Name: Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2019-08-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-08-07

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 35, Heifers 98, Bulls 83)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $115.13/cwt on 98 head.

Average price

$115.13

98 head · 497 lb average

Value per head Derived

$572

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$98

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Small 1

$34.24/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−5.82

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	448	120.73	541	37
Medium and Large 1	558	116.73	652	37
Medium and Large 3	473	105.61	500	22
Small 1	513	86.49	444	2thin

One grade step is worth $34.24/cwt here — about $98 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 sale98 hd

115.13

—

VA average10 barns · 2,007 hd

120.95

−5.82

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

46 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	634	110.39/cwt	108.00–111.00	700	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	454	117.50/cwt	116.00–118.00	533	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	515	117.50/cwt	112.00–123.00	605	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	705	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	642	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	355	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	408	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	335	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	419	1
Bulls	Small 1	—	467	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	490	5
Bulls	Small 1	—	700	68.00/cwt	68.00–68.00	476	1
Bulls	Small 1	—	560	82.00/cwt	82.00–82.00	459	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	484	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	649	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	408	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	539	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	338	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	480	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	555	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	699	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	389	127.51/cwt	120.00–131.00	496	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	500	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	560	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	625	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	644	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	512	127.72/cwt	127.00–128.00	654	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	414	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	580	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	631	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	713	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	564	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	722	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	738	93.82/cwt	87.00–96.00	692	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	656	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	741	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	345	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	473	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	560	121.06/cwt	111.00–123.00	678	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	460	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	552	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	580	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	632	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	628	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	685	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	530	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	615	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	353	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	452	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	441	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	529	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	695	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	723	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	358	97.33/cwt	90.00–112.00	348	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	541	108.50/cwt	108.50–108.50	587	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	473	109.50/cwt	109.50–109.50	518	8
Heifers	Small 1	—	513	86.49/cwt	85.00–88.00	444	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	470	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	663	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	538	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	753	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	733	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	938	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	633	139.65/cwt	137.00–141.00	884	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	350	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	469	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	658	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	842	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	477	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	668	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	549	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	741	7
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	480	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	533	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	530	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	663	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	665	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	632	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 Aug 7, 2019

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

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State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 35, Heifers 98, Bulls 83)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	634	108.00–111.00	110.39
4	—	454	116.00–118.00	117.50
2	—	515	112.00–123.00	117.50
1	—	705	91.00	91.00
1	—	355	115.00	115.00
1	—	335	125.00	125.00
18	—	560	111.00–123.00	121.06
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	460	120.00	120.00
1	—	580	109.00	109.00
2	—	628	109.00	109.00
9	—	530	116.00	116.00
12	—	353	128.00	128.00
12	—	441	120.00	120.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	695	104.00	104.00
6	—	358	90.00–112.00	97.33
7	—	541	108.50	108.50
8	—	473	109.50	109.50
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	513	85.00–88.00	86.49
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	467	105.00	105.00
1	—	700	68.00	68.00
1	—	560	82.00	82.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	484	134.00	134.00
10	—	408	132.00	132.00
9	—	338	142.00	142.00
4	—	555	126.00	126.00
3	—	389	120.00–131.00	127.51
2	—	500	112.00	112.00
1	—	625	103.00	103.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	512	127.00–128.00	127.72
7	—	414	140.00	140.00
6	—	631	113.00	113.00
5	—	564	128.00	128.00
4	—	738	87.00–96.00	93.82
4	—	656	113.00	113.00
4	—	345	137.00	137.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	470	141.00	141.00
3	—	538	140.00	140.00
3	—	733	128.00	128.00
9	—	633	137.00–141.00	139.65
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	350	134.00	134.00
2	—	658	128.00	128.00
3	—	477	140.00	140.00
7	—	549	135.00	135.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	480	111.00	111.00
1	—	530	125.00	125.00
1	—	665	95.00	95.00

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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