Name: Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2019-10-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-10-16

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 30, Heifers 69, Bulls 62)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $100.71/cwt on 67 head.

Average price

$100.71

67 head · 545 lb average

Value per head Derived

$549

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$63

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 1

$9.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−10.24

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	599	103.00	617	29
Medium and Large 2	524	100.33	526	28
Medium and Large 3	429	95.22	408	9thin
Small 1	590	94.00	555	1thin

One grade step is worth $9.00/cwt here — about $63 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 sale67 hd

100.71

—

VA average12 barns · 2,992 hd

110.94

−10.24

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

37 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	—	620	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	657	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	780	88.00/cwt	88.00–88.00	686	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	365	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	456	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	656	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	761	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	568	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	704	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	415	125.28/cwt	117.00–126.50	520	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	490	120.91/cwt	115.00–123.50	592	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	552	87.10/cwt	70.00–121.00	481	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	355	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	454	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	635	112.26/cwt	110.00–113.00	713	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	483	118.44/cwt	116.00–119.00	572	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	410	117.57/cwt	91.00–125.00	482	9
Bulls	Small 1	—	360	71.00/cwt	71.00–71.00	256	1
Bulls	Small 1	—	480	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	432	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	400	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	280	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	730	86.00/cwt	86.00–86.00	628	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	763	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	687	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	651	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	651	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	550	110.50/cwt	110.50–110.50	608	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	390	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	273	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	625	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	625	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	348	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	379	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	545	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	534	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	705	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	705	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	460	101.70/cwt	81.00–108.00	468	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	565	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	514	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	380	97.00/cwt	97.00–97.00	369	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	431	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	409	5
Heifers	Small 1	—	590	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	555	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	560	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	644	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	615	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	744	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	843	123.50/cwt	123.50–123.50	1,041	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	733	121.72/cwt	116.00–124.50	892	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	779	119.84/cwt	115.00–123.50	934	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	674	130.03/cwt	117.00–132.00	876	15
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	585	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	351	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	653	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	751	2

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 16, 2019

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

Receipts 161Last week 288Year ago 0

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 30, Heifers 69, Bulls 62)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	620	106.00	106.00
1	—	780	88.00	88.00
3	—	365	125.00	125.00
4	—	656	116.00	116.00
7	—	568	124.00	124.00
8	—	415	117.00–126.50	125.28
10	—	490	115.00–123.50	120.91
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	552	70.00–121.00	87.10
4	—	355	128.00	128.00
4	—	635	110.00–113.00	112.26
5	—	483	116.00–119.00	118.44
9	—	410	91.00–125.00	117.57
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	360	71.00	71.00
1	—	480	90.00	90.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	400	70.00	70.00
3	—	730	86.00	86.00
3	—	763	90.00	90.00
4	—	651	100.00	100.00
18	—	550	110.50	110.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	390	70.00	70.00
2	—	625	100.00	100.00
4	—	348	109.00	109.00
6	—	545	98.00	98.00
6	—	705	100.00	100.00
9	—	460	81.00–108.00	101.70
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	565	91.00	91.00
3	—	380	97.00	97.00
5	—	431	95.00	95.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	590	94.00	94.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	560	115.00	115.00
1	—	615	121.00	121.00
2	—	843	123.50	123.50
3	—	733	116.00–124.50	121.72
5	—	779	115.00–123.50	119.84
15	—	674	117.00–132.00	130.03
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	585	60.00	60.00
2	—	653	115.00	115.00

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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