Name: Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2019-08-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-08-14

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 41, Heifers 106, Bulls 45)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $108.36/cwt on 105 head.

Average price

$108.36

105 head · 527 lb average

Value per head Derived

$571

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$253

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 1

$20.04/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−9.80

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	574	110.04	631	44
Medium and Large 2	501	108.69	545	48
Medium and Large 3	471	102.42	482	12thin
Small 1	420	90.00	378	1thin

One grade step is worth $20.04/cwt here — about $253 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 sale105 hd

108.36

—

VA average10 barns · 2,094 hd

118.16

−9.80

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

39 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	—	545	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	545	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	625	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	675	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	495	133.50/cwt	133.50–133.50	661	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	563	125.50/cwt	125.50–125.50	707	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	480	109.90/cwt	105.00–115.00	528	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	645	112.50/cwt	112.50–112.50	726	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	365	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	489	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	516	123.11/cwt	114.00–127.00	635	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	413	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	549	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	775	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	705	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	639	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	671	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	585	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	667	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	741	93.64/cwt	91.00–94.00	694	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	464	111.68/cwt	105.00–113.00	518	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	540	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	648	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	600	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	600	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	672	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	638	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	360	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	403	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	557	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	590	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	447	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	514	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	484	112.20/cwt	111.00–114.00	543	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	539	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	566	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	655	77.00/cwt	77.00–77.00	504	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	370	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	355	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	443	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	461	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	488	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	527	6
Heifers	Small 1	—	420	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	378	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	640	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	800	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	755	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	868	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	833	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	916	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	461	136.73/cwt	130.00–138.50	630	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	724	122.88/cwt	115.00–124.00	890	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	571	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	765	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	385	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	493	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	495	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	668	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	613	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	705	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	673	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	774	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	557	128.00/cwt	125.00–129.00	713	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	395	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	470	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 14, 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 41, Heifers 106, Bulls 45)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	545	100.00	100.00
1	—	625	108.00	108.00
7	—	495	133.50	133.50
7	—	563	125.50	125.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	480	105.00–115.00	109.90
2	—	645	112.50	112.50
6	—	365	134.00	134.00
7	—	516	114.00–127.00	123.11
10	—	413	133.00	133.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	775	91.00	91.00
4	—	639	105.00	105.00
5	—	585	114.00	114.00
8	—	741	91.00–94.00	93.64
13	—	464	105.00–113.00	111.68
13	—	540	120.00	120.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	600	100.00	100.00
3	—	672	95.00	95.00
5	—	360	112.00	112.00
5	—	557	106.00	106.00
10	—	447	115.00	115.00
10	—	484	111.00–114.00	112.20
14	—	539	105.00	105.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	655	77.00	77.00
2	—	370	96.00	96.00
3	—	443	104.00	104.00
6	—	488	108.00	108.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	420	90.00	90.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	640	125.00	125.00
2	—	755	115.00	115.00
2	—	833	110.00	110.00
5	—	461	130.00–138.50	136.73
8	—	724	115.00–124.00	122.88
11	—	571	134.00	134.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	385	128.00	128.00
1	—	495	135.00	135.00
2	—	613	115.00	115.00
2	—	673	115.00	115.00
4	—	557	125.00–129.00	128.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	395	119.00	119.00

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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