Name: Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2020-10-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-10-07

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 60, Heifers 120, Bulls 81)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $111.64/cwt on 120 head.

Average price

$111.64

120 head · 584 lb average

Value per head Derived

$652

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$216

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 1

$12.38/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−9.24

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	647	114.08	738	67
Medium and Large 2	489	113.19	554	31
Medium and Large 3	537	102.33	549	12thin
Small 1	513	101.70	522	10thin

One grade step is worth $12.38/cwt here — about $216 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 sale120 hd

111.64

—

VA average9 barns · 2,244 hd

120.89

−9.24

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

52 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	—	320	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	483	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	830	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	789	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	408	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	604	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	484	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	644	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	733	108.50/cwt	108.50–108.50	795	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	546	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	666	9
Heifers	Small 1	—	550	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	550	2
Heifers	Small 1	—	469	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	492	4
Bulls	Small 1	—	640	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	512	1
Steers	Small 1	—	665	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	725	1
Bulls	Small 1	—	563	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	552	2
Heifers	Small 1	—	605	84.00/cwt	84.00–84.00	508	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	528	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	671	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	544	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	636	10
Steers	Small 1	—	765	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	819	1
Steers	Small 1	—	538	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	603	2
Heifers	Small 1	—	700	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	658	1
Bulls	Small 1	—	350	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	438	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	648	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	661	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	603	94.50/cwt	94.00–95.00	570	2
Heifers	Small 1	—	330	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	393	1
Heifers	Small 1	—	520	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	520	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	470	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	508	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	705	88.00/cwt	88.00–88.00	620	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	454	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	545	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	350	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	434	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	650	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	767	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	315	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	491	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	764	128.88/cwt	125.00–129.50	985	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	695	118.50/cwt	118.50–118.50	824	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	731	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	804	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	660	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	865	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	414	147.84/cwt	138.00–148.50	612	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	645	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	774	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	545	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	676	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	473	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	639	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	530	117.57/cwt	117.00–120.00	623	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	350	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	529	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	375	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	390	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	469	111.80/cwt	105.00–115.00	524	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	646	131.64/cwt	129.00–132.50	850	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	858	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	927	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	366	115.24/cwt	109.00–122.00	422	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	655	89.37/cwt	80.00–94.00	585	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	635	118.99/cwt	115.00–121.00	756	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	490	123.16/cwt	120.00–125.00	603	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	642	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	700	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	555	117.99/cwt	115.00–118.50	655	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	543	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	543	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	420	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	454	2
Bulls	Small 1	—	503	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	528	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	720	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	857	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 Oct 7, 2020

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

Receipts 261Last week 153Year ago 288

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 60, Heifers 120, Bulls 81)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	320	151.00	151.00
2	—	830	95.00	95.00
5	—	408	148.00	148.00
5	—	484	133.00	133.00
8	—	733	108.50	108.50
9	—	546	122.00	122.00
10	—	645	120.00	120.00
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	640	80.00	80.00
2	—	563	98.00	98.00
1	—	350	125.00	125.00
2	—	503	105.00	105.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	650	118.00	118.00
16	—	414	138.00–148.50	147.84
5	—	530	117.00–120.00	117.57
3	—	350	151.00	151.00
8	—	490	120.00–125.00	123.16
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	550	100.00	100.00
4	—	469	105.00	105.00
1	—	605	84.00	84.00
1	—	700	94.00	94.00
1	—	330	119.00	119.00
1	—	520	100.00	100.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	544	117.00	117.00
2	—	603	94.00–95.00	94.50
8	—	454	120.00	120.00
8	—	366	109.00–122.00	115.24
3	—	655	80.00–94.00	89.37
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	648	102.00	102.00
1	—	470	108.00	108.00
1	—	705	88.00	88.00
2	—	375	104.00	104.00
2	—	543	100.00	100.00
2	—	420	108.00	108.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	350	124.00	124.00
20	—	695	118.50	118.50
5	—	731	110.00	110.00
3	—	469	105.00–115.00	111.80
4	—	858	108.00	108.00
20	—	642	109.00	109.00
14	—	555	115.00–118.50	117.99
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	665	109.00	109.00
1	—	765	107.00	107.00
2	—	538	112.00	112.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	528	127.00	127.00
3	—	635	115.00–121.00	118.99
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	315	156.00	156.00
18	—	764	125.00–129.50	128.88
4	—	660	131.00	131.00
3	—	545	124.00	124.00
2	—	473	135.00	135.00
22	—	646	129.00–132.50	131.64
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	720	119.00	119.00

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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