Name: Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2020-04-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-04-22

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 48, Heifers 70, Bulls 70)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $114.80/cwt on 69 head.

Average price

$114.80

69 head · 538 lb average

Value per head Derived

$618

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$78

per head · Medium and Large 3 over Small 1

$18.42/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−5.05

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 3	434	123.42	535	19thin
Medium and Large 2	513	114.59	588	17thin
Medium and Large 1	622	110.26	686	31
Small 1	435	105.00	457	2thin

One grade step is worth $18.42/cwt here — about $78 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 sale69 hd

114.80

—

VA average12 barns · 1,536 hd

119.85

−5.05

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

42 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	—	365	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	511	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	710	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	717	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	438	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	561	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	636	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	731	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	500	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	645	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	562	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	708	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	580	146.34/cwt	131.00–149.00	849	15
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	405	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	551	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	660	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	825	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	350	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	532	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	413	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	578	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	830	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	1,013	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	567	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	646	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	570	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	593	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	560	138.31/cwt	137.00–139.00	775	6
Steers	Small 1	—	530	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	562	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	451	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	677	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	667	135.61/cwt	126.00–141.00	905	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	451	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	559	9
Heifers	Small 1	—	435	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	457	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	653	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	653	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	340	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	398	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	638	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	638	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	449	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	534	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	701	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	743	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	776	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	792	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	611	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	672	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	563	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	676	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	680	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	578	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	366	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	476	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	538	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	635	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	338	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	470	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	623	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	716	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	408	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	543	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	520	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	624	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	466	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	578	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	485	126.16/cwt	114.00–131.00	612	7
Bulls	Small 1	—	335	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	375	1
Bulls	Small 1	—	423	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	495	2
Bulls	Small 1	—	460	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	534	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	790	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	743	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	555	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	611	2

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 22, 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 48, Heifers 70, Bulls 70)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	365	140.00	140.00
2	—	710	101.00	101.00
4	—	438	128.00	128.00
6	—	636	115.00	115.00
8	—	500	129.00	129.00
12	—	562	126.00	126.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	538	118.00	118.00
5	—	338	139.00	139.00
6	—	623	115.00	115.00
7	—	408	133.00	133.00
7	—	485	114.00–131.00	126.16
1	—	790	94.00	94.00
2	—	555	110.00	110.00
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	335	112.00	112.00
2	—	423	117.00	117.00
2	—	460	116.00	116.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	580	131.00–149.00	146.34
2	—	413	140.00	140.00
2	—	830	122.00	122.00
4	—	451	150.00	150.00
13	—	667	126.00–141.00	135.61
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	405	136.00	136.00
1	—	660	125.00	125.00
2	—	350	152.00	152.00
6	—	560	137.00–139.00	138.31
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	530	106.00	106.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	567	114.00	114.00
1	—	340	117.00	117.00
2	—	638	100.00	100.00
7	—	449	119.00	119.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	570	104.00	104.00
9	—	451	124.00	124.00
1	—	680	85.00	85.00
8	—	366	130.00	130.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	435	105.00	105.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	653	100.00	100.00
4	—	701	106.00	106.00
4	—	776	102.00	102.00
5	—	611	110.00	110.00
6	—	563	120.00	120.00
1	—	520	120.00	120.00
4	—	466	124.00	124.00

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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