Name: Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2019-10-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-10-02

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 31, Heifers 89, Bulls 56)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $98.55/cwt on 88 head.

Average price

$98.55

88 head · 526 lb average

Value per head Derived

$518

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$134

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Small 1

$25.58/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−11.92

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	508	102.58	521	48
Medium and Large 1	586	97.71	572	23
Medium and Large 3	492	93.00	458	12thin
Small 1	503	77.00	387	5thin

One grade step is worth $25.58/cwt here — about $134 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 sale88 hd

98.55

—

VA average8 barns · 1,665 hd

110.47

−11.92

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

42 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	Medium and Large 2	—	713	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	877	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	624	116.00/cwt	106.00–123.00	724	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	531	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	558	6
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	580	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	557	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	655	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	590	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	705	89.00/cwt	89.00–89.00	627	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	365	127.89/cwt	124.00–130.00	467	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	633	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	601	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	581	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	639	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	494	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	563	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	318	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	436	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	557	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	646	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	419	126.37/cwt	125.00–128.00	529	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	489	110.29/cwt	105.00–121.00	539	12
Bulls	Small 1	—	565	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	480	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	400	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	432	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	533	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	501	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	755	92.00/cwt	92.00–92.00	695	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	585	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	585	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	647	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	589	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	740	83.31/cwt	75.00–86.00	616	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	456	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	502	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	356	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	409	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	534	94.72/cwt	92.50–97.00	506	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	337	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	388	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	624	87.00/cwt	87.00–87.00	543	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	659	87.83/cwt	87.00–88.00	579	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	567	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	567	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	453	112.17/cwt	110.00–113.00	508	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	525	89.00/cwt	89.00–89.00	467	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	645	87.00/cwt	87.00–87.00	561	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	445	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	445	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	358	97.00/cwt	97.00–97.00	347	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	555	89.79/cwt	89.00–90.00	498	5
Heifers	Small 1	—	550	87.50/cwt	87.50–87.50	481	2
Heifers	Small 1	—	472	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	330	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	745	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	745	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	593	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	735	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	620	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	558	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	845	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	980	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	761	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	913	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	652	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	795	5

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 Oct 2, 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 31, Heifers 89, Bulls 56)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	713	123.00	123.00
5	—	624	106.00–123.00	116.00
6	—	531	105.00	105.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	580	96.00	96.00
1	—	655	90.00	90.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	745	100.00	100.00
2	—	593	124.00	124.00
2	—	620	90.00	90.00
2	—	845	116.00	116.00
4	—	761	120.00	120.00
5	—	652	122.00	122.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	705	89.00	89.00
3	—	365	124.00–130.00	127.89
3	—	633	95.00	95.00
4	—	581	110.00	110.00
10	—	494	114.00	114.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	318	137.00	137.00
6	—	557	116.00	116.00
11	—	419	125.00–128.00	126.37
12	—	489	105.00–121.00	110.29
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	565	85.00	85.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	400	108.00	108.00
2	—	533	94.00	94.00
2	—	755	92.00	92.00
3	—	585	100.00	100.00
4	—	647	91.00	91.00
4	—	740	75.00–86.00	83.31
7	—	456	110.00	110.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	356	115.00	115.00
4	—	534	92.50–97.00	94.72
6	—	337	115.00	115.00
6	—	624	87.00	87.00
6	—	659	87.00–88.00	87.83
10	—	567	100.00	100.00
12	—	453	110.00–113.00	112.17
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	525	89.00	89.00
1	—	645	87.00	87.00
2	—	445	100.00	100.00
3	—	358	97.00	97.00
5	—	555	89.00–90.00	89.79
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	550	87.50	87.50
3	—	472	70.00	70.00

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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