Name: Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2019-07-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-07-17

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 144, Heifers 48, Bulls 21)

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $136.41/cwt on 140 head.

Average price

$136.41

140 head · 665 lb average

Value per head Derived

$907

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$457

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 1

$25.16/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.02

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	685	137.16	939	125
Medium and Large 2	509	132.37	674	13thin
Medium and Large 3	460	120.00	552	1thin
Small 1	430	112.00	482	1thin

One grade step is worth $25.16/cwt here — about $457 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 sale140 hd

136.41

—

VA average10 barns · 1,797 hd

131.38

+5.02

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

32 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	—	375	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	450	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	430	115.66/cwt	111.00–120.00	497	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	763	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	771	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	652	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	678	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	566	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	623	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	659	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	685	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	485	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	558	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	320	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	400	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	500	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	520	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	648	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	680	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	710	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	767	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	669	104.15/cwt	100.00–114.00	697	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	562	120.73/cwt	120.00–122.00	679	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	385	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	447	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	555	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	594	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	650	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	683	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	520	111.78/cwt	106.00–116.00	581	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	461	115.41/cwt	102.00–119.00	532	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	340	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	466	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	455	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	601	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	540	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	697	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	595	129.84/cwt	129.00–130.00	773	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	813	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,016	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	776	133.37/cwt	133.00–133.50	1,035	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	668	139.25/cwt	139.25–139.25	930	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	734	136.79/cwt	135.50–137.00	1,004	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	644	140.80/cwt	137.75–141.25	907	53
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	555	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	727	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	615	130.50/cwt	130.50–130.50	803	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	469	133.14/cwt	132.00–134.00	624	9
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	460	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	552	1
Steers	Small 1	—	430	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	482	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 Jul 17, 2019

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

Receipts 213Last week 288Year ago 0

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 144, Heifers 48, Bulls 21)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	375	120.00	120.00
2	—	430	111.00–120.00	115.66
2	—	763	101.00	101.00
3	—	652	104.00	104.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	566	110.00	110.00
4	—	659	104.00	104.00
5	—	485	115.00	115.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	320	125.00	125.00
2	—	500	104.00	104.00
2	—	648	105.00	105.00
2	—	710	108.00	108.00
7	—	669	100.00–114.00	104.15
11	—	562	120.00–122.00	120.73
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	385	116.00	116.00
1	—	555	107.00	107.00
2	—	650	105.00	105.00
7	—	520	106.00–116.00	111.78
12	—	461	102.00–119.00	115.41
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	340	137.00	137.00
1	—	455	132.00	132.00
1	—	540	129.00	129.00
6	—	595	129.00–130.00	129.84
9	—	813	125.00	125.00
12	—	776	133.00–133.50	133.37
14	—	668	139.25	139.25
28	—	734	135.50–137.00	136.79
53	—	644	137.75–141.25	140.80
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	555	131.00	131.00
3	—	615	130.50	130.50
9	—	469	132.00–134.00	133.14
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	460	120.00	120.00
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	430	112.00	112.00

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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