Name: Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2020-11-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-11-04

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 28, Heifers 60, Bulls 49)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $113.25/cwt on 59 head.

Average price

$113.25

59 head · 545 lb average

Value per head Derived

$617

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$128

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 1

$16.89/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.58

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	568	114.89	652	32
Medium and Large 2	542	114.39	620	18thin
Medium and Large 3	460	106.00	487	8thin
Small 1	535	98.00	524	1thin

One grade step is worth $16.89/cwt here — about $128 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 sale59 hd

113.25

—

VA average8 barns · 1,123 hd

116.83

−3.58

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

42 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	—	580	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	684	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	650	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	728	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	760	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	836	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	805	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	684	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	413	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	615	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	631	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	789	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	685	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	822	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	428	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	535	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	718	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	754	3
Heifers	Small 1	—	535	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	524	1
Steers	Small 1	—	750	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	750	1
Bulls	Small 1	—	515	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	546	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	560	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	610	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	605	110.50/cwt	110.50–110.50	669	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	363	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	428	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	578	131.50/cwt	131.50–131.50	760	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	738	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	886	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	640	123.19/cwt	121.00–126.00	788	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	830	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	706	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	569	115.93/cwt	114.00–120.00	660	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	657	74.00/cwt	74.00–74.00	486	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	538	118.86/cwt	118.50–119.00	639	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	654	109.84/cwt	104.00–110.50	718	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	485	136.80/cwt	136.00–138.00	663	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	495	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	663	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	643	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	784	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	349	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	506	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	458	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	559	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	410	147.50/cwt	147.50–147.50	605	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	482	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	656	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	718	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	682	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	640	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	710	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	430	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	486	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	748	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	785	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	552	126.50/cwt	126.50–126.50	698	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	395	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	577	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	382	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	401	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	525	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	551	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	578	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	636	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	470	122.50/cwt	122.50–122.50	576	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	505	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	566	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	388	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	462	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 Nov 4, 2020

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

Receipts 137Last week 217Year ago 200

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 28, Heifers 60, Bulls 49)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	580	118.00	118.00
1	—	650	112.00	112.00
1	—	760	110.00	110.00
1	—	805	85.00	85.00
3	—	413	149.00	149.00
4	—	631	125.00	125.00
5	—	485	136.00–138.00	136.80
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	515	106.00	106.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	830	85.00	85.00
3	—	569	114.00–120.00	115.93
3	—	657	74.00	74.00
6	—	349	145.00	145.00
8	—	410	147.50	147.50
8	—	482	136.00	136.00
3	—	748	105.00	105.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	685	120.00	120.00
2	—	578	131.50	131.50
2	—	738	120.00	120.00
9	—	640	121.00–126.00	123.19
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	750	100.00	100.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	495	134.00	134.00
3	—	643	122.00	122.00
5	—	552	126.50	126.50
1	—	395	146.00	146.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	578	110.00	110.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	428	125.00	125.00
3	—	718	105.00	105.00
1	—	560	109.00	109.00
1	—	605	110.50	110.50
2	—	363	118.00	118.00
10	—	538	118.50–119.00	118.86
10	—	654	104.00–110.50	109.84
2	—	458	122.00	122.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	535	98.00	98.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	718	95.00	95.00
4	—	640	111.00	111.00
8	—	470	122.50	122.50
1	—	505	112.00	112.00
2	—	388	119.00	119.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	430	113.00	113.00
3	—	382	105.00	105.00
4	—	525	105.00	105.00

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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