Sale reports / Virginia / Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. / 2020-03-04

Southside Livestock Markets, Inc.

Name: Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2020-03-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-03-04

Feeder Cattle · Blackstone, Virginia · Wed, Mar 4

● Final37 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2183

← Feb 26Mar 4Mar 11 →

Receipts

105 head

▲ 3 vs last sale 102▲ 105 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 24, Heifers 57, Bulls 24)

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $117.02/cwt on 55 head.

Average price

$117.02

55 head · 544 lb average

Value per head Derived

$636

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$260

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 1

$8.16/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−11.32

vs VA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	578	118.16	683	38
Medium and Large 2	501	115.18	577	11thin
Medium and Large 3	403	113.80	459	5thin
Small 1	385	110.00	424	1thin

One grade step is worth $8.16/cwt here — about $260 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 sale55 hd

117.02

—

VA average7 barns · 1,194 hd

128.34

−11.32

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

37 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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers13 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	395	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	557	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	400	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	480	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	430	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	559	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	445	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	654	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	547	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	738	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	560	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	700	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	625	116.02/cwt	115.00–117.00	725	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	650	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	735	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	685	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	760	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	700	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	826	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	780	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	905	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	837	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	921	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	868	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	963	2
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	337	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	394	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	380	119.50/cwt	115.00–124.00	454	2
Heifers	—	Small 1	385	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	424	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	420	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	500	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	451	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	559	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	459	122.42/cwt	119.00–123.00	562	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	465	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	512	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	520	121.63/cwt	118.00–125.00	632	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	540	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	583	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	573	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	716	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	619	117.34/cwt	109.00–120.00	726	20
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	627	97.00/cwt	97.00–97.00	608	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	731	104.51/cwt	103.00–105.00	764	4
Feeder Cattle · Bulls11 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	315	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	425	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	373	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	541	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	405	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	583	2
Bulls	—	Small 1	450	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	527	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	473	121.24/cwt	117.00–126.00	573	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	483	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	633	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	510	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	510	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	553	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	691	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	615	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	652	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	617	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	679	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	795	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	739	1

This sale against other markets

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 Mar 4, 2020

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

Receipts 105Last week 102Year ago 0

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 24, Heifers 57, Bulls 24)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	510	100.00	100.00
1	—	795	93.00	93.00
3	—	553	125.00	125.00
3	—	617	110.00	110.00
4	—	483	131.00	131.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	315	135.00	135.00
1	—	615	106.00	106.00
2	—	373	145.00	145.00
2	—	405	144.00	144.00
4	—	473	117.00–126.00	121.24

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	450	117.00	117.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	868	111.00	111.00
3	—	837	110.00	110.00
6	—	700	118.00	118.00
1	—	395	141.00	141.00
1	—	430	130.00	130.00
1	—	650	113.00	113.00
1	—	780	116.00	116.00
2	—	625	115.00–117.00	116.02
3	—	547	135.00	135.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	685	111.00	111.00
1	—	445	147.00	147.00
1	—	560	125.00	125.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	400	120.00	120.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	337	117.00	117.00
1	—	465	110.00	110.00
1	—	540	108.00	108.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	451	124.00	124.00
20	—	619	109.00–120.00	117.34
2	—	520	118.00–125.00	121.63
3	—	573	125.00	125.00
4	—	731	103.00–105.00	104.51
2	—	380	115.00–124.00	119.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	627	97.00	97.00
7	—	459	119.00–123.00	122.42
1	—	420	119.00	119.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	385	110.00	110.00

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.