Name: Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2020-07-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-07-29

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 40, Heifers 58, Bulls 32)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $112.26/cwt on 57 head.

Average price

$112.26

57 head · 574 lb average

Value per head Derived

$644

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$42

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Small 1

$11.65/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−8.27

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	587	113.15	664	27
Medium and Large 3	507	112.73	572	7thin
Medium and Large 1	576	111.99	646	21
Small 1	613	101.50	622	2thin

One grade step is worth $11.65/cwt here — about $42 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 sale57 hd

112.26

—

VA average6 barns · 914 hd

120.52

−8.27

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	—	510	119.50/cwt	119.50–119.50	609	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	568	119.50/cwt	119.50–119.50	679	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	644	109.50/cwt	109.50–109.50	705	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	748	97.28/cwt	96.00–99.00	728	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	845	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	761	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	543	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	646	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	810	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	875	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	770	110.96/cwt	109.00–113.00	854	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	535	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	663	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	461	123.59/cwt	118.00–131.00	570	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	644	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	824	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	566	129.84/cwt	127.50–131.50	735	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	815	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	872	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	629	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	799	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	740	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	851	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	445	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	490	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	675	104.50/cwt	104.50–104.50	705	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	610	110.50/cwt	110.50–110.50	674	3
Heifers	Small 1	—	650	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	644	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	560	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	694	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	665	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	765	1
Heifers	Small 1	—	575	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	598	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	660	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	713	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	343	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	418	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	728	101.46/cwt	100.00–103.00	739	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	635	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	705	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	625	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	638	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	728	104.61/cwt	103.00–105.00	762	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	535	117.69/cwt	111.00–119.00	630	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	430	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	499	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	562	116.30/cwt	113.50–117.50	654	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	560	107.57/cwt	100.00–115.00	602	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	451	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	532	4
Bulls	Small 1	—	478	110.57/cwt	106.00–115.00	529	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	663	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	776	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	712	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	776	3
Bulls	Small 1	—	690	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	738	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	485	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	534	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	350	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	441	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 Jul 29, 2020

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

Receipts 130Last week 116Year ago 227

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 40, Heifers 58, Bulls 32)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	510	119.50	119.50
4	—	568	119.50	119.50
6	—	644	109.50	109.50
7	—	748	96.00–99.00	97.28
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	845	90.00	90.00
2	—	543	119.00	119.00
3	—	663	117.00	117.00
3	—	712	109.00	109.00
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	478	106.00–115.00	110.57
1	—	690	107.00	107.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	810	108.00	108.00
2	—	770	109.00–113.00	110.96
7	—	461	118.00–131.00	123.59
7	—	644	128.00	128.00
10	—	566	127.50–131.50	129.84
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	535	124.00	124.00
1	—	815	107.00	107.00
4	—	629	127.00	127.00
5	—	740	115.00	115.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	560	124.00	124.00
1	—	665	115.00	115.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	445	110.00	110.00
2	—	675	104.50	104.50
3	—	610	110.50	110.50
5	—	728	103.00–105.00	104.61
6	—	535	111.00–119.00	117.69
1	—	485	110.00	110.00
2	—	350	126.00	126.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	650	99.00	99.00
1	—	575	104.00	104.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	660	108.00	108.00
2	—	343	122.00	122.00
2	—	728	100.00–103.00	101.46
11	—	635	111.00	111.00
1	—	430	116.00	116.00
10	—	562	113.50–117.50	116.30
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	625	102.00	102.00
2	—	560	100.00–115.00	107.57
4	—	451	118.00	118.00

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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