Name: Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2020-09-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-09-23

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 78, Heifers 166, Bulls 77)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $115.63/cwt on 165 head.

Average price

$115.63

165 head · 598 lb average

Value per head Derived

$692

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$57

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Small 1

$13.71/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−8.43

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	526	117.11	616	41
Medium and Large 1	644	117.09	754	101
Medium and Large 3	519	107.44	558	18thin
Small 1	541	103.40	560	5thin

One grade step is worth $13.71/cwt here — about $57 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 sale165 hd

115.63

—

VA average8 barns · 1,638 hd

124.06

−8.43

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

54 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 2	—	705	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	818	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	641	118.05/cwt	110.00–123.00	757	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	565	119.49/cwt	115.00–124.00	675	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	723	112.12/cwt	105.00–114.00	811	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	775	116.91/cwt	114.00–127.00	906	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	491	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	599	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	661	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	760	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	825	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	916	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	395	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	454	1
Bulls	Small 1	—	503	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	528	4
Bulls	Small 1	—	645	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	697	2
Bulls	Small 1	—	580	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	528	1
Bulls	Small 1	—	405	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	510	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	428	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	574	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	634	119.50/cwt	119.50–119.50	758	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	491	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	648	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	573	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	705	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	345	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	511	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	650	120.50/cwt	120.50–120.50	783	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	488	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	649	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	561	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	679	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	726	108.17/cwt	104.00–109.00	785	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	825	98.50/cwt	98.50–98.50	813	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	413	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	558	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	360	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	529	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	765	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	826	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	625	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	731	1
Steers	Small 1	—	680	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	775	2
Steers	Small 1	—	775	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	853	1
Steers	Small 1	—	580	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	684	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	540	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	648	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	738	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	923	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	475	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	670	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	850	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	1,037	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	762	130.32/cwt	129.00–132.00	993	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	611	134.74/cwt	134.00–137.00	823	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	686	130.99/cwt	125.00–134.00	899	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	802	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	1,027	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	526	132.45/cwt	129.00–136.00	697	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	870	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	1,061	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	725	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	957	2
Heifers	Small 1	—	518	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	559	4
Heifers	Small 1	—	635	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	540	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	561	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	617	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	466	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	531	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	628	82.00/cwt	82.00–82.00	515	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	535	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	562	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	440	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	488	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	395	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	395	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	553	118.50/cwt	118.50–118.50	655	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	642	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	706	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	429	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	523	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	363	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	454	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	475	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	504	2

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 23, 2020

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

Receipts 321Last week 133Year ago 218

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 78, Heifers 166, Bulls 77)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	705	116.00	116.00
13	—	553	118.50	118.50
11	—	642	110.00	110.00
9	—	429	122.00	122.00
5	—	363	125.00	125.00
2	—	475	106.00	106.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
37	—	641	110.00–123.00	118.05
19	—	565	115.00–124.00	119.49
18	—	723	105.00–114.00	112.12
9	—	775	114.00–127.00	116.91
8	—	491	122.00	122.00
7	—	661	115.00	115.00
2	—	825	111.00	111.00
1	—	395	115.00	115.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	518	108.00	108.00
1	—	635	85.00	85.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	561	110.00	110.00
6	—	466	114.00	114.00
2	—	628	82.00	82.00
1	—	535	105.00	105.00
1	—	440	111.00	111.00
1	—	395	100.00	100.00
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	503	105.00	105.00
2	—	645	108.00	108.00
1	—	580	91.00	91.00
1	—	405	126.00	126.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	428	134.00	134.00
7	—	634	119.50	119.50
7	—	491	132.00	132.00
3	—	573	123.00	123.00
2	—	345	148.00	148.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	650	120.50	120.50
9	—	488	133.00	133.00
7	—	561	121.00	121.00
6	—	726	104.00–109.00	108.17
2	—	825	98.50	98.50
2	—	413	135.00	135.00
2	—	360	147.00	147.00
1	—	765	108.00	108.00
1	—	625	117.00	117.00
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	680	114.00	114.00
1	—	775	110.00	110.00
1	—	580	118.00	118.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	540	120.00	120.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	738	125.00	125.00
3	—	475	141.00	141.00
1	—	850	122.00	122.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	762	129.00–132.00	130.32
16	—	611	134.00–137.00	134.74
15	—	686	125.00–134.00	130.99
7	—	802	128.00	128.00
4	—	526	129.00–136.00	132.45
2	—	870	122.00	122.00
2	—	725	132.00	132.00

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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