Name: Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2019-09-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-09-18

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 29, Heifers 60, Bulls 41)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $104.01/cwt on 60 head.

Average price

$104.01

60 head · 530 lb average

Value per head Derived

$552

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$158

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 1

$22.70/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−8.47

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	534	109.37	584	19thin
Medium and Large 2	539	105.78	570	29
Medium and Large 3	509	92.78	472	9thin
Small 1	492	86.67	426	3thin

One grade step is worth $22.70/cwt here — about $158 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 sale60 hd

104.01

—

VA average10 barns · 1,868 hd

112.47

−8.47

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

41 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
Steers	Small 1	—	648	88.00/cwt	88.00–88.00	570	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	528	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	639	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	443	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	589	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	610	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	744	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	370	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	477	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	569	126.50/cwt	126.50–126.50	720	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	738	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	834	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	628	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	785	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	467	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	630	3
Heifers	Small 1	—	528	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	449	2
Heifers	Small 1	—	420	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	378	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	532	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	484	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	433	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	390	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	365	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	394	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	740	86.00/cwt	86.00–86.00	636	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	645	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	516	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	546	104.25/cwt	104.25–104.25	569	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	451	114.50/cwt	114.50–114.50	516	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	644	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	650	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	373	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	410	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	710	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	639	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	595	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	589	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	549	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	604	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	616	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	634	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	445	115.50/cwt	115.50–115.50	514	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	590	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	590	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	375	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	428	1
Bulls	Small 1	—	600	97.00/cwt	97.00–97.00	582	1
Bulls	Small 1	—	510	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	459	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	407	128.50/cwt	128.50–128.50	523	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	663	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	690	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	500	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	575	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	580	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	632	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	430	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	542	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	486	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	573	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	675	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	722	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	843	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	717	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	383	123.52/cwt	123.00–124.00	473	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	760	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	684	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	705	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	635	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	570	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	638	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

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

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State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 29, Heifers 60, Bulls 41)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	648	88.00	88.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	528	121.00	121.00
2	—	443	133.00	133.00
1	—	610	122.00	122.00
1	—	370	129.00	129.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	569	126.50	126.50
4	—	738	113.00	113.00
3	—	628	125.00	125.00
3	—	467	135.00	135.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	528	85.00	85.00
1	—	420	90.00	90.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	532	91.00	91.00
2	—	433	90.00	90.00
2	—	365	108.00	108.00
1	—	740	86.00	86.00
1	—	645	80.00	80.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	546	104.25	104.25
7	—	451	114.50	114.50
6	—	644	101.00	101.00
2	—	373	110.00	110.00
1	—	710	90.00	90.00
1	—	595	99.00	99.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	549	110.00	110.00
4	—	616	103.00	103.00
4	—	445	115.50	115.50
1	—	590	100.00	100.00
1	—	375	114.00	114.00
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	600	97.00	97.00
1	—	510	90.00	90.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	407	128.50	128.50
4	—	663	104.00	104.00
4	—	500	115.00	115.00
3	—	580	109.00	109.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	430	126.00	126.00
5	—	486	118.00	118.00
4	—	675	107.00	107.00
2	—	843	85.00	85.00
2	—	383	123.00–124.00	123.52
1	—	760	90.00	90.00
1	—	705	90.00	90.00
1	—	570	112.00	112.00

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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