Name: Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2020-05-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-05-20

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 44, Heifers 28, Bulls 25)

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $127.83/cwt on 29 head.

Average price

$127.83

29 head · 600 lb average

Value per head Derived

$767

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$19

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3

$1.43/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−10.31

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	564	128.10	722	14thin
Medium and Large 1	645	127.81	824	12thin
Medium and Large 3	585	126.67	741	3thin

One grade step is worth $1.43/cwt here — about −$19 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 sale29 hd

127.83

—

VA average11 barns · 1,778 hd

138.14

−10.31

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

33 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	—	465	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	577	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	735	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	728	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	654	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	759	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	569	128.50/cwt	128.50–128.50	731	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	640	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	659	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	438	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	583	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	570	131.33/cwt	130.00–132.00	749	6
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	328	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	305	4
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	374	90.73/cwt	90.00–91.00	339	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	662	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	821	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	556	129.39/cwt	126.00–136.00	719	6
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	490	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	617	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	790	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,027	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	815	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	970	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	633	125.93/cwt	124.00–130.00	797	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	529	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	661	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	700	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	784	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	633	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	804	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	350	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	469	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	415	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	540	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	485	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	645	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	458	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	527	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	528	114.31/cwt	113.00–115.00	604	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	638	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	734	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	538	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	613	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	578	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	665	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	663	119.74/cwt	117.00–124.00	794	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	478	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	636	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	557	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	696	3
Bulls	Small 1	—	600	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	600	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	330	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	449	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	610	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	671	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	563	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	681	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 May 20, 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 44, Heifers 28, Bulls 25)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	465	124.00	124.00
2	—	735	99.00	99.00
5	—	654	116.00	116.00
8	—	569	128.50	128.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	640	103.00	103.00
2	—	438	133.00	133.00
2	—	478	133.00	133.00
3	—	557	125.00	125.00
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	600	100.00	100.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	570	130.00–132.00	131.33
1	—	790	130.00	130.00
2	—	815	119.00	119.00
3	—	633	124.00–130.00	125.93
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	662	124.00	124.00
6	—	556	126.00–136.00	129.39
1	—	350	134.00	134.00
1	—	415	130.00	130.00
1	—	485	133.00	133.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	490	126.00	126.00
2	—	633	127.00	127.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	328	93.00	93.00
11	—	374	90.00–91.00	90.73
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	529	125.00	125.00
5	—	663	117.00–124.00	119.74
1	—	330	136.00	136.00
1	—	610	110.00	110.00
2	—	563	121.00	121.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	700	112.00	112.00
2	—	458	115.00	115.00
3	—	528	113.00–115.00	114.31
3	—	638	115.00	115.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	538	114.00	114.00
2	—	578	115.00	115.00

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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