Name: Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2020-02-26
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-02-26

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 31, Heifers 44, Bulls 27)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $121.18/cwt on 44 head.

Average price

$121.18

44 head · 474 lb average

Value per head Derived

$575

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$48

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 1

$12.56/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−4.82

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	449	127.00	571	15thin
Medium and Large 3	408	124.33	508	9thin
Small 1	363	124.00	450	2thin
Medium and Large 1	540	114.44	618	18thin

One grade step is worth $12.56/cwt here — about −$48 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

121.18

—

VA average7 barns · 1,002 hd

126.00

−4.82

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	—	695	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	632	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	403	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	536	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	503	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	644	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	495	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	634	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	561	125.76/cwt	120.00–128.00	706	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	590	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	708	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	622	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	746	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	658	112.65/cwt	110.00–114.00	741	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	454	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	627	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	522	133.15/cwt	125.00–141.00	695	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	725	108.51/cwt	107.00–110.00	787	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	525	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	709	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	733	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	740	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	535	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	621	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	635	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	667	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	380	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	509	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	525	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	646	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	515	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	541	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	428	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	535	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	371	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	475	5
Heifers	Small 1	—	363	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	450	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	608	103.40/cwt	95.00–109.00	629	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	390	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	507	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	625	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	663	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	346	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	460	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	450	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	558	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	438	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	561	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	448	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	578	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	338	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	504	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	620	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	694	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	416	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	574	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	655	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	622	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	705	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	670	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	539	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	631	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 26, 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 31, Heifers 44, Bulls 27)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	695	91.00	91.00
2	—	403	133.00	133.00
2	—	503	128.00	128.00
4	—	495	128.00	128.00
7	—	561	120.00–128.00	125.76
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	590	120.00	120.00
5	—	338	149.00	149.00
1	—	620	112.00	112.00
4	—	416	138.00	138.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	622	120.00	120.00
3	—	658	110.00–114.00	112.65
7	—	454	138.00	138.00
9	—	522	125.00–141.00	133.15
2	—	725	107.00–110.00	108.51
1	—	380	134.00	134.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	525	135.00	135.00
2	—	733	101.00	101.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	535	116.00	116.00
1	—	635	105.00	105.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	525	123.00	123.00
1	—	390	130.00	130.00
1	—	625	106.00	106.00
4	—	346	133.00	133.00
5	—	448	129.00	129.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	515	105.00	105.00
2	—	428	125.00	125.00
5	—	371	128.00	128.00
1	—	450	124.00	124.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	363	124.00	124.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	608	95.00–109.00	103.40
6	—	438	128.00	128.00
1	—	655	95.00	95.00
1	—	705	95.00	95.00
5	—	539	117.00	117.00

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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