Name: Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2020-09-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-09-16

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 41, Heifers 61, Bulls 31)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $116.57/cwt on 61 head.

Average price

$116.57

61 head · 551 lb average

Value per head Derived

$643

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$81

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 1

$11.96/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−9.79

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	547	119.36	652	14thin
Medium and Large 2	581	117.53	683	32
Medium and Large 3	474	114.20	541	10thin
Small 1	532	107.40	571	5thin

One grade step is worth $11.96/cwt here — about $81 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 sale61 hd

116.57

—

VA average10 barns · 2,386 hd

126.36

−9.79

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

45 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	—	395	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	533	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	490	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	588	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	510	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	551	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	735	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	786	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	415	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	585	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	567	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	709	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	465	97.00/cwt	97.00–97.00	451	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	709	118.99/cwt	114.00–124.00	844	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	569	127.10/cwt	127.00–128.00	723	10
Steers	Small 1	—	730	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	796	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	480	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	730	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	508	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	676	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	689	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	868	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	609	127.99/cwt	121.00–130.50	779	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	470	139.58/cwt	136.00–146.00	656	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	545	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	550	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	610	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	695	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	460	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	561	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	587	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	699	8
Heifers	Small 1	—	540	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	589	1
Heifers	Small 1	—	585	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	608	1
Heifers	Small 1	—	385	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	477	1
Heifers	Small 1	—	485	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	553	1
Heifers	Small 1	—	665	86.00/cwt	86.00–86.00	572	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	541	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	633	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	725	116.51/cwt	110.00–118.00	845	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	458	120.82/cwt	108.00–123.50	553	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	390	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	484	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	578	106.94/cwt	104.00–110.00	618	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	760	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	866	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	625	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	631	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	370	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	459	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	435	122.50/cwt	115.00–125.00	533	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	633	111.50/cwt	111.50–111.50	706	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	480	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	629	3
Bulls	Small 1	—	570	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	673	1
Bulls	Small 1	—	427	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	453	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	622	116.18/cwt	106.00–121.00	723	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	505	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	591	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	355	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	391	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	525	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	620	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	425	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	595	4
Bulls	Small 1	—	350	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	354	1
Bulls	Small 1	—	480	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	475	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	735	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	786	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 16, 2020

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

Receipts 133Last week 51Year ago 130

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 41, Heifers 61, Bulls 31)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	395	135.00	135.00
1	—	490	120.00	120.00
1	—	510	108.00	108.00
1	—	735	107.00	107.00
2	—	415	141.00	141.00
3	—	567	125.00	125.00
3	—	622	106.00–121.00	116.18
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	633	111.50	111.50
3	—	480	131.00	131.00
1	—	355	110.00	110.00
1	—	525	118.00	118.00
4	—	425	140.00	140.00
1	—	735	107.00	107.00
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	570	118.00	118.00
3	—	427	106.00	106.00
1	—	350	101.00	101.00
1	—	480	99.00	99.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	465	97.00	97.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	709	114.00–124.00	118.99
10	—	569	127.00–128.00	127.10
2	—	480	152.00	152.00
2	—	508	133.00	133.00
4	—	689	126.00	126.00
10	—	609	121.00–130.50	127.99
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	730	109.00	109.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	470	136.00–146.00	139.58
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	545	101.00	101.00
1	—	625	101.00	101.00
2	—	370	124.00	124.00
4	—	435	115.00–125.00	122.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	610	114.00	114.00
4	—	460	122.00	122.00
8	—	587	119.00	119.00
1	—	505	117.00	117.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	540	109.00	109.00
1	—	585	104.00	104.00
1	—	385	124.00	124.00
1	—	485	114.00	114.00
1	—	665	86.00	86.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	541	117.00	117.00
8	—	725	110.00–118.00	116.51
12	—	458	108.00–123.50	120.82
1	—	390	124.00	124.00
2	—	578	104.00–110.00	106.94
4	—	760	114.00	114.00

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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