Sale reports / Virginia / Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. / 2019-10-02

Southside Livestock Markets, Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Blackstone, Virginia · Wed, Oct 2
● Final42 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2183
Receipts
176 head
▼ 42 vs last sale 218▲ 176 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 31, Heifers 89, Bulls 56)

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $98.55/cwt on 88 head.
Average price
$98.55
88 head · 526 lb average
Value per head Derived
$518
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$134
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Small 1
$25.58/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−11.92
vs VA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2508102.5852148
Medium and Large 158697.7157223
Medium and Large 349293.0045812thin
Small 150377.003875thin
One grade step is worth $25.58/cwt here — about $134 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 sale88 hd
98.55
—
VA average8 barns · 1,665 hd
110.47
−11.92
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

42 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 · Steers11 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2531105.00/cwt105.00–105.005586
Steers—Medium and Large 358096.00/cwt96.00–96.005571
Steers—Medium and Large 1593124.00/cwt124.00–124.007352
Steers—Medium and Large 162090.00/cwt90.00–90.005582
Steers—Medium and Large 2624116.00/cwt106.00–123.007245
Steers—Medium and Large 1652122.00/cwt122.00–122.007955
Steers—Medium and Large 365590.00/cwt90.00–90.005901
Steers—Medium and Large 2713123.00/cwt123.00–123.008772
Steers—Medium and Large 1745100.00/cwt100.00–100.007451
Steers—Medium and Large 1761120.00/cwt120.00–120.009134
Steers—Medium and Large 1845116.00/cwt116.00–116.009802
Feeder Cattle · Heifers21 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2337115.00/cwt115.00–115.003886
Heifers—Medium and Large 2356115.00/cwt115.00–115.004094
Heifers—Medium and Large 335897.00/cwt97.00–97.003473
Heifers—Medium and Large 1400108.00/cwt108.00–108.004321
Heifers—Medium and Large 3445100.00/cwt100.00–100.004452
Heifers—Medium and Large 2453112.17/cwt110.00–113.0050812
Heifers—Medium and Large 1456110.00/cwt110.00–110.005027
Heifers—Small 147270.00/cwt70.00–70.003303
Heifers—Medium and Large 352589.00/cwt89.00–89.004671
Heifers—Medium and Large 153394.00/cwt94.00–94.005012
Heifers—Medium and Large 253494.72/cwt92.50–97.005064
Heifers—Small 155087.50/cwt87.50–87.504812
Heifers—Medium and Large 355589.79/cwt89.00–90.004985
Heifers—Medium and Large 2567100.00/cwt100.00–100.0056710
Heifers—Medium and Large 1585100.00/cwt100.00–100.005853
Heifers—Medium and Large 262487.00/cwt87.00–87.005436
Heifers—Medium and Large 364587.00/cwt87.00–87.005611
Heifers—Medium and Large 164791.00/cwt91.00–91.005894
Heifers—Medium and Large 265987.83/cwt87.00–88.005796
Heifers—Medium and Large 174083.31/cwt75.00–86.006164
Heifers—Medium and Large 175592.00/cwt92.00–92.006952
Feeder Cattle · Bulls10 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2318137.00/cwt137.00–137.004365
Bulls—Medium and Large 1365127.89/cwt124.00–130.004673
Bulls—Medium and Large 2419126.37/cwt125.00–128.0052911
Bulls—Medium and Large 2489110.29/cwt105.00–121.0053912
Bulls—Medium and Large 1494114.00/cwt114.00–114.0056310
Bulls—Medium and Large 2557116.00/cwt116.00–116.006466
Bulls—Small 156585.00/cwt85.00–85.004801
Bulls—Medium and Large 1581110.00/cwt110.00–110.006394
Bulls—Medium and Large 163395.00/cwt95.00–95.006013
Bulls—Medium and Large 170589.00/cwt89.00–89.006271

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.