Name: Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2019-11-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-11-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 40, Heifers 74, Bulls 86)

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb bulls averaged $116.02/cwt on 85 head.

Average price

$116.02

85 head · 554 lb average

Value per head Derived

$643

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$75

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Small 1

$15.35/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−9.52

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	488	119.35	583	49
Medium and Large 1	644	111.94	721	34
Small 1	633	104.00	658	2thin

One grade step is worth $15.35/cwt here — about −$75 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

116.02

—

VA average9 barns · 904 hd

125.54

−9.52

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

47 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	—	865	86.00/cwt	86.00–86.00	744	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	485	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	616	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	747	106.50/cwt	106.50–106.50	796	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	564	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	615	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	651	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	749	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	740	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	770	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	628	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	685	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	428	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	546	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	330	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	449	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	489	114.65/cwt	111.00–115.00	561	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	559	112.82/cwt	108.50–115.00	631	18
Bulls	Small 1	—	525	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	536	1
Bulls	Small 1	—	740	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	784	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	520	105.50/cwt	105.50–105.50	549	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	645	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	697	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	715	107.48/cwt	105.00–110.00	768	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	352	114.50/cwt	114.50–114.50	403	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	446	108.50/cwt	108.50–108.50	484	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	563	105.50/cwt	105.50–105.50	594	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	365	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	365	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	420	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	416	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	343	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	391	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	561	97.00/cwt	97.00–97.00	544	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	629	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	604	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	679	97.00/cwt	97.00–97.00	659	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	454	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	481	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	544	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	544	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	415	87.00/cwt	87.00–87.00	361	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	530	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	493	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	338	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	324	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	458	92.00/cwt	92.00–92.00	421	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	570	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	530	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	623	89.00/cwt	89.00–89.00	554	2
Heifers	Small 1	—	470	76.00/cwt	76.00–76.00	357	1
Heifers	Small 1	—	378	91.47/cwt	87.00–96.00	346	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	430	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	516	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	815	87.00/cwt	87.00–87.00	709	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	463	129.51/cwt	127.00–132.00	600	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	545	126.50/cwt	126.50–126.50	689	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	614	124.75/cwt	124.00–125.00	766	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	360	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	490	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	790	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	877	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	462	128.61/cwt	127.00–129.00	594	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	540	120.29/cwt	116.00–122.00	650	7
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	420	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	437	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	520	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	551	2
Steers	Small 1	—	435	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	474	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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State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 40, Heifers 74, Bulls 86)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	865	86.00	86.00
2	—	485	127.00	127.00
6	—	747	106.50	106.50
8	—	564	109.00	109.00
17	—	651	115.00	115.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	740	104.00	104.00
3	—	628	109.00	109.00
6	—	428	127.50	127.50
10	—	330	136.00	136.00
11	—	489	111.00–115.00	114.65
18	—	559	108.50–115.00	112.82
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	525	102.00	102.00
1	—	740	106.00	106.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	520	105.50	105.50
1	—	645	108.00	108.00
2	—	715	105.00–110.00	107.48
5	—	352	114.50	114.50
5	—	446	108.50	108.50
9	—	563	105.50	105.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	365	100.00	100.00
1	—	420	99.00	99.00
4	—	343	114.00	114.00
4	—	561	97.00	97.00
4	—	629	96.00	96.00
6	—	679	97.00	97.00
8	—	454	106.00	106.00
9	—	544	100.00	100.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	415	87.00	87.00
1	—	530	93.00	93.00
2	—	338	96.00	96.00
2	—	458	92.00	92.00
2	—	570	93.00	93.00
2	—	623	89.00	89.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	470	76.00	76.00
2	—	378	87.00–96.00	91.47
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	430	120.00	120.00
1	—	815	87.00	87.00
2	—	463	127.00–132.00	129.51
4	—	545	126.50	126.50
12	—	614	124.00–125.00	124.75
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	360	136.00	136.00
1	—	790	111.00	111.00
5	—	462	127.00–129.00	128.61
7	—	540	116.00–122.00	120.29
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	420	104.00	104.00
2	—	520	106.00	106.00
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	435	109.00	109.00

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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