Sale reports / Virginia / Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. / 2020-03-18

Southside Livestock Markets, Inc.

Name: Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2020-03-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-03-18

Feeder Cattle · Blackstone, Virginia · Wed, Mar 18

● Final21 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2183

← Mar 11Mar 18Mar 25 →

Receipts

40 head

▼ 148 vs last sale 188▲ 40 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 7, Heifers 19, Bulls 14)

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 $103.68/cwt on 19 head.

Average price

$103.68

19 head · 470 lb average

Value per head Derived

$487

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$43

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 1

$8.02/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−11.07

vs VA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	470	106.27	499	11thin
Medium and Large 3	388	102.00	396	4thin
Medium and Large 1	553	98.25	543	4thin

One grade step is worth $8.02/cwt here — about −$43 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 sale19 hd

103.68

—

VA average9 barns · 1,184 hd

114.76

−11.07

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

Every lot

21 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 · Steers5 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	310	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	403	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	400	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	512	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	415	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	535	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	535	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	663	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	618	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	754	2
Feeder Cattle · Heifers8 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	323	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	388	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	343	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	367	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	433	97.00/cwt	97.00–97.00	420	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	438	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	469	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	505	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	530	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	595	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	536	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	605	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	563	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	641	92.00/cwt	92.00–92.00	590	4
Feeder Cattle · Bulls8 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	339	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	475	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	383	127.20/cwt	121.00–132.00	487	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	440	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	550	1
Bulls	—	Small 1	440	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	396	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	485	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	534	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	500	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	550	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	520	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	577	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	600	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	600	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 18, 2020

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

Receipts 40Last week 188Year ago 0

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 7, Heifers 19, Bulls 14)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	440	125.00	125.00
1	—	500	110.00	110.00
4	—	339	140.00	140.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	485	110.00	110.00
1	—	520	111.00	111.00
1	—	600	100.00	100.00
4	—	383	121.00–132.00	127.20

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	440	90.00	90.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	415	129.00	129.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	310	130.00	130.00
1	—	400	128.00	128.00
2	—	535	124.00	124.00
2	—	618	122.00	122.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	433	97.00	97.00
2	—	343	107.00	107.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	595	90.00	90.00
1	—	605	93.00	93.00
2	—	505	105.00	105.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	323	120.00	120.00
4	—	641	92.00	92.00
3	—	438	107.00	107.00

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.