Name: Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2019-07-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-07-24

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 48, Heifers 121, Bulls 91)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $115.39/cwt on 121 head.

Average price

$115.39

121 head · 552 lb average

Value per head Derived

$637

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$155

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

$13.77/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.72

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	577	118.42	684	59
Medium and Large 2	533	114.02	607	52
Medium and Large 3	505	104.65	529	10thin

One grade step is worth $13.77/cwt here — about $155 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 sale121 hd

115.39

—

VA average8 barns · 708 hd

117.11

−1.72

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

44 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	—	745	96.50/cwt	96.50–96.50	719	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	409	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	524	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	557	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	641	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	485	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	601	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	647	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	699	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	330	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	396	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	490	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	500	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	715	92.50/cwt	92.50–92.50	661	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	429	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	553	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	556	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	612	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	500	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	595	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	652	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	698	15
Bulls	Small 1	—	485	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	466	1
Bulls	Small 1	—	570	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	542	1
Bulls	Small 1	—	625	97.00/cwt	97.00–97.00	606	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	400	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	484	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	720	97.00/cwt	97.00–97.00	698	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	835	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	760	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	666	114.30/cwt	113.00–118.00	761	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	527	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	643	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	469	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	567	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	632	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	746	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	568	121.34/cwt	115.00–122.00	689	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	500	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	550	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	728	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	684	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	368	118.50/cwt	118.50–118.50	436	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	556	114.43/cwt	110.00–115.00	636	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	453	117.18/cwt	108.00–120.00	531	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	637	111.64/cwt	106.00–113.00	711	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	670	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	610	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	547	105.50/cwt	105.50–105.50	577	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	457	106.50/cwt	106.50–106.50	487	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	565	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	718	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	690	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	897	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	785	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	997	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	438	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	569	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	720	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	914	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	846	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	1,041	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	543	135.08/cwt	127.00–136.00	733	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	638	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	829	17
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	635	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	819	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	543	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	695	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	429	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	553	4
Steers	Small 1	—	670	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	771	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 24, 2019

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

Receipts 260Last week 213Year ago 0

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 48, Heifers 121, Bulls 91)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	745	96.50	96.50
5	—	409	128.00	128.00
9	—	557	115.00	115.00
10	—	485	124.00	124.00
15	—	647	108.00	108.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	330	120.00	120.00
1	—	490	102.00	102.00
2	—	715	92.50	92.50
6	—	429	129.00	129.00
7	—	556	110.00	110.00
11	—	500	119.00	119.00
15	—	652	107.00	107.00
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	485	96.00	96.00
1	—	570	95.00	95.00
1	—	625	97.00	97.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	400	121.00	121.00
2	—	720	97.00	97.00
2	—	835	91.00	91.00
4	—	666	113.00–118.00	114.30
8	—	527	122.00	122.00
9	—	469	121.00	121.00
11	—	632	118.00	118.00
22	—	568	115.00–122.00	121.34
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	500	110.00	110.00
2	—	728	94.00	94.00
6	—	368	118.50	118.50
9	—	556	110.00–115.00	114.43
17	—	453	108.00–120.00	117.18
17	—	637	106.00–113.00	111.64
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	670	91.00	91.00
3	—	547	105.50	105.50
6	—	457	106.50	106.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	565	127.00	127.00
1	—	690	130.00	130.00
1	—	785	127.00	127.00
2	—	438	130.00	130.00
3	—	720	127.00	127.00
6	—	846	123.00	123.00
9	—	543	127.00–136.00	135.08
17	—	638	130.00	130.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	635	129.00	129.00
2	—	543	128.00	128.00
4	—	429	129.00	129.00
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	670	115.00	115.00

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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