Name: Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2019-06-26
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-06-26

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 58, Heifers 48, Bulls 37)

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $128.53/cwt on 58 head.

Average price

$128.53

58 head · 590 lb average

Value per head Derived

$759

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$131

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

$1.55/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.30

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	508	129.71	659	14thin
Medium and Large 1	616	128.15	790	44

One grade step is worth $1.55/cwt here — about −$131 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 sale58 hd

128.53

—

VA average7 barns · 1,008 hd

130.83

−2.30

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	—	433	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	598	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	488	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	673	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	547	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	624	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	823	86.35/cwt	85.00–87.00	711	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	641	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	686	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	596	115.50/cwt	115.50–115.50	688	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	650	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	696	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	350	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	469	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	555	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	622	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	405	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	579	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	499	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	599	6
Bulls	Small 1	—	655	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	459	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	750	89.00/cwt	89.00–89.00	668	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	350	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	403	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	723	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	694	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	680	108.75/cwt	108.00–109.00	740	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	543	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	608	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	444	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	524	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	565	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	605	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	650	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	702	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	700	89.00/cwt	89.00–89.00	623	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	513	101.98/cwt	97.00–107.00	523	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	431	123.75/cwt	123.75–123.75	533	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	315	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	362	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	448	105.50/cwt	105.50–105.50	473	4
Heifers	Small 1	—	430	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	409	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	845	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	845	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	461	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	645	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	547	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	722	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	738	118.92/cwt	113.00–119.50	878	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	617	129.26/cwt	128.00–130.00	798	18
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	585	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	731	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	610	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	781	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	920	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	782	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	455	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	637	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	380	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	528	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	529	125.48/cwt	124.00–126.00	664	4

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 26, 2019

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

Receipts 143Last week 131Year ago 0

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 58, Heifers 48, Bulls 37)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	433	138.00	138.00
2	—	488	138.00	138.00
3	—	547	114.00	114.00
3	—	823	85.00–87.00	86.35
5	—	641	107.00	107.00
7	—	596	115.50	115.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	650	107.00	107.00
2	—	350	134.00	134.00
2	—	555	112.00	112.00
3	—	405	143.00	143.00
6	—	499	120.00	120.00
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	655	70.00	70.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	750	89.00	89.00
2	—	350	115.00	115.00
2	—	723	96.00	96.00
4	—	680	108.00–109.00	108.75
6	—	543	112.00	112.00
13	—	444	118.00	118.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	565	107.00	107.00
1	—	650	108.00	108.00
1	—	700	89.00	89.00
2	—	513	97.00–107.00	101.98
8	—	431	123.75	123.75
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	315	115.00	115.00
4	—	448	105.50	105.50
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	430	95.00	95.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	845	100.00	100.00
7	—	461	140.00	140.00
7	—	547	132.00	132.00
11	—	738	113.00–119.50	118.92
18	—	617	128.00–130.00	129.26
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	585	125.00	125.00
1	—	610	128.00	128.00
1	—	920	85.00	85.00
3	—	455	140.00	140.00
4	—	380	139.00	139.00
4	—	529	124.00–126.00	125.48

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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