Name: Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2020-01-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-01-15

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle Sale (Steers 7, Heifers 74, Bulls 44)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $113.36/cwt on 72 head.

Average price

$113.36

72 head · 511 lb average

Value per head Derived

$580

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$97

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

$8.17/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−10.00

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	475	115.17	548	35
Small 1	418	114.00	477	2thin
Medium and Large 1	591	112.85	667	27
Medium and Large 3	422	107.00	451	8thin

One grade step is worth $8.17/cwt here — about $97 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 sale72 hd

113.36

—

VA average9 barns · 1,950 hd

123.36

−10.00

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

34 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	—	530	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	647	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	890	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	801	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	575	118.34/cwt	114.00–123.00	680	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	653	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	718	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	355	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	540	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	486	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	719	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	418	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	606	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	358	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	541	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	478	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	698	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	418	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	606	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	590	86.00/cwt	86.00–86.00	507	1
Bulls	Small 1	—	493	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	523	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	372	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	458	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	363	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	356	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	665	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	712	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	615	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	670	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	648	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	687	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	555	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	627	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	360	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	454	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	525	101.08/cwt	99.00–103.00	531	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	441	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	485	6
Heifers	Small 1	—	418	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	477	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	443	117.04/cwt	114.00–117.50	518	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	729	112.95/cwt	99.00–118.00	823	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	300	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	315	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	468	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	519	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	521	112.73/cwt	112.00–113.00	587	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	448	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	520	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	445	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	690	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	555	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	599	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	565	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	780	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	625	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	800	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	460	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	722	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	375	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	551	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 Jan 15, 2020

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State Graded Feeder Cattle Sale (Steers 7, Heifers 74, Bulls 44)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	530	122.00	122.00
1	—	890	90.00	90.00
2	—	575	114.00–123.00	118.34
4	—	653	110.00	110.00
5	—	355	152.00	152.00
8	—	486	148.00	148.00
10	—	418	145.00	145.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	358	151.00	151.00
2	—	478	146.00	146.00
4	—	418	145.00	145.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	590	86.00	86.00
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	493	106.00	106.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	372	123.00	123.00
3	—	665	107.00	107.00
4	—	615	109.00	109.00
1	—	300	105.00	105.00
2	—	468	111.00	111.00
7	—	521	112.00–113.00	112.73
8	—	448	116.00	116.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	363	98.00	98.00
6	—	441	110.00	110.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	648	106.00	106.00
4	—	555	113.00	113.00
1	—	360	126.00	126.00
2	—	525	99.00–103.00	101.08
7	—	443	114.00–117.50	117.04
10	—	729	99.00–118.00	112.95
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	418	114.00	114.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	445	155.00	155.00
1	—	555	108.00	108.00
1	—	375	147.00	147.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	565	138.00	138.00
1	—	625	128.00	128.00
2	—	460	157.00	157.00

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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