Name: Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2019-11-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-11-13

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 10, Heifers 46, Bulls 30)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $104.54/cwt on 46 head.

Average price

$104.54

46 head · 515 lb average

Value per head Derived

$538

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$86

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3

$6.67/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−7.08

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	107.56	546	23
Medium and Large 1	564	101.92	575	14thin
Medium and Large 3	456	100.89	460	9thin

One grade step is worth $6.67/cwt here — about $86 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 sale46 hd

104.54

—

VA average10 barns · 2,501 hd

111.62

−7.08

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

31 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	—	320	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	419	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	390	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	468	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	455	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	532	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	525	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	551	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	865	89.00/cwt	89.00–89.00	770	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	658	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	763	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	730	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	745	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	563	114.50/cwt	114.50–114.50	645	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	639	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	754	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	470	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	517	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	600	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	660	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	563	109.02/cwt	108.00–110.00	614	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	480	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	480	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	575	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	587	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	438	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	464	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	543	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	554	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	620	100.98/cwt	95.00–103.50	626	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	675	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	628	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	558	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	603	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	529	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	561	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	469	109.58/cwt	109.00–110.00	514	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	605	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	599	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	338	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	368	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	408	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	420	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	534	94.00/cwt	90.00–96.00	502	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	595	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	589	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	765	110.88/cwt	102.00–120.00	848	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	480	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	595	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	557	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	696	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	400	88.00/cwt	88.00–88.00	352	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	625	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	650	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 Nov 13, 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 10, Heifers 46, Bulls 30)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	320	131.00	131.00
1	—	390	120.00	120.00
1	—	455	117.00	117.00
1	—	525	105.00	105.00
1	—	865	89.00	89.00
2	—	658	116.00	116.00
3	—	730	102.00	102.00
5	—	563	114.50	114.50
11	—	639	118.00	118.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	470	110.00	110.00
1	—	600	110.00	110.00
2	—	563	108.00–110.00	109.02
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	480	100.00	100.00
1	—	575	102.00	102.00
2	—	438	106.00	106.00
3	—	543	102.00	102.00
7	—	620	95.00–103.50	100.98
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	675	93.00	93.00
3	—	558	108.00	108.00
7	—	529	106.00	106.00
12	—	469	109.00–110.00	109.58
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	605	99.00	99.00
2	—	338	109.00	109.00
3	—	408	103.00	103.00
3	—	534	90.00–96.00	94.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	595	99.00	99.00
2	—	765	102.00–120.00	110.88
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	480	124.00	124.00
3	—	557	125.00	125.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	400	88.00	88.00
1	—	625	104.00	104.00

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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