Name: Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2020-12-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-12-02

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 40, Heifers 68, Bulls 59)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $113.92/cwt on 60 head.

Average price

$113.92

60 head · 547 lb average

Value per head Derived

$623

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$125

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 1

$34.10/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−4.39

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	115.10	654	38
Medium and Large 2	496	114.98	570	20
Small 1	653	81.00	529	2thin

One grade step is worth $34.10/cwt here — about $125 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 sale60 hd

113.92

—

VA average7 barns · 1,420 hd

118.31

−4.39

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

41 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	—	569	112.98/cwt	87.00–127.00	643	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	492	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	679	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	646	116.50/cwt	116.50–116.50	753	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	685	108.97/cwt	105.00–113.00	746	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	570	112.01/cwt	107.00–113.00	638	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	468	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	697	2
Bulls	Small 1	—	633	87.00/cwt	87.00–87.00	551	3
Steers	Small 1	—	525	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	599	1
Heifers	Small 1	—	653	81.00/cwt	81.00–81.00	529	2
Bulls	Small 1	—	570	92.00/cwt	92.00–92.00	524	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	648	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	726	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	515	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	628	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	523	127.52/cwt	126.00–129.00	667	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	531	120.16/cwt	118.00–124.00	638	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	702	112.50/cwt	112.50–112.50	790	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	643	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	675	2
Bulls	Small 1	—	520	82.00/cwt	82.00–82.00	426	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	662	108.12/cwt	105.00–115.00	716	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	725	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	761	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	775	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	767	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	490	122.29/cwt	94.00–136.00	599	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	655	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	773	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	560	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	666	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	665	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	738	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	485	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	626	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	735	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	875	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	346	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	554	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	463	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	690	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	745	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	738	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	631	116.50/cwt	116.50–116.50	735	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	588	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	729	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	456	122.31/cwt	119.00–124.00	558	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	430	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	589	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	637	104.73/cwt	94.00–113.00	667	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	445	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	543	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	363	119.95/cwt	115.00–121.00	435	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	545	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	616	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	566	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	679	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	554	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	720	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	404	129.27/cwt	90.00–149.00	522	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	340	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	547	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 Dec 2, 2020

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

Receipts 167Last week 83Year ago 232

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 40, Heifers 68, Bulls 59)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	569	87.00–127.00	112.98
7	—	492	138.00	138.00
7	—	646	116.50	116.50
2	—	685	105.00–113.00	108.97
1	—	515	122.00	122.00
1	—	725	105.00	105.00
1	—	775	99.00	99.00
2	—	340	161.00	161.00
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	633	87.00	87.00
1	—	570	92.00	92.00
1	—	520	82.00	82.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	490	94.00–136.00	122.29
4	—	346	160.00	160.00
1	—	745	99.00	99.00
6	—	631	116.50	116.50
6	—	566	120.00	120.00
3	—	404	90.00–149.00	129.27
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	570	107.00–113.00	112.01
16	—	531	118.00–124.00	120.16
2	—	643	105.00	105.00
10	—	662	105.00–115.00	108.12
4	—	445	122.00	122.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	653	81.00	81.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	456	119.00–124.00	122.31
7	—	637	94.00–113.00	104.73
6	—	363	115.00–121.00	119.95
1	—	545	113.00	113.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	468	149.00	149.00
3	—	648	112.00	112.00
2	—	523	126.00–129.00	127.52
3	—	702	112.50	112.50
1	—	430	137.00	137.00
5	—	554	130.00	130.00
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	525	114.00	114.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	655	118.00	118.00
11	—	735	119.00	119.00
3	—	463	149.00	149.00
2	—	588	124.00	124.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	560	119.00	119.00
1	—	665	111.00	111.00
1	—	485	129.00	129.00

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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