Name: Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2019-10-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-10-23

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 59, Heifers 86, Bulls 84)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $101.94/cwt on 85 head.

Average price

$101.94

85 head · 524 lb average

Value per head Derived

$534

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$173

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 1

$18.25/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−11.81

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	552	105.00	580	42
Medium and Large 2	504	102.52	516	33
Medium and Large 3	478	87.50	418	6thin
Small 1	469	86.75	407	4thin

One grade step is worth $18.25/cwt here — about $173 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 sale85 hd

101.94

—

VA average11 barns · 1,986 hd

113.75

−11.81

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

51 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	—	330	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	380	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	835	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	793	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	431	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	573	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	637	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	726	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	497	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	611	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	541	120.25/cwt	100.00–124.00	651	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	390	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	441	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	705	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	712	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	870	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	783	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	339	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	437	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	626	109.01/cwt	97.00–114.00	682	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	549	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	604	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	497	118.50/cwt	118.50–118.50	589	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	419	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	561	11
Bulls	Small 1	—	440	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	484	1
Bulls	Small 1	—	480	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	557	1
Bulls	Small 1	—	540	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	556	3
Bulls	Small 1	—	665	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	599	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	585	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	644	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	733	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	660	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	386	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	386	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	456	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	497	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	548	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	603	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	643	100.70/cwt	90.00–106.00	648	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	745	83.00/cwt	83.00–83.00	618	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	470	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	517	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	520	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	681	14
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	426	127.97/cwt	113.00–133.00	545	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	665	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	771	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	568	101.98/cwt	97.00–107.00	579	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	645	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	677	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	450	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	527	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	538	125.50/cwt	125.50–125.50	675	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	733	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	806	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	642	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	790	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	454	129.44/cwt	116.00–134.00	588	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	582	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	742	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	420	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	563	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	985	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	926	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	890	87.00/cwt	87.00–87.00	774	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	665	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	778	1
Heifers	Small 1	—	447	89.00/cwt	89.00–89.00	398	3
Heifers	Small 1	—	535	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	428	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	550	88.00/cwt	88.00–88.00	484	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	340	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	306	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	660	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	528	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	425	89.00/cwt	89.00–89.00	378	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	551	105.50/cwt	105.50–105.50	581	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	471	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	509	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	355	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	362	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	635	87.00/cwt	87.00–87.00	552	4

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 23, 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 59, Heifers 86, Bulls 84)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	330	115.00	115.00
1	—	835	95.00	95.00
5	—	431	133.00	133.00
5	—	637	114.00	114.00
7	—	497	123.00	123.00
9	—	541	100.00–124.00	120.25
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	390	113.00	113.00
1	—	705	101.00	101.00
1	—	870	90.00	90.00
6	—	339	129.00	129.00
7	—	626	97.00–114.00	109.01
8	—	549	110.00	110.00
10	—	497	118.50	118.50
11	—	419	134.00	134.00
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	440	110.00	110.00
1	—	480	116.00	116.00
3	—	540	103.00	103.00
3	—	665	90.00	90.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	585	110.00	110.00
2	—	733	90.00	90.00
4	—	386	100.00	100.00
9	—	456	109.00	109.00
13	—	548	110.00	110.00
13	—	643	90.00–106.00	100.70
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	745	83.00	83.00
12	—	551	105.50	105.50
9	—	471	108.00	108.00
7	—	355	102.00	102.00
4	—	635	87.00	87.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	447	89.00	89.00
1	—	535	80.00	80.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	550	88.00	88.00
2	—	340	90.00	90.00
1	—	660	80.00	80.00
1	—	425	89.00	89.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	470	110.00	110.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	520	131.00	131.00
5	—	426	113.00–133.00	127.97
2	—	665	116.00	116.00
2	—	568	97.00–107.00	101.98
1	—	645	105.00	105.00
1	—	450	117.00	117.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	538	125.50	125.50
5	—	733	110.00	110.00
5	—	642	123.00	123.00
4	—	454	116.00–134.00	129.44
3	—	582	127.50	127.50
2	—	420	134.00	134.00
1	—	985	94.00	94.00
1	—	890	87.00	87.00
1	—	665	117.00	117.00

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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