Name: Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2020-03-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-03-11

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 24, Heifers 103, Bulls 61)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $118.69/cwt on 101 head.

Average price

$118.69

101 head · 487 lb average

Value per head Derived

$578

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$127

per head · Small 1 over Medium and Large 1

$17.86/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−4.90

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Small 1	360	134.00	482	2thin
Medium and Large 2	475	121.67	578	34
Medium and Large 3	418	118.12	494	17thin
Medium and Large 1	524	116.14	609	48

One grade step is worth $17.86/cwt here — about −$127 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 sale101 hd

118.69

—

VA average12 barns · 2,498 hd

123.58

−4.90

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

37 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	—	440	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	572	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	347	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	531	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	369	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	528	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	632	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	746	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	559	131.21/cwt	126.00–132.50	733	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	484	126.23/cwt	105.00–131.00	611	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	775	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	729	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	600	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	732	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	687	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	866	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	468	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	627	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	679	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	774	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	568	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	744	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	525	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	688	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	584	101.75/cwt	100.00–103.00	594	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	445	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	561	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	605	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	641	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	705	88.00/cwt	88.00–88.00	620	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	370	117.24/cwt	108.00–126.00	434	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	455	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	569	1
Heifers	Small 1	—	360	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	482	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	341	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	464	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	454	127.72/cwt	125.00–128.00	580	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	375	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	368	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	513	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	559	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	339	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	464	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	542	118.75/cwt	117.50–120.00	644	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	529	115.96/cwt	114.00–121.00	613	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	728	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	721	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	623	105.96/cwt	104.00–108.00	660	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	362	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	449	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	427	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	491	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	650	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	728	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	415	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	552	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	506	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	617	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	348	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	539	8
Bulls	Small 1	—	380	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	498	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	475	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	599	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 Mar 11, 2020

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

Receipts 188Last week 105Year ago 0

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 24, Heifers 103, Bulls 61)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	440	130.00	130.00
3	—	347	153.00	153.00
8	—	369	143.00	143.00
8	—	632	118.00	118.00
10	—	559	126.00–132.50	131.21
14	—	484	105.00–131.00	126.23
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	650	112.00	112.00
2	—	415	133.00	133.00
4	—	506	122.00	122.00
8	—	348	155.00	155.00
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	380	131.00	131.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	775	94.00	94.00
2	—	468	134.00	134.00
4	—	679	114.00	114.00
5	—	568	131.00	131.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	600	122.00	122.00
5	—	687	126.00	126.00
5	—	525	131.00	131.00
1	—	455	125.00	125.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	584	100.00–103.00	101.75
9	—	445	126.00	126.00
18	—	542	117.50–120.00	118.75
3	—	728	99.00	99.00
4	—	623	104.00–108.00	105.96
6	—	362	124.00	124.00
1	—	475	126.00	126.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	605	106.00	106.00
1	—	705	88.00	88.00
2	—	370	108.00–126.00	117.24
5	—	341	136.00	136.00
11	—	454	125.00–128.00	127.72
14	—	529	114.00–121.00	115.96
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	360	134.00	134.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	375	98.00	98.00
3	—	513	109.00	109.00
4	—	339	137.00	137.00
9	—	427	115.00	115.00

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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