Name: Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2020-08-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-08-12

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 17, Heifers 81, Bulls 65)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $112.32/cwt on 81 head.

Average price

$112.32

81 head · 513 lb average

Value per head Derived

$577

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$99

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 1

$15.23/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−13.57

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	566	115.20	652	15thin
Medium and Large 2	519	114.23	593	44
Medium and Large 3	426	109.62	467	15thin
Small 1	553	99.97	553	7thin

One grade step is worth $15.23/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 sale81 hd

112.32

—

VA average9 barns · 1,490 hd

125.89

−13.57

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

43 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	523	101.56/cwt	94.00–104.00	531	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	475	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	475	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	595	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	732	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	480	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	600	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	385	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	520	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	448	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	515	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	625	106.00/cwt	104.00–106.50	663	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	734	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	741	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	670	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	771	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	528	136.49/cwt	134.00–137.00	721	6
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	457	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	548	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	855	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	898	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	570	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	758	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	540	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	675	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	950	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	1,045	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	355	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	543	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	570	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	730	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	486	128.50/cwt	128.50–128.50	625	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	658	117.31/cwt	116.00–117.50	772	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	775	113.32/cwt	113.00–114.00	878	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	545	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	698	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	423	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	618	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	665	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	778	2
Bulls	Small 1	—	440	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	449	2
Bulls	Small 1	—	627	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	665	3
Bulls	Small 1	—	505	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	540	3
Bulls	Small 1	—	580	98.07/cwt	90.00–106.00	569	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	461	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	562	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	548	118.50/cwt	118.50–118.50	649	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	545	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	643	6
Bulls	Small 1	—	490	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	490	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	561	129.50/cwt	129.50–129.50	726	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	480	123.35/cwt	120.00–125.00	592	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	428	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	484	2
Heifers	Small 1	—	573	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	562	3
Heifers	Small 1	—	420	102.38/cwt	100.00–105.00	430	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	555	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	605	2
Heifers	Small 1	—	605	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	641	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	675	106.39/cwt	106.00–107.00	718	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	355	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	458	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	468	108.65/cwt	108.00–109.00	508	3
Heifers	Small 1	—	705	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	670	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	356	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	413	7

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 12, 2020

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

Receipts 163Last week 136Year ago 192

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 17, Heifers 81, Bulls 65)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	523	94.00–104.00	101.56
2	—	475	100.00	100.00
2	—	428	113.00	113.00
7	—	356	116.00	116.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	448	115.00	115.00
5	—	625	104.00–106.50	106.00
4	—	734	101.00	101.00
12	—	548	118.50	118.50
2	—	555	109.00	109.00
4	—	355	129.00	129.00
3	—	468	108.00–109.00	108.65
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	461	122.00	122.00
6	—	545	118.00	118.00
5	—	675	106.00–107.00	106.39
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	573	98.00	98.00
2	—	420	100.00–105.00	102.38
1	—	605	106.00	106.00
1	—	705	95.00	95.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	595	123.00	123.00
1	—	480	125.00	125.00
1	—	385	135.00	135.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	670	115.00	115.00
3	—	457	120.00	120.00
1	—	540	125.00	125.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	528	134.00–137.00	136.49
1	—	855	105.00	105.00
1	—	570	133.00	133.00
1	—	950	110.00	110.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	355	153.00	153.00
5	—	423	146.00	146.00
2	—	665	117.00	117.00
9	—	561	129.50	129.50
6	—	480	120.00–125.00	123.35
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	570	128.00	128.00
9	—	486	128.50	128.50
8	—	658	116.00–117.50	117.31
3	—	775	113.00–114.00	113.32
1	—	545	128.00	128.00
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	440	102.00	102.00
3	—	627	106.00	106.00
3	—	505	107.00	107.00
2	—	580	90.00–106.00	98.07
1	—	490	100.00	100.00

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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