Sale reports / Virginia / Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. / 2019-09-04

Southside Livestock Markets, Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Blackstone, Virginia · Wed, Sep 4
● Final32 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2183
Receipts
100 head
▼ 71 vs last sale 171▲ 100 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 25, Heifers 42, Bulls 33)

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $104.07/cwt on 41 head.
Average price
$104.07
41 head · 519 lb average
Value per head Derived
$540
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$253
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$13.25/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−7.85
vs VA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1547108.5859412thin
Medium and Large 2546104.0056823
Medium and Large 335895.333416thin
One grade step is worth $13.25/cwt here — about $253 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 sale41 hd
104.07
—
VA average6 barns · 895 hd
111.92
−7.85
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

32 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.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers8 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1470134.00/cwt134.00–134.006302
Steers—Medium and Large 2473128.00/cwt128.00–128.006053
Steers—Medium and Large 2515115.00/cwt115.00–115.005922
Steers—Medium and Large 1562129.00/cwt129.00–129.007253
Steers—Medium and Large 1644114.66/cwt106.00–119.007386
Steers—Medium and Large 2695114.00/cwt114.00–114.007921
Steers—Medium and Large 1735113.50/cwt113.50–113.508347
Steers—Medium and Large 2785111.00/cwt111.00–111.008711
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2315114.00/cwt114.00–114.003592
Heifers—Medium and Large 3335103.00/cwt103.00–103.003452
Heifers—Medium and Large 335892.00/cwt92.00–92.003293
Heifers—Medium and Large 340590.00/cwt90.00–90.003651
Heifers—Medium and Large 2431109.00/cwt109.00–109.004707
Heifers—Medium and Large 1458114.00/cwt114.00–114.005225
Heifers—Medium and Large 1542110.00/cwt110.00–110.005964
Heifers—Medium and Large 2553106.00/cwt106.00–106.005864
Heifers—Medium and Large 2610101.00/cwt101.00–101.006161
Heifers—Medium and Large 1625101.00/cwt101.00–101.006311
Heifers—Medium and Large 2653101.00/cwt101.00–101.006606
Heifers—Medium and Large 1700102.00/cwt102.00–102.007141
Heifers—Medium and Large 272290.00/cwt90.00–90.006503
Heifers—Medium and Large 178590.00/cwt90.00–90.007071
Feeder Cattle · Bulls10 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2338139.00/cwt139.00–139.004703
Bulls—Medium and Large 1346143.00/cwt143.00–143.004954
Bulls—Medium and Large 2421121.19/cwt110.00–129.005105
Bulls—Medium and Large 1439122.00/cwt122.00–122.005366
Bulls—Medium and Large 145590.00/cwt90.00–90.004101
Bulls—Medium and Large 2487110.00/cwt110.00–110.005363
Bulls—Medium and Large 1503110.00/cwt110.00–110.005534
Bulls—Medium and Large 1558113.00/cwt113.00–113.006313
Bulls—Small 156082.00/cwt82.00–82.004591
Bulls—Medium and Large 2572104.88/cwt95.00–110.006003

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.