Name: Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2020-06-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-06-03

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 30, Heifers 64, Bulls 40)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $120.16/cwt on 62 head.

Average price

$120.16

62 head · 527 lb average

Value per head Derived

$633

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$85

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Small 1

$18.32/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.61

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	499	123.32	615	32
Medium and Large 3	508	119.00	604	2thin
Medium and Large 1	562	117.06	658	27
Small 1	505	105.00	530	1thin

One grade step is worth $18.32/cwt here — about $85 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 sale62 hd

120.16

—

VA average8 barns · 1,221 hd

123.76

−3.61

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	—	740	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	814	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	504	139.71/cwt	138.00–140.00	704	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	629	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	755	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	568	139.75/cwt	139.75–139.75	794	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	320	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	445	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	440	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	598	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	603	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	730	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	818	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	1,072	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	737	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	870	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	560	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	823	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	590	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	726	1
Steers	Small 1	—	335	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	449	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	660	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	871	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	445	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	627	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	628	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	779	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	358	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	541	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	458	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	687	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	705	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	677	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	645	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	632	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	543	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	695	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	467	127.65/cwt	126.00–128.00	596	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	460	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	584	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	555	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	616	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	660	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	713	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	552	118.50/cwt	118.50–118.50	654	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	555	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	710	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	350	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	452	6
Heifers	Small 1	—	505	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	530	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	488	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	600	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	489	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	680	4
Bulls	Small 1	—	315	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	428	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	545	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	741	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	385	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	504	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	415	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	523	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	715	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	736	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 Jun 3, 2020

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

Receipts 134Last week 203Year ago 0

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 30, Heifers 64, Bulls 40)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	740	110.00	110.00
7	—	504	138.00–140.00	139.71
7	—	629	120.00	120.00
14	—	568	139.75	139.75
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	320	139.00	139.00
2	—	440	136.00	136.00
4	—	489	139.00	139.00
2	—	545	136.00	136.00
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	315	136.00	136.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	603	121.00	121.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	818	131.00	131.00
3	—	737	118.00	118.00
9	—	560	147.00	147.00
1	—	660	132.00	132.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	590	123.00	123.00
2	—	445	141.00	141.00
2	—	628	124.00	124.00
3	—	358	151.00	151.00
4	—	458	150.00	150.00
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	335	134.00	134.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	705	96.00	96.00
4	—	645	98.00	98.00
9	—	543	128.00	128.00
11	—	467	126.00–128.00	127.65
1	—	555	128.00	128.00
6	—	350	129.00	129.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	460	127.00	127.00
1	—	555	111.00	111.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	660	108.00	108.00
17	—	552	118.50	118.50
2	—	488	123.00	123.00
1	—	385	131.00	131.00
1	—	415	126.00	126.00
1	—	715	103.00	103.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	505	105.00	105.00

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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