Name: Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2019-10-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-10-09

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 85, Heifers 115, Bulls 88)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $100.59/cwt on 114 head.

Average price

$100.59

114 head · 556 lb average

Value per head Derived

$559

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$163

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 1

$17.35/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−10.80

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	575	104.75	603	63
Medium and Large 2	554	100.26	555	30
Medium and Large 3	500	90.50	452	8thin
Small 1	503	87.41	440	13thin

One grade step is worth $17.35/cwt here — about $163 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 sale114 hd

100.59

—

VA average10 barns · 1,807 hd

111.39

−10.80

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

52 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	—	713	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	670	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	570	107.50/cwt	107.50–107.50	613	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	628	121.09/cwt	116.00–123.00	760	19
Heifers	Small 1	—	477	89.50/cwt	89.50–89.50	427	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	461	86.00/cwt	86.00–86.00	396	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	740	89.00/cwt	89.00–89.00	659	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	408	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	367	3
Bulls	Small 1	—	568	92.00/cwt	92.00–92.00	523	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	570	88.00/cwt	88.00–88.00	502	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	331	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	444	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	711	119.78/cwt	116.00–128.50	852	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	510	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	592	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	538	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	511	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	373	103.19/cwt	94.00–106.50	385	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	344	110.50/cwt	110.50–110.50	380	4
Bulls	Small 1	—	425	78.00/cwt	78.00–78.00	332	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	547	104.50/cwt	104.50–104.50	572	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	419	126.34/cwt	121.00–128.50	529	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	485	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	626	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	890	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	1,006	1
Heifers	Small 1	—	375	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	341	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	578	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	578	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	457	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	475	8
Bulls	Small 1	—	503	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	493	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	632	96.50/cwt	96.50–96.50	610	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	486	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	535	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	775	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	853	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	483	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	623	3
Heifers	Small 1	—	550	77.00/cwt	77.00–77.00	424	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	449	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	449	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	626	108.02/cwt	107.50–108.50	676	13
Bulls	Small 1	—	665	82.50/cwt	82.50–82.50	549	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	339	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	458	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	560	100.64/cwt	85.00–105.00	564	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	685	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	582	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	538	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	662	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	692	120.50/cwt	120.50–120.50	834	6
Heifers	Small 1	—	620	87.00/cwt	87.00–87.00	539	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	523	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	486	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	566	103.05/cwt	100.00–105.00	583	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	380	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	342	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	406	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	512	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	648	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	609	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	830	86.00/cwt	86.00–86.00	714	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	686	124.50/cwt	124.50–124.50	854	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	567	125.31/cwt	125.00–125.50	711	13
Heifers	Small 1	—	534	86.07/cwt	80.00–88.00	460	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	693	105.34/cwt	103.00–106.00	730	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	672	107.03/cwt	107.00–107.50	719	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	730	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	701	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	483	109.64/cwt	104.00–111.00	530	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	365	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	402	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 Oct 9, 2019

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

Receipts 288Last week 176Year ago 0

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 85, Heifers 115, Bulls 88)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	713	94.00	94.00
4	—	331	134.00	134.00
7	—	419	121.00–128.50	126.34
10	—	486	110.00	110.00
11	—	560	85.00–105.00	100.64
1	—	685	85.00	85.00
13	—	648	94.00	94.00
1	—	830	86.00	86.00
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	568	92.00	92.00
3	—	425	78.00	78.00
3	—	503	98.00	98.00
3	—	665	82.50	82.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	570	88.00	88.00
3	—	547	104.50	104.50
3	—	632	96.50	96.50
4	—	339	135.00	135.00
4	—	406	126.00	126.00
5	—	483	104.00–111.00	109.64
1	—	365	110.00	110.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	570	107.50	107.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	628	116.00–123.00	121.09
32	—	711	116.00–128.50	119.78
1	—	510	116.00	116.00
1	—	890	113.00	113.00
3	—	483	129.00	129.00
6	—	692	120.50	120.50
13	—	567	125.00–125.50	125.31
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	485	129.00	129.00
1	—	775	110.00	110.00
2	—	538	123.00	123.00
4	—	686	124.50	124.50
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	477	89.50	89.50
1	—	375	91.00	91.00
1	—	550	77.00	77.00
1	—	620	87.00	87.00
4	—	534	80.00–88.00	86.07
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	461	86.00	86.00
4	—	538	95.00	95.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	740	89.00	89.00
4	—	373	94.00–106.50	103.19
4	—	578	100.00	100.00
6	—	449	100.00	100.00
6	—	523	93.00	93.00
9	—	693	103.00–106.00	105.34
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	408	90.00	90.00
4	—	344	110.50	110.50
8	—	457	104.00	104.00
13	—	626	107.50–108.50	108.02
14	—	566	100.00–105.00	103.05
1	—	380	90.00	90.00
18	—	672	107.00–107.50	107.03
2	—	730	96.00	96.00

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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