Name: Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2019-08-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-08-28

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 30, Heifers 73, Bulls 68)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $107.02/cwt on 72 head.

Average price

$107.02

72 head · 547 lb average

Value per head Derived

$585

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$156

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 1

$20.05/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−11.02

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	606	111.54	675	31
Medium and Large 2	482	110.78	534	20
Medium and Large 3	481	101.55	489	11thin
Small 1	568	91.49	520	10thin

One grade step is worth $20.05/cwt here — about $156 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 sale72 hd

107.02

—

VA average6 barns · 1,296 hd

118.03

−11.02

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

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	—	496	130.50/cwt	130.50–130.50	647	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	341	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	512	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	734	100.54/cwt	94.00–105.00	738	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	725	88.71/cwt	84.00–91.00	643	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	553	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	586	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	683	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	854	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	335	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	419	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	682	110.67/cwt	110.00–111.00	755	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	420	130.71/cwt	120.00–135.00	549	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	656	109.50/cwt	109.50–109.50	718	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	635	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	597	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	530	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	535	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	485	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	664	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	547	136.50/cwt	136.50–136.50	747	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	725	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	747	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	674	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	701	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	360	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	454	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	483	108.47/cwt	103.00–114.00	524	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	410	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	402	1
Heifers	Small 1	—	652	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	587	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	650	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	780	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	510	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	653	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	739	90.43/cwt	83.00–94.00	668	3
Bulls	Small 1	—	482	100.12/cwt	81.00–105.00	483	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	390	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	445	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	370	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	407	1
Heifers	Small 1	—	513	90.95/cwt	89.00–95.00	467	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	550	136.50/cwt	136.50–136.50	751	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	440	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	576	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	570	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	633	1
Bulls	Small 1	—	635	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	508	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	551	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	639	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	444	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	506	7
Heifers	Small 1	—	440	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	422	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	615	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	800	5
Steers	Small 1	—	665	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	658	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	340	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	507	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	566	116.37/cwt	108.00–118.50	659	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	492	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	590	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	625	109.58/cwt	109.50–110.00	685	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	345	126.50/cwt	126.50–126.50	436	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	465	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	456	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	529	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	719	5
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	590	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	690	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 28, 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 30, Heifers 73, Bulls 68)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	496	130.50	130.50
3	—	682	110.00–111.00	110.67
2	—	725	103.00	103.00
1	—	510	128.00	128.00
1	—	440	131.00	131.00
1	—	340	149.00	149.00
10	—	566	108.00–118.50	116.37
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	341	150.00	150.00
7	—	420	120.00–135.00	130.71
4	—	674	104.00	104.00
3	—	739	83.00–94.00	90.43
1	—	570	111.00	111.00
10	—	492	120.00	120.00
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	482	81.00–105.00	100.12
3	—	635	80.00	80.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	734	94.00–105.00	100.54
5	—	656	109.50	109.50
1	—	360	126.00	126.00
14	—	551	116.00	116.00
6	—	625	109.50–110.00	109.58
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	725	84.00–91.00	88.71
2	—	635	94.00	94.00
2	—	483	103.00–114.00	108.47
1	—	390	114.00	114.00
7	—	444	114.00	114.00
5	—	345	126.50	126.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	553	106.00	106.00
1	—	530	101.00	101.00
1	—	410	98.00	98.00
1	—	370	110.00	110.00
5	—	465	98.00	98.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	652	90.00	90.00
3	—	513	89.00–95.00	90.95
2	—	440	96.00	96.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	683	125.00	125.00
2	—	485	137.00	137.00
8	—	550	136.50	136.50
5	—	615	130.00	130.00
5	—	529	136.00	136.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	335	125.00	125.00
1	—	590	117.00	117.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	547	136.50	136.50
2	—	650	120.00	120.00
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	665	99.00	99.00

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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