Name: Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2020-09-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-09-02

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 39, Heifers 55, Bulls 23)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $114.23/cwt on 55 head.

Average price

$114.23

55 head · 555 lb average

Value per head Derived

$634

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$101

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Small 1

$18.01/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−12.84

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	532	118.44	630	25
Medium and Large 1	612	115.08	704	18thin
Medium and Large 3	507	109.40	554	5thin
Small 1	527	100.43	529	7thin

One grade step is worth $18.01/cwt here — about $101 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

114.23

—

VA average7 barns · 1,152 hd

127.06

−12.84

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

37 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	—	495	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	644	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	558	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	711	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	631	119.25/cwt	119.25–119.25	752	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	705	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	663	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	353	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	565	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	403	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	584	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	562	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	736	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	495	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	644	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	620	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	694	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	611	128.59/cwt	128.00–129.00	786	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	656	130.71/cwt	130.00–131.00	857	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	713	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	906	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	744	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	923	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	679	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	754	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	551	118.50/cwt	118.50–118.50	653	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	634	111.88/cwt	107.50–114.50	709	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	465	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	572	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	754	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	920	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	460	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	589	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	305	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	363	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	705	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	670	1
Heifers	Small 1	—	535	86.00/cwt	86.00–86.00	460	1
Heifers	Small 1	—	610	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	641	1
Heifers	Small 1	—	578	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	595	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	626	112.63/cwt	112.50–113.00	705	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	368	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	456	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	508	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	564	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	488	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	605	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	785	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	848	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	549	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	653	4
Heifers	Small 1	—	462	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	471	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	470	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	602	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	555	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	633	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	640	116.50/cwt	116.50–116.50	746	2
Bulls	Small 1	—	385	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	462	1
Bulls	Small 1	—	508	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	554	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	375	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	473	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 Sep 2, 2020

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

Receipts 117Last week 110Year ago 100

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 39, Heifers 55, Bulls 23)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	495	130.00	130.00
4	—	558	127.50	127.50
4	—	631	119.25	119.25
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	705	94.00	94.00
2	—	353	160.00	160.00
2	—	403	145.00	145.00
2	—	470	128.00	128.00
2	—	555	114.00	114.00
2	—	640	116.50	116.50
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	385	120.00	120.00
2	—	508	109.00	109.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	562	131.00	131.00
1	—	495	130.00	130.00
5	—	611	128.00–129.00	128.59
7	—	656	130.00–131.00	130.71
7	—	713	127.00	127.00
7	—	754	122.00	122.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	620	112.00	112.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	744	124.00	124.00
2	—	460	128.00	128.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	679	111.00	111.00
4	—	626	112.50–113.00	112.63
2	—	488	124.00	124.00
2	—	785	108.00	108.00
4	—	549	119.00	119.00
1	—	375	126.00	126.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	551	118.50	118.50
8	—	634	107.50–114.50	111.88
9	—	465	123.00	123.00
2	—	368	124.00	124.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	305	119.00	119.00
1	—	705	95.00	95.00
3	—	508	111.00	111.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	535	86.00	86.00
1	—	610	105.00	105.00
2	—	578	103.00	103.00
3	—	462	102.00	102.00

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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