Name: Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2020-11-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-11-18

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 13, Heifers 42, Bulls 28)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $109.10/cwt on 42 head.

Average price

$109.10

42 head · 498 lb average

Value per head Derived

$543

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$106

per head · Medium and Large 3 over Small 1

$31.77/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−9.64

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 3	474	116.27	551	11thin
Medium and Large 1	543	114.07	619	14thin
Medium and Large 2	449	109.02	489	11thin
Small 1	527	84.50	445	6thin

One grade step is worth $31.77/cwt here — about $106 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 sale42 hd

109.10

—

VA average11 barns · 1,933 hd

118.74

−9.64

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

40 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	—	300	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	459	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	440	89.00/cwt	89.00–89.00	392	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	540	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	583	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	555	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	666	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	640	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	646	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	730	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	767	2
Heifers	Small 1	—	465	84.00/cwt	84.00–84.00	391	2
Bulls	Small 1	—	538	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	565	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	468	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	557	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	494	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	657	5
Heifers	Small 1	—	525	92.00/cwt	92.00–92.00	483	3
Heifers	Small 1	—	655	63.00/cwt	63.00–63.00	413	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	515	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	659	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	710	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	710	1
Bulls	Small 1	—	430	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	421	3
Bulls	Small 1	—	670	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	503	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	610	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	750	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	755	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	876	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	640	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	544	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	465	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	628	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	655	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	806	3
Steers	Small 1	—	530	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	631	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	528	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	634	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	645	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	658	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	350	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	382	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	437	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	524	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	415	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	560	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	560	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	638	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	440	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	528	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	550	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	627	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	365	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	493	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	523	99.09/cwt	90.00–109.00	518	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	555	126.52/cwt	124.00–129.00	702	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	585	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	749	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	345	86.00/cwt	86.00–86.00	297	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	353	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	406	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	340	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	428	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	358	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	558	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	535	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	610	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	475	131.03/cwt	129.00–132.00	622	3

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 18, 2020

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

Receipts 83Last week 232Year ago 232

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 13, Heifers 42, Bulls 28)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	300	153.00	153.00
1	—	440	89.00	89.00
1	—	540	108.00	108.00
2	—	555	120.00	120.00
2	—	640	101.00	101.00
2	—	730	105.00	105.00
5	—	494	133.00	133.00
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	538	105.00	105.00
3	—	430	98.00	98.00
1	—	670	75.00	75.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	415	135.00	135.00
1	—	550	114.00	114.00
2	—	358	156.00	156.00
3	—	475	129.00–132.00	131.03
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	465	84.00	84.00
3	—	525	92.00	92.00
1	—	655	63.00	63.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	468	119.00	119.00
1	—	710	100.00	100.00
2	—	528	120.00	120.00
2	—	645	102.00	102.00
5	—	560	114.00	114.00
1	—	340	126.00	126.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	640	85.00	85.00
5	—	440	120.00	120.00
2	—	523	90.00–109.00	99.09
1	—	345	86.00	86.00
2	—	353	115.00	115.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	350	109.00	109.00
5	—	437	120.00	120.00
5	—	535	114.00	114.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	515	128.00	128.00
1	—	610	123.00	123.00
1	—	755	116.00	116.00
3	—	655	123.00	123.00
1	—	585	128.00	128.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	465	135.00	135.00
2	—	555	124.00–129.00	126.52
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	530	119.00	119.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	365	135.00	135.00

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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