Name: Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2020-10-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-10-21

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 52, Heifers 98, Bulls 104)

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb bulls averaged $124.48/cwt on 99 head.

Average price

$124.48

99 head · 529 lb average

Value per head Derived

$658

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$141

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Small 1

$41.66/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−5.32

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	477	129.33	616	43
Medium and Large 1	572	124.73	713	50
Small 1	543	87.67	476	6thin

One grade step is worth $41.66/cwt here — about $141 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 sale99 hd

124.48

—

VA average8 barns · 1,261 hd

129.80

−5.32

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
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	415	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	589	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	342	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	465	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	732	97.83/cwt	97.00–103.00	716	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	540	123.93/cwt	121.00–128.50	669	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	711	124.95/cwt	121.00–127.00	888	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	528	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	628	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	690	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	656	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	355	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	373	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	560	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	745	16
Heifers	Small 1	—	390	74.00/cwt	74.00–74.00	289	1
Heifers	Small 1	—	345	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	276	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	725	95.65/cwt	85.00–100.00	693	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	787	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	968	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	472	129.05/cwt	126.00–135.00	609	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	580	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	696	1
Bulls	Small 1	—	710	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	639	1
Bulls	Small 1	—	505	74.00/cwt	74.00–74.00	374	1
Bulls	Small 1	—	440	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	308	1
Bulls	Small 1	—	320	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	352	1
Bulls	Small 1	—	640	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	582	2
Heifers	Small 1	—	403	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	431	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	508	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	681	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	632	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	727	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	416	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	616	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	860	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	783	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	370	128.18/cwt	120.00–142.00	474	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	483	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	604	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	654	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	700	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	715	89.00/cwt	89.00–89.00	636	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	428	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	539	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	600	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	642	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	530	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	610	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	465	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	512	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	725	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	790	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	500	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	640	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	445	102.50/cwt	102.50–102.50	456	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	385	97.50/cwt	90.00–105.00	375	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	530	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	477	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	635	78.00/cwt	78.00–78.00	495	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	635	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	749	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	468	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	608	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	475	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	494	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	325	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	260	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	363	120.76/cwt	96.00–130.00	438	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	446	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	508	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	567	113.15/cwt	108.00–114.00	642	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	438	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	561	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	360	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	464	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	457	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	622	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	542	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	580	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	556	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	639	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	682	120.83/cwt	114.00–123.00	824	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	642	100.01/cwt	96.00–104.00	642	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	785	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	746	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 21, 2020

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

Receipts 254Last week 216Year ago 229

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 52, Heifers 98, Bulls 104)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	415	142.00	142.00
9	—	342	136.00	136.00
7	—	635	118.00	118.00
5	—	468	130.00	130.00
8	—	556	115.00	115.00
1	—	785	95.00	95.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	732	97.00–103.00	97.83
16	—	560	133.00	133.00
7	—	508	134.00	134.00
6	—	632	115.00	115.00
6	—	416	148.00	148.00
3	—	860	91.00	91.00
3	—	370	120.00–142.00	128.18
2	—	483	125.00	125.00
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	710	90.00	90.00
1	—	505	74.00	74.00
1	—	440	70.00	70.00
1	—	320	110.00	110.00
2	—	640	91.00	91.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	540	121.00–128.50	123.93
9	—	711	121.00–127.00	124.95
6	—	787	123.00	123.00
3	—	472	126.00–135.00	129.05
1	—	580	120.00	120.00
8	—	682	114.00–123.00	120.83
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	428	126.00	126.00
1	—	600	107.00	107.00
1	—	530	115.00	115.00
1	—	465	110.00	110.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	725	109.00	109.00
1	—	500	128.00	128.00
1	—	360	129.00	129.00
3	—	457	136.00	136.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	528	119.00	119.00
3	—	690	95.00	95.00
1	—	355	105.00	105.00
9	—	725	85.00–100.00	95.65
7	—	567	108.00–114.00	113.15
5	—	438	128.00	128.00
12	—	642	96.00–104.00	100.01
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	390	74.00	74.00
1	—	345	80.00	80.00
2	—	403	107.00	107.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	654	107.00	107.00
3	—	715	89.00	89.00
1	—	475	104.00	104.00
1	—	325	80.00	80.00
11	—	363	96.00–130.00	120.76
8	—	446	114.00	114.00
7	—	542	107.00	107.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	445	102.50	102.50
4	—	385	90.00–105.00	97.50
2	—	530	90.00	90.00
1	—	635	78.00	78.00

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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