Name: Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2020-05-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-05-27

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 77, Heifers 98, Bulls 28)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $119.20/cwt on 98 head.

Average price

$119.20

98 head · 580 lb average

Value per head Derived

$691

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$154

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Small 1

$14.71/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−8.41

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	536	121.71	652	39
Medium and Large 3	476	118.73	566	15thin
Medium and Large 1	663	117.63	780	42
Small 1	465	107.00	498	2thin

One grade step is worth $14.71/cwt here — about $154 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 sale98 hd

119.20

—

VA average6 barns · 764 hd

127.62

−8.41

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

46 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 2	—	650	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	722	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	550	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	814	14
Steers	Small 1	—	655	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	884	1
Steers	Small 1	—	510	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	658	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	570	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	724	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	425	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	565	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	589	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	713	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	620	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	837	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	636	134.01/cwt	127.00–135.00	852	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	539	149.50/cwt	149.50–149.50	806	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	464	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	659	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	737	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	884	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	668	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	862	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	839	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	923	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	720	119.24/cwt	118.00–124.00	859	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	650	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	878	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	549	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	807	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	440	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	598	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	745	86.00/cwt	86.00–86.00	641	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	525	127.89/cwt	117.00–135.00	671	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	635	112.44/cwt	109.00–116.00	714	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	373	157.45/cwt	155.00–160.00	587	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	890	89.00/cwt	89.00–89.00	792	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	544	112.75/cwt	111.00–120.00	613	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	621	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	708	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	558	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	670	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	459	131.50/cwt	131.50–131.50	604	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	474	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	611	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	338	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	446	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	452	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	556	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	632	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	708	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	510	114.50/cwt	114.50–114.50	584	4
Heifers	Small 1	—	415	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	461	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	705	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	747	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	718	110.05/cwt	108.00–112.00	790	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	544	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	691	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	828	108.50/cwt	108.50–108.50	898	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	365	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	496	1
Heifers	Small 1	—	515	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	530	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	420	110.95/cwt	109.00–113.00	466	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	561	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	746	6
Bulls	Small 1	—	498	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	623	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	650	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	767	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	499	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	684	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	625	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	744	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	667	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	794	3

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 27, 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 77, Heifers 98, Bulls 28)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	650	111.00	111.00
5	—	544	111.00–120.00	112.75
7	—	621	114.00	114.00
9	—	558	120.00	120.00
14	—	459	131.50	131.50
1	—	705	106.00	106.00
1	—	365	136.00	136.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	589	121.00	121.00
4	—	474	129.00	129.00
6	—	718	108.00–112.00	110.05
9	—	544	127.00	127.00
12	—	828	108.50	108.50
3	—	625	119.00	119.00
3	—	667	119.00	119.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	338	132.00	132.00
3	—	452	123.00	123.00
3	—	632	112.00	112.00
4	—	510	114.50	114.50
2	—	420	109.00–113.00	110.95
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	415	111.00	111.00
1	—	515	103.00	103.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	550	148.00	148.00
2	—	620	135.00	135.00
9	—	839	110.00	110.00
8	—	720	118.00–124.00	119.24
8	—	650	135.00	135.00
5	—	549	147.00	147.00
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	655	135.00	135.00
1	—	510	129.00	129.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	570	127.00	127.00
1	—	425	133.00	133.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	636	127.00–135.00	134.01
8	—	539	149.50	149.50
4	—	464	142.00	142.00
3	—	737	120.00	120.00
2	—	668	129.00	129.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	440	136.00	136.00
1	—	745	86.00	86.00
6	—	561	133.00	133.00
2	—	650	118.00	118.00
4	—	499	137.00	137.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	525	117.00–135.00	127.89
2	—	635	109.00–116.00	112.44
2	—	373	155.00–160.00	157.45
1	—	890	89.00	89.00
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	498	125.00	125.00

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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