Name: Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2020-05-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-05-13

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 13, Heifers 35, Bulls 27)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $111.91/cwt on 35 head.

Average price

$111.91

35 head · 574 lb average

Value per head Derived

$643

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$110

per head · Small 1 over Medium and Large 2

$5.29/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−11.93

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Small 1	469	115.50	542	4thin
Medium and Large 3	528	114.67	606	3thin
Medium and Large 1	597	112.00	669	14thin
Medium and Large 2	591	110.21	651	14thin

One grade step is worth $5.29/cwt here — about −$110 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 sale35 hd

111.91

—

VA average10 barns · 1,066 hd

123.84

−11.93

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	—	563	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	715	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	790	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	719	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	858	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	824	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	641	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	814	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	300	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	444	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	620	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	719	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	350	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	518	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	515	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	685	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	593	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	747	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	500	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	650	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	715	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	887	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	631	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	688	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	395	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	490	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	525	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	604	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	548	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	619	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	670	127.33/cwt	126.00–128.00	853	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	779	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	911	4
Heifers	Small 1	—	365	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	427	1
Heifers	Small 1	—	485	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	548	1
Heifers	Small 1	—	513	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	595	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	520	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	577	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	665	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	725	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	560	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	622	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	705	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	761	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	467	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	551	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	622	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	690	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	667	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	727	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	430	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	499	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	665	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	698	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	393	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	546	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	545	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	670	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	489	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	621	8
Bulls	Small 1	—	623	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	760	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	715	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	708	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	590	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	661	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 13, 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 13, Heifers 35, Bulls 27)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	563	127.00	127.00
2	—	790	91.00	91.00
2	—	858	96.00	96.00
4	—	641	127.00	127.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	300	148.00	148.00
1	—	620	116.00	116.00
2	—	393	139.00	139.00
2	—	545	123.00	123.00
8	—	489	127.00	127.00
1	—	715	99.00	99.00
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	623	122.00	122.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	350	148.00	148.00
1	—	515	133.00	133.00
2	—	593	126.00	126.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	500	130.00	130.00
1	—	715	124.00	124.00
3	—	670	126.00–128.00	127.33
4	—	779	117.00	117.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	631	109.00	109.00
1	—	520	111.00	111.00
1	—	665	109.00	109.00
4	—	560	111.00	111.00
1	—	430	116.00	116.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	395	124.00	124.00
1	—	525	115.00	115.00
1	—	665	105.00	105.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	548	113.00	113.00
2	—	705	108.00	108.00
3	—	467	118.00	118.00
3	—	622	111.00	111.00
3	—	667	109.00	109.00
1	—	590	112.00	112.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	365	117.00	117.00
1	—	485	113.00	113.00
2	—	513	116.00	116.00

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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