Name: Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2020-02-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-02-05

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 16, Heifers 81, Bulls 60)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $115.65/cwt on 81 head.

Average price

$115.65

81 head · 484 lb average

Value per head Derived

$560

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$103

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Small 1

$12.51/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−10.02

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	495	117.01	579	46
Medium and Large 1	537	115.36	619	14thin
Medium and Large 3	420	114.82	482	17thin
Small 1	455	104.50	476	4thin

One grade step is worth $12.51/cwt here — about $103 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 sale81 hd

115.65

—

VA average8 barns · 1,588 hd

125.67

−10.02

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

35 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	—	740	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	873	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	813	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	870	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	412	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	585	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	470	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	616	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	578	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	711	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	638	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	715	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	337	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	479	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	544	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	751	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	518	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	730	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	644	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	747	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	618	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	729	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	436	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	514	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	635	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	705	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	370	121.41/cwt	117.00–122.00	449	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	455	115.50/cwt	115.50–115.50	526	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	527	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	590	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	356	115.77/cwt	115.00–116.00	412	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	325	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	322	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	468	113.99/cwt	113.00–115.00	533	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	544	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	647	19
Heifers	Small 1	—	525	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	525	1
Heifers	Small 1	—	432	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	458	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	555	120.50/cwt	120.50–120.50	669	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	350	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	532	10
Bulls	Small 1	—	430	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	529	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	375	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	375	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	605	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	635	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	650	114.50/cwt	114.50–114.50	744	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	477	114.50/cwt	114.50–114.50	546	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	510	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	663	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	492	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	640	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	730	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	825	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	628	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	722	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	403	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	556	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	559	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	799	8

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 Feb 5, 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 16, Heifers 81, Bulls 60)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	740	118.00	118.00
2	—	813	107.00	107.00
3	—	412	142.00	142.00
3	—	470	131.00	131.00
3	—	578	123.00	123.00
4	—	638	112.00	112.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	350	152.00	152.00
1	—	510	130.00	130.00
10	—	492	130.00	130.00
1	—	730	113.00	113.00
3	—	628	115.00	115.00
6	—	403	138.00	138.00
8	—	559	143.00	143.00
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	430	123.00	123.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	337	142.00	142.00
4	—	544	138.00	138.00
2	—	618	118.00	118.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	518	141.00	141.00
4	—	644	116.00	116.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	436	118.00	118.00
7	—	635	111.00	111.00
9	—	370	117.00–122.00	121.41
2	—	325	99.00	99.00
2	—	468	113.00–115.00	113.99
19	—	544	119.00	119.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	455	115.50	115.50
4	—	527	112.00	112.00
9	—	356	115.00–116.00	115.77
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	525	100.00	100.00
3	—	432	106.00	106.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	555	120.50	120.50
1	—	375	100.00	100.00
1	—	605	105.00	105.00
2	—	650	114.50	114.50
4	—	477	114.50	114.50

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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