Sale reports / Virginia / Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. / 2019-09-18

Southside Livestock Markets, Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Blackstone, Virginia · Wed, Sep 18
● Final41 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2183
Receipts
130 head
▼ 238 vs last sale 368▲ 130 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 29, Heifers 60, Bulls 41)

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $104.01/cwt on 60 head.
Average price
$104.01
60 head · 530 lb average
Value per head Derived
$552
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$158
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 1
$22.70/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−8.47
vs VA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1534109.3758419thin
Medium and Large 2539105.7857029
Medium and Large 350992.784729thin
Small 149286.674263thin
One grade step is worth $22.70/cwt here — about $158 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 sale60 hd
104.01
—
VA average10 barns · 1,868 hd
112.47
−8.47
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

41 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 · Steers9 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2370129.00/cwt129.00–129.004771
Steers—Medium and Large 2443133.00/cwt133.00–133.005892
Steers—Medium and Large 1467135.00/cwt135.00–135.006303
Steers—Medium and Large 2528121.00/cwt121.00–121.006393
Steers—Medium and Large 1569126.50/cwt126.50–126.5072010
Steers—Medium and Large 2610122.00/cwt122.00–122.007441
Steers—Medium and Large 1628125.00/cwt125.00–125.007853
Steers—Small 164888.00/cwt88.00–88.005702
Steers—Medium and Large 1738113.00/cwt113.00–113.008344
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 3365108.00/cwt108.00–108.003942
Heifers—Medium and Large 2373110.00/cwt110.00–110.004102
Heifers—Medium and Large 1375114.00/cwt114.00–114.004281
Heifers—Small 142090.00/cwt90.00–90.003781
Heifers—Medium and Large 343390.00/cwt90.00–90.003902
Heifers—Medium and Large 1445115.50/cwt115.50–115.505144
Heifers—Medium and Large 2451114.50/cwt114.50–114.505167
Heifers—Small 152885.00/cwt85.00–85.004492
Heifers—Medium and Large 353291.00/cwt91.00–91.004843
Heifers—Medium and Large 2546104.25/cwt104.25–104.2556912
Heifers—Medium and Large 1549110.00/cwt110.00–110.006049
Heifers—Medium and Large 1590100.00/cwt100.00–100.005901
Heifers—Medium and Large 259599.00/cwt99.00–99.005891
Heifers—Medium and Large 1616103.00/cwt103.00–103.006344
Heifers—Medium and Large 2644101.00/cwt101.00–101.006506
Heifers—Medium and Large 364580.00/cwt80.00–80.005161
Heifers—Medium and Large 271090.00/cwt90.00–90.006391
Heifers—Medium and Large 374086.00/cwt86.00–86.006361
Feeder Cattle · Bulls14 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1383123.52/cwt123.00–124.004732
Bulls—Medium and Large 2407128.50/cwt128.50–128.505235
Bulls—Medium and Large 1430126.00/cwt126.00–126.005426
Bulls—Medium and Large 1486118.00/cwt118.00–118.005735
Bulls—Medium and Large 2500115.00/cwt115.00–115.005754
Bulls—Small 151090.00/cwt90.00–90.004591
Bulls—Medium and Large 1570112.00/cwt112.00–112.006381
Bulls—Medium and Large 2580109.00/cwt109.00–109.006323
Bulls—Small 160097.00/cwt97.00–97.005821
Bulls—Medium and Large 2663104.00/cwt104.00–104.006904
Bulls—Medium and Large 1675107.00/cwt107.00–107.007224
Bulls—Medium and Large 170590.00/cwt90.00–90.006351
Bulls—Medium and Large 176090.00/cwt90.00–90.006841
Bulls—Medium and Large 184385.00/cwt85.00–85.007172

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.