Name: Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2019-12-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-12-11

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 26, Heifers 53, Bulls 34)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $101.66/cwt on 53 head.

Average price

$101.66

53 head · 516 lb average

Value per head Derived

$524

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$117

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 1

$9.59/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−10.36

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	554	106.31	589	18thin
Medium and Large 3	514	100.00	514	6thin
Medium and Large 2	494	99.89	493	22
Small 1	488	96.71	472	7thin

One grade step is worth $9.59/cwt here — about $117 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 sale53 hd

101.66

—

VA average10 barns · 3,117 hd

112.02

−10.36

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

41 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	—	350	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	466	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	700	74.00/cwt	74.00–74.00	518	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	448	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	493	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	490	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	554	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	561	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	589	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	545	83.00/cwt	83.00–83.00	452	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	578	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	711	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	725	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	899	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	629	129.39/cwt	129.00–130.00	814	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	585	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	632	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	460	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	543	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	385	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	424	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	519	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	514	7
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	590	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	625	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	760	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	646	1
Steers	Small 1	—	465	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	535	1
Steers	Small 1	—	563	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	614	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	641	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	660	5
Heifers	Small 1	—	525	97.33/cwt	93.00–99.50	511	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	405	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	365	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	725	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	674	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	355	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	398	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	454	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	468	4
Heifers	Small 1	—	448	96.50/cwt	96.50–96.50	432	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	640	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	614	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	460	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	455	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	541	100.50/cwt	100.50–100.50	544	4
Heifers	Small 1	—	385	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	381	1
Heifers	Small 1	—	560	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	521	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	545	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	550	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	715	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	751	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	490	110.50/cwt	108.00–113.00	541	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	440	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	475	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	563	107.50/cwt	107.50–107.50	605	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	310	77.50/cwt	77.50–77.50	240	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	580	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	638	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	410	111.38/cwt	104.00–114.00	457	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	366	114.07/cwt	95.00–122.00	417	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	488	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	532	7
Bulls	Small 1	—	585	78.00/cwt	78.00–78.00	456	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	665	74.00/cwt	74.00–74.00	492	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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USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Richmond, VA (LS-RH)

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State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 26, Heifers 53, Bulls 34)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	350	133.00	133.00
1	—	700	74.00	74.00
2	—	448	110.00	110.00
2	—	490	113.00	113.00
7	—	561	105.00	105.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	545	83.00	83.00
2	—	580	110.00	110.00
4	—	410	104.00–114.00	111.38
5	—	366	95.00–122.00	114.07
7	—	488	109.00	109.00
1	—	665	74.00	74.00
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	585	78.00	78.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	578	123.00	123.00
5	—	725	124.00	124.00
10	—	629	129.00–130.00	129.39
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	585	108.00	108.00
3	—	460	118.00	118.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	590	106.00	106.00
1	—	760	85.00	85.00
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	465	115.00	115.00
2	—	563	109.00	109.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	385	110.00	110.00
5	—	641	103.00	103.00
1	—	545	101.00	101.00
1	—	715	105.00	105.00
2	—	490	108.00–113.00	110.50
3	—	440	108.00	108.00
5	—	563	107.50	107.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	519	99.00	99.00
1	—	405	90.00	90.00
1	—	725	93.00	93.00
4	—	355	112.00	112.00
4	—	454	103.00	103.00
4	—	640	96.00	96.00
1	—	310	77.50	77.50
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	525	93.00–99.50	97.33
2	—	448	96.50	96.50
1	—	385	99.00	99.00
1	—	560	93.00	93.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	460	99.00	99.00
4	—	541	100.50	100.50

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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