Name: Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2020-08-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-08-05

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 15, Heifers 69, Bulls 52)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $111.42/cwt on 68 head.

Average price

$111.42

68 head · 542 lb average

Value per head Derived

$604

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$76

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

$20.86/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−11.91

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	510	114.86	586	30
Medium and Large 1	578	112.59	651	30
Small 1	523	94.20	493	5thin
Medium and Large 3	542	94.00	509	3thin

One grade step is worth $20.86/cwt here — about $76 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 sale68 hd

111.42

—

VA average8 barns · 1,601 hd

123.33

−11.91

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

41 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	—	345	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	480	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	810	87.00/cwt	87.00–87.00	705	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	438	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	552	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	489	128.81/cwt	125.00–130.00	630	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	553	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	625	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	743	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	773	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	485	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	640	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	535	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	696	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	568	129.51/cwt	129.00–130.00	736	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	615	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	781	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	805	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	902	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	785	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	769	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	435	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	600	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	535	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	712	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	485	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	621	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	530	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	689	1
Steers	Small 1	—	470	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	630	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	465	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	456	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	623	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	698	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	551	113.50/cwt	113.50–113.50	625	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	447	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	545	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	542	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	509	3
Heifers	Small 1	—	488	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	454	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	458	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	527	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	634	112.71/cwt	112.00–113.00	715	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	563	112.70/cwt	98.00–117.50	635	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	545	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	561	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	380	112.40/cwt	110.00–115.00	427	2
Heifers	Small 1	—	547	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	520	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	735	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	625	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	415	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	569	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	678	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	780	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	350	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	487	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	571	118.84/cwt	118.00–119.00	679	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	395	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	462	1
Bulls	Small 1	—	465	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	563	1
Bulls	Small 1	—	570	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	610	1
Bulls	Small 1	—	670	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	670	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	643	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	707	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	623	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	723	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	475	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	613	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 Aug 5, 2020

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

Receipts 136Last week 130Year ago 216

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 15, Heifers 69, Bulls 52)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	345	139.00	139.00
1	—	810	87.00	87.00
2	—	438	126.00	126.00
4	—	489	125.00–130.00	128.81
6	—	553	113.00	113.00
6	—	743	104.00	104.00
9	—	643	110.00	110.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	735	85.00	85.00
2	—	415	137.00	137.00
2	—	678	115.00	115.00
4	—	350	139.00	139.00
6	—	571	118.00–119.00	118.84
4	—	623	116.00	116.00
1	—	475	129.00	129.00
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	465	121.00	121.00
1	—	570	107.00	107.00
1	—	670	100.00	100.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	485	132.00	132.00
1	—	535	130.00	130.00
2	—	568	129.00–130.00	129.51
2	—	615	127.00	127.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	805	112.00	112.00
2	—	435	138.00	138.00
3	—	535	133.00	133.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	485	128.00	128.00
1	—	530	130.00	130.00
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	470	134.00	134.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	785	98.00	98.00
3	—	458	115.00	115.00
10	—	634	112.00–113.00	112.71
15	—	563	98.00–117.50	112.70
1	—	395	117.00	117.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	465	98.00	98.00
6	—	623	112.00	112.00
8	—	551	113.50	113.50
11	—	447	122.00	122.00
1	—	545	103.00	103.00
2	—	380	110.00–115.00	112.40
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	542	94.00	94.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	488	93.00	93.00
3	—	547	95.00	95.00

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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