	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	385	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	547	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	465	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	656	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	545	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	730	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	335	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	452	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	550	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	605	1
Steers	Small 1	—	510	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	530	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

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State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 35, Heifers 55, Bulls 41)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	540	125.00	125.00
1	—	550	116.00	116.00
1	—	735	95.00	95.00
2	—	445	142.00	142.00
6	—	483	138.00	138.00
7	—	656	113.00	113.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	725	93.00	93.00
1	—	760	94.00	94.00
2	—	538	110.00	110.00
4	—	336	147.00	147.00
4	—	476	137.00	137.00
4	—	634	111.00–112.00	111.75
5	—	417	142.00	142.00
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	400	116.00	116.00
1	—	460	104.00	104.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	738	107.00	107.00
4	—	473	110.00–119.50	117.04
5	—	527	119.00	119.00
13	—	625	114.00–118.50	115.73
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	565	119.00	119.00
2	—	628	100.00	100.00
3	—	522	113.00–119.00	117.01
4	—	356	117.00–132.00	128.05
8	—	461	120.00	120.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	375	117.00	117.00
2	—	438	115.00	115.00
4	—	523	113.00	113.00
5	—	453	115.50	115.50
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	550	107.00	107.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	510	127.00	127.00
1	—	745	111.00	111.00
1	—	905	90.00	90.00
2	—	753	118.00	118.00
5	—	629	132.50	132.50
6	—	463	145.00	145.00
12	—	559	131.00–136.00	135.15
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	385	142.00	142.00
1	—	465	141.00	141.00
2	—	545	134.00	134.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	335	135.00	135.00
1	—	550	110.00	110.00
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	510	104.00	104.00

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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