Name: Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2020-02-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-02-19

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 19, Heifers 44, Bulls 28)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $118.42/cwt on 44 head.

Average price

$118.42

44 head · 489 lb average

Value per head Derived

$580

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$160

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

$12.66/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−8.49

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	463	122.07	565	26
Medium and Large 1	573	114.21	655	14thin
Medium and Large 3	370	109.42	405	4thin

One grade step is worth $12.66/cwt here — about $160 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 sale44 hd

118.42

—

VA average10 barns · 1,651 hd

126.91

−8.49

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

33 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	—	325	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	527	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	353	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	575	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	623	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	704	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	500	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	690	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	729	109.36/cwt	107.00–111.00	797	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	605	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	684	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	450	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	666	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	508	134.02/cwt	129.00–139.00	681	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	650	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	832	2
Steers	Small 1	—	630	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	567	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	515	127.45/cwt	125.00–130.00	656	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	652	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	828	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	380	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	502	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	335	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	553	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	620	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	620	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	470	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	555	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	437	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	533	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	326	134.78/cwt	131.00–136.00	439	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	405	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	474	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	415	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	523	1
Steers	Small 1	—	535	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	679	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	465	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	521	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	513	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	590	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	635	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	667	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	358	106.89/cwt	95.00–113.00	383	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	443	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	554	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	656	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	735	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	548	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	701	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	482	134.50/cwt	134.50–134.50	648	5
Bulls	Small 1	—	595	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	553	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	555	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	644	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	518	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	596	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	639	110.13/cwt	105.00–113.50	704	5

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 19, 2020

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

Receipts 91Last week 33Year ago 0

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 19, Heifers 44, Bulls 28)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	325	162.00	162.00
3	—	353	163.00	163.00
3	—	623	113.00	113.00
5	—	500	138.00	138.00
5	—	729	107.00–111.00	109.36
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	605	113.00	113.00
3	—	548	128.00	128.00
5	—	482	134.50	134.50
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	595	93.00	93.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	450	148.00	148.00
2	—	508	129.00–139.00	134.02
2	—	650	128.00	128.00
1	—	380	132.00	132.00
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	630	90.00	90.00
1	—	535	127.00	127.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	515	125.00–130.00	127.45
5	—	652	127.00	127.00
1	—	335	165.00	165.00
1	—	620	100.00	100.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	415	126.00	126.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	470	118.00	118.00
6	—	437	122.00	122.00
8	—	326	131.00–136.00	134.78
2	—	555	116.00	116.00
3	—	518	115.00	115.00
5	—	639	105.00–113.50	110.13
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	405	117.00	117.00
3	—	358	95.00–113.00	106.89
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	465	112.00	112.00
2	—	513	115.00	115.00
2	—	635	105.00	105.00
3	—	443	125.00	125.00
6	—	656	112.00	112.00

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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