Name: Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2020-12-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-12-09

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 16, Heifers 70, Bulls 53)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $109.81/cwt on 70 head.

Average price

$109.81

70 head · 521 lb average

Value per head Derived

$572

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$17

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Small 1

$21.07/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−9.35

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	487	116.73	569	12thin
Medium and Large 1	530	109.48	580	44
Medium and Large 3	508	107.45	546	11thin
Small 1	577	95.67	552	3thin

One grade step is worth $21.07/cwt here — about $17 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 sale70 hd

109.81

—

VA average9 barns · 1,858 hd

119.17

−9.35

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

38 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	—	513	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	667	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	353	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	586	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	555	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	683	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	732	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	769	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	474	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	664	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	668	110.51/cwt	108.00–111.00	738	6
Steers	Small 1	—	510	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	643	1
Bulls	Small 1	—	860	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	645	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	373	110.55/cwt	109.00–112.00	412	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	547	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	760	3
Heifers	Small 1	—	530	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	530	2
Heifers	Small 1	—	670	87.00/cwt	87.00–87.00	583	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	635	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	705	1
Bulls	Small 1	—	525	101.44/cwt	95.00–108.00	533	2
Steers	Small 1	—	750	84.00/cwt	84.00–84.00	630	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	480	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	667	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	426	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	635	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	463	106.79/cwt	105.00–107.00	494	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	535	116.50/cwt	116.50–116.50	623	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	463	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	653	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	350	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	504	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	410	135.73/cwt	134.00–140.00	556	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	632	97.00/cwt	97.00–97.00	613	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	558	109.67/cwt	105.00–110.00	612	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	353	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	586	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	454	122.48/cwt	118.00–123.00	556	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	755	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	846	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	625	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	644	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	640	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	595	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	665	83.00/cwt	83.00–83.00	552	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	463	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	542	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	538	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	662	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	527	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	601	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	340	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	337	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	625	88.00/cwt	88.00–88.00	550	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	720	92.00/cwt	92.00–92.00	662	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	503	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	644	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	568	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	682	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 Dec 9, 2020

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

Receipts 139Last week 167Year ago 113

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 16, Heifers 70, Bulls 53)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	513	130.00	130.00
3	—	353	166.00	166.00
3	—	555	123.00	123.00
3	—	732	105.00	105.00
5	—	474	140.00	140.00
6	—	668	108.00–111.00	110.51
10	—	426	149.00	149.00
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	860	75.00	75.00
2	—	525	95.00–108.00	101.44
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	635	111.00	111.00
4	—	410	134.00–140.00	135.73
4	—	353	166.00	166.00
4	—	503	128.00	128.00
3	—	568	120.00	120.00
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	510	126.00	126.00
1	—	750	84.00	84.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	547	139.00	139.00
2	—	463	141.00	141.00
1	—	350	144.00	144.00
2	—	755	112.00	112.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	480	139.00	139.00
1	—	625	103.00	103.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	538	123.00	123.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	373	109.00–112.00	110.55
10	—	463	105.00–107.00	106.79
12	—	535	116.50	116.50
5	—	632	97.00	97.00
15	—	558	105.00–110.00	109.67
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	530	100.00	100.00
1	—	670	87.00	87.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	454	118.00–123.00	122.48
1	—	640	93.00	93.00
1	—	665	83.00	83.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	463	117.00	117.00
5	—	527	114.00	114.00
2	—	340	99.00	99.00
1	—	625	88.00	88.00
1	—	720	92.00	92.00

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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