Name: Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2020-08-26
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-08-26

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 19, Heifers 57, Bulls 34)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $114.91/cwt on 55 head.

Average price

$114.91

55 head · 495 lb average

Value per head Derived

$569

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$33

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3

$9.56/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−11.86

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	508	117.56	597	18thin
Medium and Large 2	487	116.52	567	23
Small 1	451	110.00	496	6thin
Medium and Large 3	523	108.00	565	8thin

One grade step is worth $9.56/cwt here — about $33 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 sale55 hd

114.91

—

VA average8 barns · 1,068 hd

126.77

−11.86

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

38 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	—	335	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	523	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	395	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	596	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	565	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	661	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	433	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	528	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	493	129.50/cwt	129.50–129.50	638	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	713	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	720	2
Steers	Small 1	—	495	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	609	1
Steers	Small 1	—	650	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	761	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	625	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	781	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	555	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	733	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	534	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	726	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	460	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	616	1
Steers	Small 1	—	448	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	511	3
Steers	Small 1	—	550	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	666	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	542	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	585	6
Heifers	Small 1	—	645	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	664	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	562	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	686	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	630	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	693	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	440	118.50/cwt	118.50–118.50	521	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	633	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	677	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	454	118.50/cwt	118.50–118.50	538	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	376	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	451	6
Heifers	Small 1	—	375	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	420	2
Heifers	Small 1	—	437	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	485	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	541	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	628	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	465	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	502	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	644	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	760	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	504	129.50/cwt	129.50–129.50	653	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	370	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	577	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	450	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	545	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	367	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	440	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	429	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	511	4
Bulls	Small 1	—	340	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	306	1
Bulls	Small 1	—	550	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	627	1
Bulls	Small 1	—	408	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	428	2
Bulls	Small 1	—	488	104.92/cwt	100.00–110.00	512	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	420	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	588	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	557	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	713	3

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 26, 2020

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

Receipts 110Last week 128Year ago 171

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 19, Heifers 57, Bulls 34)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	335	156.00	156.00
1	—	395	151.00	151.00
1	—	565	117.00	117.00
2	—	433	122.00	122.00
2	—	493	129.50	129.50
2	—	713	101.00	101.00
5	—	644	118.00	118.00
6	—	504	129.50	129.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	370	156.00	156.00
1	—	450	121.00	121.00
3	—	420	140.00	140.00
3	—	557	128.00	128.00
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	340	90.00	90.00
1	—	550	114.00	114.00
2	—	408	105.00	105.00
2	—	488	100.00–110.00	104.92
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	495	123.00	123.00
1	—	650	117.00	117.00
3	—	448	114.00	114.00
3	—	550	121.00	121.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	625	125.00	125.00
2	—	555	132.00	132.00
7	—	534	136.00	136.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	460	134.00	134.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	542	108.00	108.00
2	—	465	108.00	108.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	645	103.00	103.00
2	—	375	112.00	112.00
3	—	437	111.00	111.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	562	122.00	122.00
5	—	630	110.00	110.00
4	—	367	120.00	120.00
4	—	429	119.00	119.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	440	118.50	118.50
3	—	633	107.00	107.00
5	—	454	118.50	118.50
6	—	376	120.00	120.00
8	—	541	116.00	116.00

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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