Sale reports / Virginia / Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. / 2020-05-06

Southside Livestock Markets, Inc.

Name: Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2020-05-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-05-06

Feeder Cattle · Blackstone, Virginia · Wed, May 6

● Final35 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2183

← Apr 29May 6May 13 →

Receipts

73 head

▼ 96 vs last sale 169▲ 73 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 8, Heifers 31, Bulls 34)

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb bulls averaged $123.02/cwt on 33 head.

Average price

$123.02

33 head · 517 lb average

Value per head Derived

$636

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$61

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Small 1

$15.24/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−8.86

vs VA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	471	130.05	612	12thin
Medium and Large 1	559	119.98	671	17thin
Small 1	480	114.82	551	4thin

One grade step is worth $15.24/cwt here — about $61 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 sale33 hd

123.02

—

VA average10 barns · 775 hd

131.88

−8.86

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

Every lot

35 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 · Steers6 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	440	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	620	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	448	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	582	2
Steers	—	Small 1	565	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	667	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	588	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	759	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	600	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	744	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	620	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	738	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	370	118.52/cwt	118.00–119.00	439	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	372	121.36/cwt	119.00–122.00	451	5
Heifers	—	Small 1	439	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	487	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	442	119.50/cwt	119.50–119.50	528	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	448	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	524	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	450	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	504	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	455	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	523	1
Heifers	—	Small 1	470	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	489	1
Heifers	—	Small 1	500	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	575	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	505	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	601	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	520	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	567	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	550	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	600	1
Heifers	—	Small 1	565	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	593	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	575	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	627	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	578	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	630	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	645	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	677	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	680	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	666	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls12 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	365	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	518	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	420	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	584	4
Bulls	—	Small 1	430	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	520	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	445	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	565	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	475	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	546	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	475	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	523	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	515	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	639	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	524	123.91/cwt	122.00–126.00	649	4
Bulls	—	Small 1	530	108.63/cwt	96.00–122.00	576	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	563	118.62/cwt	111.00–122.50	668	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	630	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	750	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	665	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	732	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 May 6, 2020

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

Receipts 73Last week 169Year ago 0

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 8, Heifers 31, Bulls 34)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	445	127.00	127.00
1	—	475	110.00	110.00
4	—	515	124.00	124.00
5	—	630	119.00	119.00
6	—	563	111.00–122.50	118.62

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	475	115.00	115.00
1	—	665	110.00	110.00
2	—	365	142.00	142.00
4	—	420	139.00	139.00
4	—	524	122.00–126.00	123.91

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	430	121.00	121.00
2	—	530	96.00–122.00	108.63

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	455	115.00	115.00
1	—	520	109.00	109.00
1	—	575	109.00	109.00
1	—	680	98.00	98.00
2	—	370	118.00–119.00	118.52
2	—	448	117.00	117.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	550	109.00	109.00
1	—	645	105.00	105.00
2	—	505	119.00	119.00
3	—	442	119.50	119.50
5	—	372	119.00–122.00	121.36

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	578	109.00	109.00
3	—	450	112.00	112.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	470	104.00	104.00
1	—	500	115.00	115.00
1	—	565	105.00	105.00
3	—	439	111.00	111.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	440	141.00	141.00
1	—	600	124.00	124.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	620	119.00	119.00
2	—	448	130.00	130.00
2	—	588	129.00	129.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	565	118.00	118.00

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.