Name: Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2020-01-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-01-22

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 14, Heifers 99, Bulls 85)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $116.97/cwt on 99 head.

Average price

$116.97

99 head · 505 lb average

Value per head Derived

$590

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$234

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 1

$26.19/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−7.64

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	562	119.94	674	31
Medium and Large 2	494	119.91	593	45
Medium and Large 3	443	110.05	487	19thin
Small 1	469	93.75	440	4thin

One grade step is worth $26.19/cwt here — about $234 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

116.97

—

VA average8 barns · 1,000 hd

124.62

−7.64

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

44 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	—	765	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	819	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	825	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	784	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	855	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	864	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	411	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	567	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	746	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	798	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	656	118.11/cwt	111.00–119.00	775	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	495	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	639	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	553	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	752	4
Heifers	Small 1	—	440	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	374	1
Steers	Small 1	—	435	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	413	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	490	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	696	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	535	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	674	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	745	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	857	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	638	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	874	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	550	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	671	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	670	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	670	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	380	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	433	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	713	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	813	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	540	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	659	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	456	121.84/cwt	114.00–123.00	556	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	337	111.50/cwt	111.50–111.50	376	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	442	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	495	8
Heifers	Small 1	—	680	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	476	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	728	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	815	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	633	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	722	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	359	118.40/cwt	118.00–118.50	425	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	340	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	306	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	595	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	702	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	461	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	576	14
Heifers	Small 1	—	378	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	416	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	525	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	572	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	568	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	591	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	562	137.15/cwt	132.00–137.50	771	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	345	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	476	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	575	125.67/cwt	115.00–131.00	723	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	695	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	737	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	750	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	870	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	641	121.50/cwt	121.50–121.50	779	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	357	129.82/cwt	127.00–132.00	463	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	487	141.50/cwt	137.00–142.00	689	10
Bulls	Small 1	—	430	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	323	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	645	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	742	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	410	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	586	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	499	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	704	12

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 22, 2020

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

Receipts 198Last week 125Year ago 0

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 14, Heifers 99, Bulls 85)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	765	107.00	107.00
1	—	825	95.00	95.00
1	—	855	101.00	101.00
5	—	411	138.00	138.00
7	—	746	107.00	107.00
9	—	656	111.00–119.00	118.11
16	—	562	132.00–137.50	137.15
12	—	499	141.00	141.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	345	138.00	138.00
3	—	575	115.00–131.00	125.67
6	—	357	127.00–132.00	129.82
10	—	487	137.00–142.00	141.50
3	—	645	115.00	115.00
5	—	410	143.00	143.00
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	430	75.00	75.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	495	129.00	129.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	553	136.00	136.00
1	—	490	142.00	142.00
1	—	535	126.00	126.00
1	—	745	115.00	115.00
5	—	638	137.00	137.00
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	435	95.00	95.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	440	85.00	85.00
1	—	680	70.00	70.00
2	—	378	110.00	110.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	550	122.00	122.00
2	—	728	112.00	112.00
6	—	633	114.00	114.00
10	—	359	118.00–118.50	118.40
1	—	340	90.00	90.00
14	—	461	125.00	125.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	670	100.00	100.00
6	—	337	111.50	111.50
8	—	442	112.00	112.00
2	—	525	109.00	109.00
2	—	568	104.00	104.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	380	114.00	114.00
2	—	713	114.00	114.00
7	—	540	122.00	122.00
8	—	456	114.00–123.00	121.84
1	—	595	118.00	118.00
1	—	695	106.00	106.00
1	—	750	116.00	116.00
9	—	641	121.50	121.50

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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