Name: Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2020-01-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-01-29

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 19, Heifers 106, Bulls 95)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $119.13/cwt on 106 head.

Average price

$119.13

106 head · 526 lb average

Value per head Derived

$627

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$179

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Small 1

$20.85/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−4.05

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	504	124.85	629	43
Medium and Large 1	615	118.28	728	40
Medium and Large 3	411	111.16	457	19thin
Small 1	433	104.00	450	4thin

One grade step is worth $20.85/cwt here — about $179 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 sale106 hd

119.13

—

VA average6 barns · 1,020 hd

123.18

−4.05

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

46 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 3	—	446	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	482	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	485	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	761	3
Heifers	Small 1	—	340	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	360	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	756	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	907	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	469	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	553	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	553	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	619	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	545	125.75/cwt	125.75–125.75	685	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	705	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	818	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	660	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	838	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	535	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	754	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	495	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	772	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	505	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	687	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	523	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	811	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	570	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	804	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	325	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	319	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	375	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	499	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	880	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	1,012	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	416	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	607	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	680	125.50/cwt	125.50–125.50	853	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	725	117.00/cwt	115.00–118.00	848	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	347	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	510	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	510	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	617	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	375	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	413	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	495	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	733	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	341	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	512	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	552	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	740	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	576	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	783	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	647	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	744	7
Bulls	Small 1	—	463	104.32/cwt	98.00–111.00	483	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	425	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	446	1
Bulls	Small 1	—	620	86.00/cwt	86.00–86.00	533	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	419	129.40/cwt	128.00–130.00	542	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	487	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	696	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	623	117.90/cwt	117.00–118.50	735	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	541	116.25/cwt	113.00–122.00	629	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	336	114.50/cwt	114.50–114.50	385	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	645	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	787	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	490	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	539	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	370	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	422	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	642	120.42/cwt	119.00–123.00	773	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	550	115.50/cwt	115.50–115.50	635	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	446	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	566	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	345	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	435	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	663	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	769	2
Heifers	Small 1	—	440	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	462	2
Heifers	Small 1	—	510	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	510	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 29, 2020

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

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State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 19, Heifers 106, Bulls 95)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	446	108.00	108.00
2	—	553	112.00	112.00
8	—	336	114.50	114.50
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	340	106.00	106.00
2	—	440	105.00	105.00
1	—	510	100.00	100.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	756	120.00	120.00
5	—	469	118.00	118.00
1	—	425	105.00	105.00
14	—	642	119.00–123.00	120.42
11	—	550	115.50	115.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	545	125.75	125.75
3	—	645	122.00	122.00
1	—	490	110.00	110.00
1	—	370	114.00	114.00
15	—	446	127.00	127.00
3	—	345	126.00	126.00
2	—	663	116.00	116.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	485	157.00	157.00
6	—	523	155.00	155.00
2	—	375	133.00	133.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	705	116.00	116.00
1	—	660	127.00	127.00
1	—	535	141.00	141.00
1	—	495	156.00	156.00
1	—	570	141.00	141.00
1	—	325	98.00	98.00
1	—	880	115.00	115.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	505	136.00	136.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	416	146.00	146.00
6	—	680	125.50	125.50
3	—	725	115.00–118.00	117.00
3	—	347	147.00	147.00
1	—	510	121.00	121.00
1	—	375	110.00	110.00
9	—	495	148.00	148.00
8	—	576	136.00	136.00
7	—	647	115.00	115.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	341	150.00	150.00
7	—	552	134.00	134.00
10	—	419	128.00–130.00	129.40
6	—	487	143.00	143.00
5	—	623	117.00–118.50	117.90
4	—	541	113.00–122.00	116.25
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	463	98.00–111.00	104.32
1	—	620	86.00	86.00

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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