Name: Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2020-04-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-04-01

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 19, Heifers 52, Bulls 44)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $118.16/cwt on 51 head.

Average price

$118.16

51 head · 509 lb average

Value per head Derived

$601

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$93

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

$4.40/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−6.13

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	475	120.10	570	28
Medium and Large 3	487	116.00	565	6thin
Medium and Large 1	573	115.71	663	17thin

One grade step is worth $4.40/cwt here — about −$93 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 sale51 hd

118.16

—

VA average7 barns · 1,020 hd

124.28

−6.13

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	—	685	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	685	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	415	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	531	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	743	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	743	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	825	84.00/cwt	84.00–84.00	693	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	613	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	729	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	507	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	654	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	315	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	438	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	425	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	531	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	553	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	758	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	870	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	783	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	450	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	612	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	461	123.47/cwt	121.00–125.00	569	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	405	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	486	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	533	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	608	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	400	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	492	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	605	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	780	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	546	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	710	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	557	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	685	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	348	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	404	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	530	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	610	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	385	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	462	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	735	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	706	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	635	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	686	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	419	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	557	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	480	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	595	5
Bulls	Small 1	—	660	89.00/cwt	89.00–89.00	587	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	545	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	643	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	405	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	510	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	630	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	687	3
Bulls	Small 1	—	625	77.32/cwt	72.00–83.00	483	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	565	127.51/cwt	124.00–128.50	720	9
Bulls	Small 1	—	435	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	457	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	370	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	488	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	552	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	701	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	630	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	731	3

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 Apr 1, 2020

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

Receipts 115Last week 43Year ago 0

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 19, Heifers 52, Bulls 44)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	685	100.00	100.00
2	—	415	128.00	128.00
2	—	743	100.00	100.00
2	—	825	84.00	84.00
3	—	613	119.00	119.00
5	—	507	129.00	129.00
9	—	565	124.00–128.50	127.51
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	419	133.00	133.00
5	—	480	124.00	124.00
1	—	370	132.00	132.00
3	—	552	127.00	127.00
3	—	630	116.00	116.00
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	660	89.00	89.00
2	—	625	72.00–83.00	77.32
1	—	435	105.00	105.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	315	139.00	139.00
1	—	425	125.00	125.00
6	—	553	137.00	137.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	870	90.00	90.00
2	—	450	136.00	136.00
3	—	605	129.00	129.00
4	—	546	130.00	130.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	400	123.00	123.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	461	121.00–125.00	123.47
3	—	348	116.00	116.00
3	—	530	115.00	115.00
3	—	635	108.00	108.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	405	120.00	120.00
4	—	533	114.00	114.00
1	—	385	120.00	120.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	557	123.00	123.00
3	—	735	96.00	96.00
2	—	545	118.00	118.00
3	—	405	126.00	126.00
3	—	630	109.00	109.00

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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