Name: Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2020-12-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-12-16

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 8, Heifers 37, Bulls 31)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $106.49/cwt on 37 head.

Average price

$106.49

37 head · 456 lb average

Value per head Derived

$486

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$80

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Small 1

$21.62/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−9.07

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	406	111.62	453	18thin
Medium and Large 1	497	104.16	518	13thin
Medium and Large 3	484	99.25	480	4thin
Small 1	593	90.00	533	2thin

One grade step is worth $21.62/cwt here — about −$80 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 sale37 hd

106.49

—

VA average10 barns · 1,785 hd

115.56

−9.07

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

34 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	355	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	362	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	510	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	694	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	615	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	615	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	337	113.69/cwt	111.00–115.00	383	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	443	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	492	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	453	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	480	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	630	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	643	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	508	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	640	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	388	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	547	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	460	97.00/cwt	97.00–97.00	446	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	567	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	748	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	419	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	582	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	555	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	555	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	365	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	365	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	343	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	508	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	431	112.50/cwt	112.50–112.50	485	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	340	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	445	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	455	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	582	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	665	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	618	2
Heifers	Small 1	—	570	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	542	1
Heifers	Small 1	—	615	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	523	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	305	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	458	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	535	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	701	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	630	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	737	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	738	88.00/cwt	88.00–88.00	649	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	410	127.87/cwt	97.00–143.00	524	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	474	113.72/cwt	87.00–128.00	539	3
Bulls	Small 1	—	735	72.00/cwt	72.00–72.00	529	1
Bulls	Small 1	—	500	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	480	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	560	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	717	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	480	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	619	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	320	97.00/cwt	97.00–97.00	310	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	555	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	699	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	545	102.51/cwt	100.00–105.00	559	6

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 16, 2020

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

Receipts 76Last week 139Year ago 102

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 8, Heifers 37, Bulls 31)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	355	102.00	102.00
1	—	615	100.00	100.00
6	—	337	111.00–115.00	113.69
10	—	431	112.50	112.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	443	111.00	111.00
3	—	453	106.00	106.00
1	—	630	102.00	102.00
1	—	320	97.00	97.00
6	—	545	100.00–105.00	102.51
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	460	97.00	97.00
2	—	555	100.00	100.00
1	—	365	100.00	100.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	570	95.00	95.00
1	—	615	85.00	85.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	510	136.00	136.00
2	—	480	129.00	129.00
1	—	555	126.00	126.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	388	141.00	141.00
1	—	340	131.00	131.00
1	—	455	128.00	128.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	508	126.00	126.00
3	—	567	132.00	132.00
5	—	419	139.00	139.00
2	—	343	148.00	148.00
2	—	665	93.00	93.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	305	150.00	150.00
1	—	535	131.00	131.00
2	—	630	117.00	117.00
2	—	738	88.00	88.00
3	—	410	97.00–143.00	127.87
3	—	474	87.00–128.00	113.72
3	—	560	128.00	128.00
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	735	72.00	72.00
1	—	500	96.00	96.00

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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