Name: Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2019-09-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-09-04

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 25, Heifers 42, Bulls 33)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $104.07/cwt on 41 head.

Average price

$104.07

41 head · 519 lb average

Value per head Derived

$540

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$253

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

$13.25/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−7.85

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	547	108.58	594	12thin
Medium and Large 2	546	104.00	568	23
Medium and Large 3	358	95.33	341	6thin

One grade step is worth $13.25/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 sale41 hd

104.07

—

VA average6 barns · 895 hd

111.92

−7.85

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	—	455	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	410	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	558	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	631	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	346	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	495	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	503	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	553	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	439	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	536	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	338	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	470	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	487	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	536	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	572	104.88/cwt	95.00–110.00	600	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	421	121.19/cwt	110.00–129.00	510	5
Bulls	Small 1	—	560	82.00/cwt	82.00–82.00	459	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	625	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	631	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	700	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	714	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	785	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	707	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	542	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	596	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	458	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	522	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	610	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	616	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	315	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	359	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	722	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	650	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	553	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	586	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	653	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	660	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	431	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	470	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	405	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	365	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	335	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	345	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	358	92.00/cwt	92.00–92.00	329	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	470	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	630	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	562	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	725	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	644	114.66/cwt	106.00–119.00	738	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	735	113.50/cwt	113.50–113.50	834	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	695	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	792	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	785	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	871	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	515	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	592	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	473	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	605	3

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 Sep 4, 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 25, Heifers 42, Bulls 33)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	455	90.00	90.00
3	—	558	113.00	113.00
4	—	346	143.00	143.00
4	—	503	110.00	110.00
6	—	439	122.00	122.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	338	139.00	139.00
3	—	487	110.00	110.00
3	—	572	95.00–110.00	104.88
5	—	421	110.00–129.00	121.19
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	560	82.00	82.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	625	101.00	101.00
1	—	700	102.00	102.00
1	—	785	90.00	90.00
4	—	542	110.00	110.00
5	—	458	114.00	114.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	610	101.00	101.00
2	—	315	114.00	114.00
3	—	722	90.00	90.00
4	—	553	106.00	106.00
6	—	653	101.00	101.00
7	—	431	109.00	109.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	405	90.00	90.00
2	—	335	103.00	103.00
3	—	358	92.00	92.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	470	134.00	134.00
3	—	562	129.00	129.00
6	—	644	106.00–119.00	114.66
7	—	735	113.50	113.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	695	114.00	114.00
1	—	785	111.00	111.00
2	—	515	115.00	115.00
3	—	473	128.00	128.00

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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