Name: Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2020-10-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-10-14

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 28, Heifers 110, Bulls 78)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $115.69/cwt on 109 head.

Average price

$115.69

109 head · 517 lb average

Value per head Derived

$598

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$69

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Small 1

$17.83/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−4.87

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	472	122.08	576	42
Medium and Large 1	575	121.02	695	26
Medium and Large 3	541	106.39	576	29
Small 1	487	104.25	508	12thin

One grade step is worth $17.83/cwt here — about $69 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 sale109 hd

115.69

—

VA average11 barns · 1,916 hd

120.56

−4.87

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

56 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 2	—	565	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	723	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	347	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	510	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	468	129.03/cwt	125.00–130.00	604	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	400	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	380	1
Bulls	Small 1	—	502	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	452	3
Steers	Small 1	—	440	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	519	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	420	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	609	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	483	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	676	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	569	127.35/cwt	125.00–134.00	725	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	668	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	835	3
Bulls	Small 1	—	405	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	324	2
Heifers	Small 1	—	715	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	708	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	360	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	428	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	470	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	498	1
Heifers	Small 1	—	558	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	547	3
Bulls	Small 1	—	580	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	615	1
Bulls	Small 1	—	465	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	419	1
Bulls	Small 1	—	680	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	646	1
Heifers	Small 1	—	368	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	386	2
Steers	Small 1	—	360	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	396	1
Heifers	Small 1	—	453	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	489	6
Steers	Small 1	—	720	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	684	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	642	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	783	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	523	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	628	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	825	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	792	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	770	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	693	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	675	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	682	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	315	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	299	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	564	107.67/cwt	104.00–114.00	607	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	659	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	692	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	615	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	578	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	458	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	508	9
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	548	116.50/cwt	116.50–116.50	638	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	755	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	702	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	703	96.99/cwt	95.00–99.00	682	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	340	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	388	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	535	92.00/cwt	92.00–92.00	492	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	368	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	445	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	461	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	609	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	552	120.50/cwt	120.50–120.50	665	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	644	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	728	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	493	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	685	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	613	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	699	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	535	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	540	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	300	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	363	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	413	142.44/cwt	136.00–144.00	588	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	668	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	688	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	420	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	496	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	725	127.74/cwt	121.00–138.50	926	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	554	120.50/cwt	120.50–120.50	668	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	624	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	730	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	567	126.48/cwt	118.00–132.00	717	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	710	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	753	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	558	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	552	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	800	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	904	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	625	119.71/cwt	108.00–124.50	748	9

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 14, 2020

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

Receipts 216Last week 261Year ago 161

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 28, Heifers 110, Bulls 78)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	565	128.00	128.00
10	—	347	147.00	147.00
5	—	493	139.00	139.00
10	—	413	136.00–144.00	142.44
9	—	624	117.00	117.00
2	—	710	106.00	106.00
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	502	90.00	90.00
2	—	405	80.00	80.00
1	—	580	106.00	106.00
1	—	465	90.00	90.00
1	—	680	95.00	95.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	420	145.00	145.00
4	—	483	140.00	140.00
3	—	642	122.00	122.00
2	—	523	120.00	120.00
1	—	825	96.00	96.00
1	—	770	90.00	90.00
1	—	675	101.00	101.00
1	—	315	95.00	95.00
10	—	567	118.00–132.00	126.48
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	468	125.00–130.00	129.03
1	—	400	95.00	95.00
2	—	360	119.00	119.00
3	—	613	114.00	114.00
2	—	535	101.00	101.00
8	—	725	121.00–138.50	127.74
5	—	554	120.50	120.50
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	715	99.00	99.00
3	—	558	98.00	98.00
2	—	368	105.00	105.00
6	—	453	108.00	108.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	564	104.00–114.00	107.67
5	—	659	105.00	105.00
1	—	615	94.00	94.00
9	—	458	111.00	111.00
2	—	703	95.00–99.00	96.99
2	—	340	114.00	114.00
2	—	535	92.00	92.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	368	121.00	121.00
11	—	461	132.00	132.00
9	—	552	120.50	120.50
4	—	644	113.00	113.00
1	—	300	121.00	121.00
2	—	668	103.00	103.00
1	—	420	118.00	118.00
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	440	118.00	118.00
1	—	360	110.00	110.00
1	—	720	95.00	95.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	569	125.00–134.00	127.35
3	—	668	125.00	125.00
1	—	470	106.00	106.00
1	—	800	113.00	113.00
9	—	625	108.00–124.50	119.71
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	548	116.50	116.50
1	—	755	93.00	93.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	558	99.00	99.00

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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