Name: Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2020-09-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-09-30

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 27, Heifers 94, Bulls 32)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $116.08/cwt on 94 head.

Average price

$116.08

94 head · 492 lb average

Value per head Derived

$571

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$77

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 1

$10.14/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−4.06

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	518	119.72	620	27
Medium and Large 2	474	117.65	557	40
Medium and Large 3	489	110.53	540	15thin
Small 1	496	109.58	543	12thin

One grade step is worth $10.14/cwt here — about $77 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 sale94 hd

116.08

—

VA average8 barns · 1,387 hd

120.14

−4.06

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

46 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 1	—	363	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	457	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	483	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	594	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	415	148.52/cwt	147.00–150.00	616	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	485	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	679	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	643	116.50/cwt	116.50–116.50	749	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	560	130.12/cwt	123.00–132.00	729	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	345	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	397	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	535	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	642	1
Heifers	Small 1	—	540	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	578	5
Steers	Small 1	—	640	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	730	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	468	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	524	4
Bulls	Small 1	—	625	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	663	1
Heifers	Small 1	—	425	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	438	1
Steers	Small 1	—	495	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	574	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	380	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	445	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	455	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	601	1
Heifers	Small 1	—	373	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	444	3
Heifers	Small 1	—	465	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	484	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	344	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	444	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	390	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	566	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	565	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	701	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	549	106.50/cwt	106.50–106.50	585	4
Bulls	Small 1	—	555	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	622	2
Heifers	Small 1	—	620	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	670	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	625	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	675	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	445	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	690	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	673	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	720	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	461	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	493	9
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	643	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	739	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	421	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	526	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	642	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	693	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	406	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	625	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	560	119.50/cwt	119.50–119.50	669	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	487	132.42/cwt	126.00–134.00	645	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	627	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	677	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	373	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	582	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	730	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	788	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	465	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	693	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	540	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	637	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	613	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	699	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	558	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	720	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	634	120.51/cwt	117.00–124.00	764	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	516	134.50/cwt	134.50–134.50	694	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	449	123.50/cwt	123.50–123.50	555	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	712	125.34/cwt	124.00–126.00	892	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	543	119.50/cwt	119.50–119.50	649	6

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 30, 2020

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

Receipts 153Last week 321Year ago 176

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 27, Heifers 94, Bulls 32)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	363	126.00	126.00
4	—	483	123.00	123.00
2	—	673	107.00	107.00
1	—	560	119.50	119.50
1	—	730	108.00	108.00
3	—	613	114.00	114.00
8	—	449	123.50	123.50
6	—	543	119.50	119.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	345	115.00	115.00
4	—	468	112.00	112.00
4	—	549	106.50	106.50
3	—	627	108.00	108.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	540	107.00	107.00
1	—	425	103.00	103.00
3	—	373	119.00	119.00
1	—	465	104.00	104.00
2	—	620	108.00	108.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	380	117.00	117.00
8	—	344	129.00	129.00
3	—	625	108.00	108.00
9	—	461	107.00	107.00
4	—	421	125.00	125.00
15	—	540	118.00	118.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	415	147.00–150.00	148.52
2	—	485	140.00	140.00
2	—	643	116.50	116.50
5	—	560	123.00–132.00	130.12
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	625	106.00	106.00
2	—	555	112.00	112.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	565	124.00	124.00
3	—	642	108.00	108.00
4	—	406	154.00	154.00
5	—	487	126.00–134.00	132.42
2	—	373	156.00	156.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	535	120.00	120.00
1	—	455	132.00	132.00
2	—	643	115.00	115.00
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	640	114.00	114.00
1	—	495	116.00	116.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	390	145.00	145.00
2	—	445	155.00	155.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	465	149.00	149.00
2	—	558	129.00	129.00
4	—	634	117.00–124.00	120.51
7	—	516	134.50	134.50
3	—	712	124.00–126.00	125.34

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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