Name: Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2020-06-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-06-24

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 48, Heifers 135, Bulls 54)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $119.96/cwt on 134 head.

Average price

$119.96

134 head · 541 lb average

Value per head Derived

$649

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$18

per head · Medium and Large 3 over Small 1

$8.50/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.67

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 3	450	122.00	549	3thin
Medium and Large 1	576	120.35	693	74
Medium and Large 2	502	119.56	600	55
Small 1	468	113.50	531	2thin

One grade step is worth $8.50/cwt here — about $18 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 sale134 hd

119.96

—

VA average8 barns · 1,116 hd

120.63

−0.67

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

39 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	—	733	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	814	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	499	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	689	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	565	137.40/cwt	137.00–139.00	776	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	642	122.40/cwt	115.00–123.00	786	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	510	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	510	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	555	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	760	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	445	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	663	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	480	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	744	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	558	133.52/cwt	130.00–137.00	745	2
Steers	Small 1	—	605	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	756	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	554	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	825	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	636	137.75/cwt	136.00–138.00	876	16
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	370	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	522	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	483	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	715	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	530	147.69/cwt	144.00–148.50	783	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	544	119.80/cwt	118.50–120.00	652	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	708	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	765	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	656	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	781	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	477	124.25/cwt	117.00–125.50	593	14
Heifers	Small 1	—	395	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	474	1
Steers	Small 1	—	585	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	737	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	570	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	610	1
Heifers	Small 1	—	540	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	578	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	710	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	767	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	631	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	669	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	563	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	619	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	440	123.50/cwt	123.50–123.50	543	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	554	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	676	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	627	118.42/cwt	117.00–119.00	742	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	470	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	569	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	371	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	467	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	335	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	469	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	445	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	530	1
Bulls	Small 1	—	515	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	644	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	678	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	746	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	408	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	563	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	483	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	671	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	325	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	397	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	525	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	641	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 24, 2020

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

Receipts 237Last week 72Year ago 143

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 48, Heifers 135, Bulls 54)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	733	111.00	111.00
9	—	499	138.00	138.00
10	—	565	137.00–139.00	137.40
13	—	642	115.00–123.00	122.40
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	510	100.00	100.00
1	—	555	137.00	137.00
2	—	678	110.00	110.00
6	—	408	138.00	138.00
6	—	483	139.00	139.00
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	515	125.00	125.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	445	149.00	149.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	480	155.00	155.00
9	—	554	149.00	149.00
16	—	636	136.00–138.00	137.75
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	558	130.00–137.00	133.52
1	—	370	141.00	141.00
4	—	483	148.00	148.00
11	—	530	144.00–148.50	147.69
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	605	125.00	125.00
1	—	585	126.00	126.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	544	118.50–120.00	119.80
1	—	710	108.00	108.00
4	—	631	106.00	106.00
5	—	563	110.00	110.00
14	—	440	123.50	123.50
1	—	470	121.00	121.00
8	—	371	126.00	126.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	708	108.00	108.00
5	—	656	119.00	119.00
14	—	477	117.00–125.50	124.25
23	—	554	122.00	122.00
27	—	627	117.00–119.00	118.42
1	—	325	122.00	122.00
1	—	525	122.00	122.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	395	120.00	120.00
1	—	540	107.00	107.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	570	107.00	107.00
1	—	335	140.00	140.00
1	—	445	119.00	119.00

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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