Name: Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2020-07-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-07-08

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 62, Heifers 112, Bulls 54)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $114.54/cwt on 112 head.

Average price

$114.54

112 head · 520 lb average

Value per head Derived

$595

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$99

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Small 1

$20.19/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−4.94

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	119.02	587	63
Medium and Large 1	581	111.19	646	34
Medium and Large 3	492	106.22	522	9thin
Small 1	494	98.83	488	6thin

One grade step is worth $20.19/cwt here — about $99 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 sale112 hd

114.54

—

VA average8 barns · 1,006 hd

119.48

−4.94

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

55 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
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	635	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	787	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	523	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	711	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	480	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	636	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	390	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	488	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	685	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	637	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	345	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	476	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	407	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	554	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	573	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	653	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	648	108.50/cwt	108.50–108.50	703	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	493	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	631	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	720	89.00/cwt	89.00–89.00	641	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	467	129.46/cwt	125.00–131.00	605	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	432	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	566	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	654	108.50/cwt	108.50–108.50	710	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	554	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	648	9
Bulls	Small 1	—	425	81.00/cwt	81.00–81.00	344	1
Bulls	Small 1	—	590	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	649	1
Bulls	Small 1	—	543	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	597	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	395	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	474	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	475	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	546	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	620	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	608	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	518	118.50/cwt	118.50–118.50	614	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	727	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	698	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	444	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	551	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	555	118.50/cwt	118.50–118.50	658	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	653	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	673	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	560	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	610	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	638	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	632	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	483	120.43/cwt	117.00–121.00	582	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	351	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	425	8
Dairy Steers	Large 2-3	—	607	77.00/cwt	77.00–77.00	467	5
Dairy Steers	Large 2-3	—	488	78.00/cwt	78.00–78.00	381	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	575	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	673	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	408	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	490	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	715	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	794	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	540	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	643	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	315	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	400	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	752	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	895	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	373	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	496	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	430	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	570	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	719	121.61/cwt	117.00–122.00	874	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	486	137.12/cwt	136.00–138.00	666	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	630	129.36/cwt	128.00–130.00	815	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	565	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	797	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	808	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	881	2
Heifers	Small 1	—	467	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	458	3
Heifers	Small 1	—	635	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	572	1
Heifers	Small 1	—	530	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	482	1
Heifers	Small 1	—	395	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	466	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	513	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	534	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	422	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	456	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	613	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	607	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	395	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	482	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	538	119.50/cwt	119.50–119.50	643	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	445	124.50/cwt	124.50–124.50	554	17

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 Jul 8, 2020

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

Receipts 228Last week 237Year ago 288

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 62, Heifers 112, Bulls 54)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	635	124.00	124.00
4	—	523	136.00	136.00
4	—	480	132.50	132.50
3	—	752	119.00	119.00
2	—	373	133.00	133.00
1	—	430	132.50	132.50
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	575	117.00	117.00
2	—	408	120.00	120.00
1	—	715	111.00	111.00
1	—	540	119.00	119.00
1	—	315	127.00	127.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	719	117.00–122.00	121.61
7	—	486	136.00–138.00	137.12
6	—	630	128.00–130.00	129.36
4	—	565	141.00	141.00
2	—	808	109.00	109.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	390	125.00	125.00
1	—	685	93.00	93.00
2	—	345	138.00	138.00
3	—	407	136.00	136.00
4	—	573	114.00	114.00
4	—	648	108.50	108.50
8	—	493	128.00	128.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	720	89.00	89.00
4	—	467	125.00–131.00	129.46
5	—	432	131.00	131.00
5	—	654	108.50	108.50
9	—	554	117.00	117.00
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	425	81.00	81.00
1	—	590	110.00	110.00
2	—	543	110.00	110.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	395	120.00	120.00
1	—	475	115.00	115.00
1	—	620	98.00	98.00
2	—	518	118.50	118.50
3	—	727	96.00	96.00
5	—	444	124.00	124.00
9	—	555	118.50	118.50
12	—	653	103.00	103.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	560	109.00	109.00
6	—	638	99.00	99.00
7	—	483	117.00–121.00	120.43
8	—	351	121.00	121.00
24	—	538	119.50	119.50
17	—	445	124.50	124.50
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	467	98.00	98.00
1	—	635	90.00	90.00
1	—	530	91.00	91.00
1	—	395	118.00	118.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	513	104.00	104.00
3	—	422	108.00	108.00
2	—	613	99.00	99.00
1	—	395	122.00	122.00
Dairy Steers — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	607	77.00	77.00
2	—	488	78.00	78.00

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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