Name: Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2020-07-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-07-15

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 168, Heifers 74, Bulls 61)

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $133.21/cwt on 167 head.

Average price

$133.21

167 head · 668 lb average

Value per head Derived

$890

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$369

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 1

$20.31/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.32

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	686	133.65	917	149
Medium and Large 2	525	133.08	699	13thin
Medium and Large 3	545	131.00	714	2thin
Small 1	484	113.33	548	3thin

One grade step is worth $20.31/cwt here — about $369 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 sale167 hd

133.21

—

VA average9 barns · 1,616 hd

133.52

−0.32

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

50 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 1	—	670	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	864	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	673	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	868	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	920	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	1,012	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	429	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	579	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	545	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	714	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	454	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	640	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	585	130.25/cwt	128.00–133.00	762	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	514	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	714	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	630	134.12/cwt	129.00–138.25	845	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	644	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	715	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	685	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	781	6
Steers	Small 1	—	528	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	612	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	510	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	663	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	375	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	514	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	580	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	783	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	439	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	531	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	544	115.96/cwt	109.00–116.50	631	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	375	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	431	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	550	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	583	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	475	122.76/cwt	118.00–124.00	583	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	555	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	638	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	369	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	439	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	320	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	410	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	458	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	481	2
Heifers	Small 1	—	420	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	462	1
Heifers	Small 1	—	750	97.00/cwt	97.00–97.00	728	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	655	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	747	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	561	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	679	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	419	135.50/cwt	135.50–135.50	568	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	498	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	647	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	720	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	720	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	423	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	499	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	735	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	735	1
Bulls	Small 1	—	415	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	477	1
Bulls	Small 1	—	555	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	655	1
Bulls	Small 1	—	508	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	584	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	638	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	664	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	353	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	554	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	568	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	682	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	345	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	483	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	709	133.78/cwt	128.00–135.00	949	60
Steers	Small 1	—	395	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	427	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	780	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	928	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	805	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	1,071	31
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	478	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	621	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	641	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	692	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	411	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	559	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	364	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	550	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	750	84.00/cwt	84.00–84.00	630	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	525	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	599	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 Jul 15, 2020

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

Receipts 303Last week 228Year ago 213

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 168, Heifers 74, Bulls 61)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	670	129.00	129.00
2	—	920	110.00	110.00
5	—	454	141.00	141.00
8	—	585	128.00–133.00	130.25
9	—	514	139.00	139.00
31	—	630	129.00–138.25	134.12
1	—	345	140.00	140.00
60	—	709	128.00–135.00	133.78
1	—	780	119.00	119.00
31	—	805	133.00	133.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	673	129.00	129.00
4	—	429	135.00	135.00
1	—	510	130.00	130.00
2	—	375	137.00	137.00
2	—	580	135.00	135.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	545	131.00	131.00
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	528	116.00	116.00
1	—	395	108.00	108.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	644	111.00	111.00
6	—	685	114.00	114.00
5	—	475	118.00–124.00	122.76
5	—	555	115.00	115.00
1	—	320	128.00	128.00
1	—	720	100.00	100.00
2	—	423	118.00	118.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	439	121.00	121.00
13	—	544	109.00–116.50	115.96
5	—	369	119.00	119.00
9	—	655	114.00	114.00
1	—	735	100.00	100.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	375	115.00	115.00
2	—	550	106.00	106.00
2	—	458	105.00	105.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	420	110.00	110.00
1	—	750	97.00	97.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	561	121.00	121.00
6	—	419	135.50	135.50
6	—	498	130.00	130.00
6	—	638	104.00	104.00
7	—	353	157.00	157.00
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	415	115.00	115.00
1	—	555	118.00	118.00
2	—	508	115.00	115.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	568	120.00	120.00
6	—	478	130.00	130.00
4	—	641	108.00	108.00
4	—	411	136.00	136.00
4	—	364	151.00	151.00
2	—	750	84.00	84.00
1	—	525	114.00	114.00

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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