Name: Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2020-01-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-01-08

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 73, Heifers 100, Bulls 54)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $109.11/cwt on 99 head.

Average price

$109.11

99 head · 543 lb average

Value per head Derived

$592

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$158

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 1

$17.69/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−11.77

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	555	112.57	624	39
Medium and Large 2	553	110.00	608	35
Medium and Large 3	518	106.02	549	17thin
Small 1	492	94.88	466	8thin

One grade step is worth $17.69/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 sale99 hd

109.11

—

VA average11 barns · 1,451 hd

120.87

−11.77

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

53 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	649	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	681	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	473	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	516	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	373	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	421	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	614	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	823	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	536	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	745	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	850	107.50/cwt	106.00–109.00	914	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	410	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	599	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	659	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	758	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	723	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	774	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	535	142.33/cwt	141.00–145.00	761	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	610	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	836	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	460	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	570	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	350	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	487	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	557	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	763	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	726	127.81/cwt	120.00–130.50	928	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	693	134.70/cwt	125.00–136.50	933	25
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	555	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	688	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	400	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	488	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	654	137.15/cwt	132.00–137.50	897	16
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	640	126.50/cwt	126.50–126.50	810	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	514	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	699	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	413	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	599	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	810	88.00/cwt	88.00–88.00	713	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	705	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	670	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	495	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	683	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	360	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	522	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	520	108.50/cwt	108.50–108.50	564	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	333	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	383	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	445	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	472	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	614	108.59/cwt	108.00–109.00	667	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	457	106.05/cwt	100.00–107.00	485	8
Heifers	Small 1	—	390	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	382	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	489	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	557	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	525	81.00/cwt	81.00–81.00	425	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	688	100.50/cwt	100.00–101.00	691	2
Heifers	Small 1	—	660	81.00/cwt	81.00–81.00	535	1
Heifers	Small 1	—	535	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	482	2
Heifers	Small 1	—	453	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	453	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	770	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	770	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	550	97.00/cwt	97.00–97.00	534	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	510	104.67/cwt	102.00–106.00	534	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	508	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	660	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	763	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	694	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	426	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	596	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	561	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	690	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	565	114.41/cwt	110.00–115.00	646	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	566	113.04/cwt	108.50–118.00	640	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	491	133.50/cwt	133.50–133.50	655	11
Bulls	Small 1	—	560	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	538	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	628	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	666	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	630	105.22/cwt	100.00–107.00	663	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	571	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	691	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	333	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	486	2

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 Jan 8, 2020

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Richmond, VA (LS-RH)

Receipts 227Last week 102Year ago 0

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 73, Heifers 100, Bulls 54)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	649	105.00	105.00
6	—	473	109.00	109.00
3	—	373	113.00	113.00
1	—	525	81.00	81.00
2	—	688	100.00–101.00	100.50
17	—	565	110.00–115.00	114.41
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	659	115.00	115.00
2	—	723	107.00	107.00
1	—	520	108.50	108.50
2	—	333	115.00	115.00
2	—	445	106.00	106.00
10	—	489	114.00	114.00
1	—	770	100.00	100.00
15	—	566	108.50–118.00	113.04
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	614	108.00–109.00	108.59
8	—	457	100.00–107.00	106.05
1	—	550	97.00	97.00
3	—	510	102.00–106.00	104.67
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	390	98.00	98.00
1	—	660	81.00	81.00
2	—	535	90.00	90.00
4	—	453	100.00	100.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	614	134.00	134.00
4	—	536	139.00	139.00
2	—	850	106.00–109.00	107.50
2	—	410	146.00	146.00
1	—	460	124.00	124.00
1	—	350	139.00	139.00
5	—	557	137.00	137.00
4	—	726	120.00–130.50	127.81
25	—	693	125.00–136.50	134.70
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	535	141.00–145.00	142.33
16	—	654	132.00–137.50	137.15
3	—	640	126.50	126.50
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	610	137.00	137.00
1	—	555	124.00	124.00
1	—	400	122.00	122.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	514	136.00	136.00
2	—	413	145.00	145.00
1	—	810	88.00	88.00
1	—	705	95.00	95.00
1	—	495	138.00	138.00
1	—	360	145.00	145.00
2	—	628	106.00	106.00
4	—	571	121.00	121.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	508	130.00	130.00
2	—	763	91.00	91.00
6	—	426	140.00	140.00
10	—	561	123.00	123.00
11	—	491	133.50	133.50
4	—	630	100.00–107.00	105.22
2	—	333	146.00	146.00
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	560	96.00	96.00

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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