Name: Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2020-07-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-07-22

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 16, Heifers 53, Bulls 47)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $113.12/cwt on 52 head.

Average price

$113.12

52 head · 521 lb average

Value per head Derived

$589

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$26

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3

$6.55/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−4.08

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	508	114.05	579	29
Medium and Large 1	549	113.72	625	16thin
Small 1	475	110.00	523	1thin
Medium and Large 3	514	107.50	553	6thin

One grade step is worth $6.55/cwt here — about $26 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 sale52 hd

113.12

—

VA average9 barns · 745 hd

117.20

−4.08

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	—	710	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	682	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	855	88.00/cwt	88.00–88.00	752	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	374	154.95/cwt	154.00–157.00	580	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	503	130.64/cwt	126.00–133.00	657	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	577	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	664	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	644	112.50/cwt	112.50–112.50	725	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	358	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	555	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	700	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	826	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	535	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	696	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	435	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	596	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	580	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	754	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	690	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	842	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	550	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	748	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	580	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	766	2
Steers	Small 1	—	522	127.28/cwt	124.00–129.00	664	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	385	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	466	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	460	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	529	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	658	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	711	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	675	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	682	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	463	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	495	2
Heifers	Small 1	—	475	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	523	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	390	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	472	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	540	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	583	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	555	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	561	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	550	112.50/cwt	112.50–112.50	619	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	710	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	646	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	355	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	447	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	543	114.50/cwt	114.50–114.50	622	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	640	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	691	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	558	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	647	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	538	112.50/cwt	112.50–112.50	605	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	632	109.50/cwt	109.50–109.50	692	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	438	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	504	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	631	111.23/cwt	107.00–114.00	702	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	559	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	643	6
Bulls	Small 1	—	445	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	454	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	423	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	601	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	485	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	606	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	336	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	528	4

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 22, 2020

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

Receipts 116Last week 303Year ago 260

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 16, Heifers 53, Bulls 47)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	710	96.00	96.00
1	—	855	88.00	88.00
3	—	374	154.00–157.00	154.95
3	—	503	126.00–133.00	130.64
8	—	577	115.00	115.00
11	—	644	112.50	112.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	631	107.00–114.00	111.23
6	—	559	115.00	115.00
2	—	423	142.00	142.00
2	—	485	125.00	125.00
4	—	336	157.00	157.00
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	445	102.00	102.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	358	155.00	155.00
2	—	700	118.00	118.00
1	—	435	137.00	137.00
1	—	580	130.00	130.00
1	—	690	122.00	122.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	535	130.00	130.00
3	—	550	136.00	136.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	580	132.00	132.00
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	522	124.00–129.00	127.28
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	385	121.00	121.00
2	—	460	115.00	115.00
2	—	658	108.00	108.00
3	—	543	114.50	114.50
3	—	640	108.00	108.00
4	—	558	116.00	116.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	675	101.00	101.00
2	—	463	107.00	107.00
1	—	390	121.00	121.00
1	—	540	108.00	108.00
1	—	555	101.00	101.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	475	110.00	110.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	550	112.50	112.50
1	—	710	91.00	91.00
5	—	355	126.00	126.00
7	—	538	112.50	112.50
7	—	632	109.50	109.50
8	—	438	115.00	115.00

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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