Name: Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2020-04-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-04-15

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 35, Heifers 50, Bulls 26)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $111.22/cwt on 50 head.

Average price

$111.22

50 head · 542 lb average

Value per head Derived

$603

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$80

per head · Medium and Large 3 over Small 1

$6.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−4.88

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 3	449	114.00	512	5thin
Medium and Large 1	564	112.56	635	20
Medium and Large 2	550	109.67	603	24
Small 1	400	108.00	432	1thin

One grade step is worth $6.00/cwt here — about $80 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 sale50 hd

111.22

—

VA average9 barns · 1,034 hd

116.10

−4.88

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	—	385	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	477	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	415	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	490	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	675	87.00/cwt	87.00–87.00	587	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	579	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	672	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	633	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	671	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	487	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	580	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	807	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	888	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	706	110.60/cwt	109.00–111.00	781	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	568	129.79/cwt	126.00–132.00	737	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	395	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	549	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	543	118.66/cwt	118.00–120.00	644	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	566	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	730	6
Steers	Small 1	—	590	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	655	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	685	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	843	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	893	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	973	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	647	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	738	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	358	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	419	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	535	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	589	2
Heifers	Small 1	—	400	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	432	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	560	113.70/cwt	108.00–116.50	637	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	618	110.50/cwt	110.50–110.50	683	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	695	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	785	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	365	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	445	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	745	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	596	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	453	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	521	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	622	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	653	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	546	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	612	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	460	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	534	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	354	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	478	4
Bulls	Small 1	—	450	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	500	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	580	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	638	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	518	101.22/cwt	86.00–116.00	524	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	390	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	464	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	448	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	515	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 15, 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 35, Heifers 50, Bulls 26)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	385	124.00	124.00
1	—	415	118.00	118.00
2	—	675	87.00	87.00
4	—	579	116.00	116.00
4	—	633	106.00	106.00
5	—	487	119.00	119.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	354	135.00	135.00
1	—	580	110.00	110.00
2	—	518	86.00–116.00	101.22
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	450	111.00	111.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	807	110.00	110.00
5	—	706	109.00–111.00	110.60
8	—	568	126.00–132.00	129.79
1	—	395	139.00	139.00
2	—	685	123.00	123.00
2	—	893	109.00	109.00
3	—	647	114.00	114.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	543	118.00–120.00	118.66
6	—	566	129.00	129.00
1	—	695	113.00	113.00
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	590	111.00	111.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	358	117.00	117.00
2	—	535	110.00	110.00
1	—	460	116.00	116.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	400	108.00	108.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	560	108.00–116.50	113.70
10	—	618	110.50	110.50
1	—	390	119.00	119.00
3	—	448	115.00	115.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	365	122.00	122.00
1	—	745	80.00	80.00
5	—	453	115.00	115.00
7	—	622	105.00	105.00
10	—	546	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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