Name: Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2020-05-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-05-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 8, Heifers 31, Bulls 34)

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb bulls averaged $123.02/cwt on 33 head.

Average price

$123.02

33 head · 517 lb average

Value per head Derived

$636

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$61

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Small 1

$15.24/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−8.86

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	471	130.05	612	12thin
Medium and Large 1	559	119.98	671	17thin
Small 1	480	114.82	551	4thin

One grade step is worth $15.24/cwt here — about $61 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 sale33 hd

123.02

—

VA average10 barns · 775 hd

131.88

−8.86

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	—	445	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	565	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	475	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	523	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	515	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	639	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	630	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	750	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	563	118.62/cwt	111.00–122.50	668	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	475	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	546	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	665	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	732	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	365	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	518	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	420	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	584	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	524	123.91/cwt	122.00–126.00	649	4
Bulls	Small 1	—	430	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	520	2
Bulls	Small 1	—	530	108.63/cwt	96.00–122.00	576	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	455	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	523	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	520	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	567	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	575	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	627	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	680	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	666	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	370	118.52/cwt	118.00–119.00	439	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	448	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	524	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	550	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	600	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	645	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	677	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	505	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	601	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	442	119.50/cwt	119.50–119.50	528	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	372	121.36/cwt	119.00–122.00	451	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	578	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	630	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	450	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	504	3
Heifers	Small 1	—	470	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	489	1
Heifers	Small 1	—	500	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	575	1
Heifers	Small 1	—	565	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	593	1
Heifers	Small 1	—	439	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	487	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	440	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	620	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	600	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	744	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	620	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	738	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	448	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	582	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	588	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	759	2
Steers	Small 1	—	565	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	667	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 May 6, 2020

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

Receipts 73Last week 169Year ago 0

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 8, Heifers 31, Bulls 34)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	445	127.00	127.00
1	—	475	110.00	110.00
4	—	515	124.00	124.00
5	—	630	119.00	119.00
6	—	563	111.00–122.50	118.62
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	475	115.00	115.00
1	—	665	110.00	110.00
2	—	365	142.00	142.00
4	—	420	139.00	139.00
4	—	524	122.00–126.00	123.91
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	430	121.00	121.00
2	—	530	96.00–122.00	108.63
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	455	115.00	115.00
1	—	520	109.00	109.00
1	—	575	109.00	109.00
1	—	680	98.00	98.00
2	—	370	118.00–119.00	118.52
2	—	448	117.00	117.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	550	109.00	109.00
1	—	645	105.00	105.00
2	—	505	119.00	119.00
3	—	442	119.50	119.50
5	—	372	119.00–122.00	121.36
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	578	109.00	109.00
3	—	450	112.00	112.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	470	104.00	104.00
1	—	500	115.00	115.00
1	—	565	105.00	105.00
3	—	439	111.00	111.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	440	141.00	141.00
1	—	600	124.00	124.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	620	119.00	119.00
2	—	448	130.00	130.00
2	—	588	129.00	129.00
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	565	118.00	118.00

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.

Feeder Cattle — prices, barns, and planning

Fed Cattle — the cash market and what quality pays

Beef & Retail — from the box to the grocery shelf

Feed & Hay — the cost side, cash not futures

Cows & Bred Stock — the rebuild market

More

Southside Livestock Markets, Inc.