Name: Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2020-04-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-04-29

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 21, Heifers 58, Bulls 90)

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb bulls averaged $117.10/cwt on 89 head.

Average price

$117.10

89 head · 534 lb average

Value per head Derived

$625

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$58

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Small 1

$14.58/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−16.05

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	470	121.18	570	36
Medium and Large 1	587	115.13	676	48
Small 1	480	106.60	512	5thin

One grade step is worth $14.58/cwt here — about $58 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 sale89 hd

117.10

—

VA average9 barns · 783 hd

133.16

−16.05

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

47 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	730	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	664	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	638	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	600	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	463	97.12/cwt	74.00–113.00	450	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	447	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	563	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	750	88.00/cwt	88.00–88.00	660	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	558	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	569	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	480	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	590	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	345	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	459	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	567	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	675	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	470	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	606	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	400	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	536	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	564	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	722	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	530	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	684	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	700	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	826	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	685	116.68/cwt	116.00–118.00	799	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	660	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	733	1
Steers	Small 1	—	585	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	702	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	450	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	635	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	552	122.00/cwt	121.00–125.00	673	4
Steers	Small 1	—	480	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	581	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	347	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	503	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	528	117.23/cwt	115.50–119.00	619	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	390	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	542	1
Bulls	Small 1	—	550	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	545	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	488	119.91/cwt	113.00–120.50	585	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	327	136.88/cwt	128.00–140.00	448	4
Bulls	Small 1	—	485	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	534	2
Bulls	Small 1	—	330	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	380	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	639	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	748	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	412	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	527	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	558	110.84/cwt	106.00–113.50	618	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	857	87.00/cwt	86.00–89.00	746	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	625	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	613	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	775	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	698	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	750	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	683	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	499	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	594	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	560	115.50/cwt	115.50–115.50	647	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	742	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	705	3
Heifers	Small 1	—	412	112.12/cwt	104.00–116.00	462	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	428	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	467	5
Heifers	Small 1	—	528	93.15/cwt	86.00–108.00	492	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	415	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	423	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	340	104.42/cwt	99.00–110.00	355	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	340	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	422	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	663	92.66/cwt	90.00–94.00	614	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	617	92.00/cwt	92.00–92.00	568	3
Heifers	Small 1	—	350	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	368	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 29, 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 21, Heifers 58, Bulls 90)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	730	91.00	91.00
8	—	638	94.00	94.00
3	—	447	126.00	126.00
1	—	750	88.00	88.00
1	—	480	123.00	123.00
1	—	345	133.00	133.00
6	—	567	119.00	119.00
3	—	663	90.00–94.00	92.66
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	463	74.00–113.00	97.12
3	—	558	102.00	102.00
1	—	415	102.00	102.00
6	—	340	124.00	124.00
3	—	617	92.00	92.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	412	104.00–116.00	112.12
3	—	528	86.00–108.00	93.15
2	—	350	105.00	105.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	428	109.00	109.00
2	—	340	99.00–110.00	104.42
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	470	129.00	129.00
1	—	400	134.00	134.00
4	—	552	121.00–125.00	122.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	564	128.00	128.00
3	—	530	129.00	129.00
1	—	700	118.00	118.00
3	—	685	116.00–118.00	116.68
1	—	450	141.00	141.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	660	111.00	111.00
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	585	120.00	120.00
1	—	480	121.00	121.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	347	145.00	145.00
2	—	528	115.50–119.00	117.23
1	—	390	139.00	139.00
14	—	639	117.00	117.00
3	—	857	86.00–89.00	87.00
2	—	750	91.00	91.00
12	—	499	119.00	119.00
8	—	560	115.50	115.50
3	—	742	95.00	95.00
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	550	99.00	99.00
2	—	485	110.00	110.00
1	—	330	115.00	115.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	488	113.00–120.50	119.91
4	—	327	128.00–140.00	136.88
12	—	412	128.00	128.00
5	—	558	106.00–113.50	110.84
2	—	625	98.00	98.00
1	—	775	90.00	90.00

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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