Name: Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2019-12-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-12-18

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 29, Heifers 45, Bulls 28)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $107.08/cwt on 45 head.

Average price

$107.08

45 head · 514 lb average

Value per head Derived

$551

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$158

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 1

$19.83/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−8.22

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	517	109.83	567	26
Medium and Large 3	586	105.52	618	8thin
Medium and Large 2	457	102.90	470	10thin
Small 1	455	90.00	410	1thin

One grade step is worth $19.83/cwt here — about $158 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 sale45 hd

107.08

—

VA average10 barns · 1,478 hd

115.30

−8.22

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

36 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	—	440	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	488	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	755	85.50/cwt	85.50–85.50	646	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	350	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	508	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	635	108.50/cwt	108.50–108.50	689	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	561	120.49/cwt	116.00–122.00	676	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	475	124.51/cwt	114.00–127.00	591	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	465	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	512	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	720	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	576	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	422	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	553	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	620	114.50/cwt	114.50–114.50	710	4
Bulls	Small 1	—	555	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	533	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	380	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	376	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	643	112.50/cwt	112.50–112.50	723	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	792	84.00/cwt	84.00–84.00	665	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	349	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	380	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	476	114.50/cwt	114.50–114.50	545	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	537	115.86/cwt	113.00–116.50	622	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	380	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	361	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	510	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	581	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	333	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	316	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	645	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	690	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	430	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	447	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	465	97.00/cwt	97.00–97.00	451	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	650	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	683	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	568	108.03/cwt	107.00–109.00	614	4
Heifers	Small 1	—	455	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	410	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	795	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	970	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	820	106.54/cwt	103.00–110.00	874	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	903	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	948	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	560	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	734	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	692	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	934	11
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	555	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	599	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	385	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	347	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	510	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	541	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	720	121.47/cwt	117.00–123.00	875	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	530	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	636	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 Dec 18, 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 29, Heifers 45, Bulls 28)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	440	111.00	111.00
2	—	755	85.50	85.50
3	—	350	145.00	145.00
3	—	635	108.50	108.50
4	—	561	116.00–122.00	120.49
5	—	475	114.00–127.00	124.51
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	465	110.00	110.00
1	—	720	80.00	80.00
3	—	422	131.00	131.00
4	—	620	114.50	114.50
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	555	96.00	96.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	380	99.00	99.00
1	—	643	112.50	112.50
3	—	792	84.00	84.00
5	—	349	109.00	109.00
5	—	476	114.50	114.50
11	—	537	113.00–116.50	115.86
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	380	95.00	95.00
1	—	510	114.00	114.00
2	—	333	95.00	95.00
2	—	645	107.00	107.00
4	—	430	104.00	104.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	465	97.00	97.00
3	—	650	105.00	105.00
4	—	568	107.00–109.00	108.03
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	455	90.00	90.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	795	122.00	122.00
2	—	820	103.00–110.00	106.54
2	—	903	105.00	105.00
3	—	560	131.00	131.00
11	—	692	135.00	135.00
1	—	530	120.00	120.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	555	108.00	108.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	385	90.00	90.00
1	—	510	106.00	106.00
4	—	720	117.00–123.00	121.47

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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