Name: Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2020-08-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-08-19

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 24, Heifers 40, Bulls 64)

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb bulls averaged $127.84/cwt on 63 head.

Average price

$127.84

63 head · 535 lb average

Value per head Derived

$684

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$9

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Small 1

$23.94/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−9.62

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	490	131.27	644	26
Medium and Large 1	563	127.03	716	34
Small 1	608	107.33	653	3thin

One grade step is worth $23.94/cwt here — about −$9 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 sale63 hd

127.84

—

VA average10 barns · 560 hd

137.46

−9.62

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

42 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	—	350	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	553	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	418	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	598	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	540	118.68/cwt	118.00–119.00	641	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	734	107.32/cwt	96.00–113.00	788	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	560	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	762	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	492	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	645	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	868	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	972	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	455	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	582	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	500	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	550	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	553	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	658	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	725	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	906	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	565	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	763	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	343	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	456	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	742	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	801	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	551	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	628	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	770	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	893	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	667	124.69/cwt	120.00–133.00	832	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	803	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	907	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	425	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	468	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	313	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	376	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	528	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	565	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	460	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	501	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	750	97.00/cwt	97.00–97.00	728	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	620	108.46/cwt	107.00–110.00	672	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	715	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	708	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	378	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	435	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	674	109.98/cwt	108.00–111.00	741	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	540	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	659	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	355	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	444	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	433	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	528	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	515	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	618	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	630	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	743	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	725	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	783	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	790	86.00/cwt	86.00–86.00	679	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	348	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	564	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	550	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	616	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	564	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	719	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	480	125.82/cwt	120.00–127.00	604	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	418	137.83/cwt	130.00–139.00	576	8
Bulls	Small 1	—	535	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	567	1
Bulls	Small 1	—	645	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	697	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	650	119.50/cwt	119.50–119.50	777	10

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 19, 2020

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

Receipts 128Last week 163Year ago 142

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 24, Heifers 40, Bulls 64)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	350	158.00	158.00
3	—	418	143.00	143.00
3	—	540	118.00–119.00	118.68
3	—	734	96.00–113.00	107.32
5	—	560	136.00	136.00
9	—	492	131.00	131.00
10	—	650	119.50	119.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	515	120.00	120.00
1	—	630	118.00	118.00
1	—	725	108.00	108.00
1	—	790	86.00	86.00
3	—	348	162.00	162.00
5	—	564	127.50	127.50
6	—	480	120.00–127.00	125.82
8	—	418	130.00–139.00	137.83
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	535	106.00	106.00
2	—	645	108.00	108.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	868	112.00	112.00
2	—	803	113.00	113.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	455	128.00	128.00
1	—	500	110.00	110.00
2	—	553	119.00	119.00
2	—	770	116.00	116.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	725	125.00	125.00
2	—	565	135.00	135.00
11	—	667	120.00–133.00	124.69
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	343	133.00	133.00
3	—	742	108.00	108.00
4	—	551	114.00	114.00
1	—	460	109.00	109.00
1	—	750	97.00	97.00
2	—	620	107.00–110.00	108.46
1	—	355	125.00	125.00
8	—	433	122.00	122.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	425	110.00	110.00
2	—	313	120.00	120.00
3	—	528	107.00	107.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	715	99.00	99.00
2	—	378	115.00	115.00
3	—	674	108.00–111.00	109.98
4	—	540	122.00	122.00
1	—	550	112.00	112.00

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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