Name: Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2020-06-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-06-17

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 14, Holstein Steers 10, Heifers 25, Bulls 23)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $113.68/cwt on 25 head.

Average price

$113.68

25 head · 519 lb average

Value per head Derived

$590

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$53

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Small 1

$19.18/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−7.52

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	493	117.18	577	16thin
Medium and Large 3	470	114.67	539	3thin
Medium and Large 1	601	106.75	642	4thin
Small 1	643	98.00	630	2thin

One grade step is worth $19.18/cwt here — about −$53 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 sale25 hd

113.68

—

VA average9 barns · 2,163 hd

121.19

−7.52

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

32 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	—	435	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	557	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	460	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	561	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	730	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	898	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	398	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	561	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	593	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	777	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	673	124.02/cwt	123.00–125.00	835	6
Dairy Steers	Large 2	—	892	84.00/cwt	84.00–84.00	749	5
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	736	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	662	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	705	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	839	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	890	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	1,006	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	648	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	875	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	415	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	618	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	605	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	823	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	645	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	839	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	535	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	631	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	600	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	606	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	385	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	466	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	485	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	567	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	520	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	770	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	655	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	825	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	532	113.60/cwt	112.00–114.00	604	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	462	120.59/cwt	120.00–121.00	557	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	635	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	603	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	700	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	672	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	540	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	572	1
Heifers	Small 1	—	643	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	630	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	473	138.90/cwt	137.00–145.00	657	4
Bulls	Small 1	—	415	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	490	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	360	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	504	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	540	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	702	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	620	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	781	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	593	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	806	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 Jun 17, 2020

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

Receipts 72Last week 61Year ago 131

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 14, Holstein Steers 10, Heifers 25, Bulls 23)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	435	128.00	128.00
1	—	460	122.00	122.00
1	—	730	123.00	123.00
2	—	398	141.00	141.00
2	—	593	131.00	131.00
6	—	673	123.00–125.00	124.02
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	473	137.00–145.00	138.90
1	—	360	140.00	140.00
1	—	540	130.00	130.00
1	—	620	126.00	126.00
2	—	593	136.00	136.00
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	415	118.00	118.00
Dairy Steers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	892	84.00	84.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	736	90.00	90.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	705	119.00	119.00
2	—	890	113.00	113.00
6	—	648	135.00	135.00
1	—	520	148.00	148.00
1	—	655	126.00	126.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	415	149.00	149.00
1	—	605	136.00	136.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	645	130.00	130.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	535	118.00	118.00
1	—	635	95.00	95.00
1	—	700	96.00	96.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	600	101.00	101.00
5	—	532	112.00–114.00	113.60
10	—	462	120.00–121.00	120.59
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	385	121.00	121.00
1	—	485	117.00	117.00
1	—	540	106.00	106.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	643	98.00	98.00

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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