Name: Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2020-04-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-04-08

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 10, Heifers 68, Bulls 74)

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb bulls averaged $129.11/cwt on 74 head.

Average price

$129.11

74 head · 489 lb average

Value per head Derived

$631

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$50

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Small 1

$25.39/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.75

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	443	132.39	586	18thin
Medium and Large 1	504	132.09	666	47
Small 1	501	107.00	536	9thin

One grade step is worth $25.39/cwt here — about $50 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 sale74 hd

129.11

—

VA average10 barns · 583 hd

129.86

−0.75

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	—	715	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	829	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	830	89.00/cwt	89.00–89.00	739	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	373	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	541	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	554	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	681	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	637	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	733	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	427	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	619	16
Heifers	Small 1	—	465	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	432	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	488	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	669	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	587	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	781	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	548	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	712	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	352	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	510	3
Heifers	Small 1	—	505	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	500	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	527	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	611	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	375	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	401	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	540	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	545	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	453	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	476	3
Heifers	Small 1	—	380	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	380	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	543	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	646	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	636	114.44/cwt	114.00–114.50	728	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	623	115.50/cwt	115.50–115.50	720	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	435	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	526	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	351	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	432	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	458	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	550	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	351	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	498	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	431	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	616	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	482	122.50/cwt	122.50–122.50	590	6
Bulls	Small 1	—	420	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	487	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	590	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	702	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	363	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	428	2
Bulls	Small 1	—	468	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	524	2
Bulls	Small 1	—	555	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	577	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	493	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	646	16
Bulls	Small 1	—	380	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	391	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	520	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	582	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	650	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	722	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 Apr 8, 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 10, Heifers 68, Bulls 74)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	715	116.00	116.00
1	—	830	89.00	89.00
2	—	373	145.00	145.00
4	—	554	123.00	123.00
7	—	637	115.00	115.00
16	—	427	145.00	145.00
16	—	493	131.00	131.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	351	142.00	142.00
5	—	431	143.00	143.00
6	—	482	122.50	122.50
1	—	520	112.00	112.00
1	—	650	111.00	111.00
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	420	116.00	116.00
2	—	468	112.00	112.00
5	—	555	104.00	104.00
1	—	380	103.00	103.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	465	93.00	93.00
1	—	505	99.00	99.00
1	—	380	100.00	100.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	527	116.00	116.00
3	—	623	115.50	115.50
7	—	435	121.00	121.00
12	—	351	123.00	123.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	375	107.00	107.00
2	—	540	101.00	101.00
3	—	453	105.00	105.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	543	119.00	119.00
9	—	636	114.00–114.50	114.44
8	—	458	120.00	120.00
1	—	590	119.00	119.00
2	—	363	118.00	118.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	488	137.00	137.00
3	—	587	133.00	133.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	548	130.00	130.00
3	—	352	145.00	145.00

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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