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

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 49, Heifers 80, Bulls 103)

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb bulls averaged $130.84/cwt on 101 head.

Average price

$130.84

101 head · 492 lb average

Value per head Derived

$643

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$152

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Small 1

$52.29/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.36

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	441	138.61	611	38
Medium and Large 1	521	133.68	696	53
Small 1	531	86.32	459	10thin

One grade step is worth $52.29/cwt here — about $152 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 sale101 hd

130.84

—

VA average8 barns · 1,263 hd

133.20

−2.36

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

53 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	723	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	925	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	393	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	468	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	347	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	555	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	634	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	672	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	595	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	655	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	933	112.50/cwt	112.50–112.50	1,050	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	550	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	710	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	705	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	599	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	545	114.22/cwt	110.00–119.50	622	18
Heifers	Small 1	—	613	86.00/cwt	86.00–86.00	527	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	870	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	1,096	1
Bulls	Small 1	—	630	68.83/cwt	58.00–91.00	434	3
Heifers	Small 1	—	745	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	633	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	300	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	300	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	544	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	729	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	627	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	752	3
Heifers	Small 1	—	560	87.00/cwt	87.00–87.00	487	4
Bulls	Small 1	—	417	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	375	3
Bulls	Small 1	—	573	97.00/cwt	97.00–97.00	556	2
Bulls	Small 1	—	513	96.34/cwt	90.00–103.00	494	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	642	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	745	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	406	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	605	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	555	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	710	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	752	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	752	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	347	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	555	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	520	117.92/cwt	116.00–120.00	613	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	675	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	689	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	395	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	577	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	448	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	650	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	477	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	639	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	690	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	690	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	520	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	624	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	453	123.19/cwt	119.50–124.00	558	11
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	490	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	598	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	655	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	793	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	548	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	723	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	362	96.54/cwt	90.00–100.00	349	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	444	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	542	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	663	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	703	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	370	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	418	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	417	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	588	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	573	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	670	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	645	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	742	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	632	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	651	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	358	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	397	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	753	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	949	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	482	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	689	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	405	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	603	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	437	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	529	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	970	112.50/cwt	112.50–112.50	1,091	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	824	129.50/cwt	129.50–129.50	1,067	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	348	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	393	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	435	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	461	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 Nov 11, 2020

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

Receipts 232Last week 137Year ago 86

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 49, Heifers 80, Bulls 103)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	723	128.00	128.00
2	—	933	112.50	112.50
2	—	550	129.00	129.00
1	—	870	126.00	126.00
8	—	544	134.00	134.00
3	—	627	120.00	120.00
1	—	405	149.00	149.00
12	—	824	129.50	129.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	395	146.00	146.00
3	—	448	145.00	145.00
1	—	655	121.00	121.00
3	—	548	132.00	132.00
2	—	753	126.00	126.00
1	—	970	112.50	112.50
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	520	120.00	120.00
1	—	490	122.00	122.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	393	119.00	119.00
9	—	347	160.00	160.00
2	—	675	102.00	102.00
6	—	477	134.00	134.00
15	—	417	141.00	141.00
3	—	573	117.00	117.00
1	—	645	115.00	115.00
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	630	58.00–91.00	68.83
3	—	417	90.00	90.00
2	—	573	97.00	97.00
2	—	513	90.00–103.00	96.34
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	642	116.00	116.00
11	—	406	149.00	149.00
9	—	555	128.00	128.00
3	—	752	100.00	100.00
3	—	347	160.00	160.00
2	—	520	116.00–120.00	117.92
14	—	482	143.00	143.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	634	106.00	106.00
1	—	595	110.00	110.00
1	—	705	85.00	85.00
18	—	545	110.00–119.50	114.22
1	—	300	100.00	100.00
11	—	453	119.50–124.00	123.19
2	—	663	106.00	106.00
2	—	358	111.00	111.00
1	—	435	106.00	106.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	613	86.00	86.00
1	—	745	85.00	85.00
4	—	560	87.00	87.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	690	100.00	100.00
3	—	362	90.00–100.00	96.54
5	—	444	122.00	122.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	370	113.00	113.00
3	—	632	103.00	103.00
5	—	437	121.00	121.00
10	—	348	113.00	113.00

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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