Sale reports / Virginia / Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. / 2019-10-16

Southside Livestock Markets, Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Blackstone, Virginia · Wed, Oct 16
● Final37 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2183
Receipts
161 head
▼ 127 vs last sale 288▲ 161 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 30, Heifers 69, Bulls 62)

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $100.71/cwt on 67 head.
Average price
$100.71
67 head · 545 lb average
Value per head Derived
$549
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$63
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 1
$9.00/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−10.24
vs VA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1599103.0061729
Medium and Large 2524100.3352628
Medium and Large 342995.224089thin
Small 159094.005551thin
One grade step is worth $9.00/cwt here — about $63 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 sale67 hd
100.71
—
VA average12 barns · 2,992 hd
110.94
−10.24
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

37 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 1560115.00/cwt115.00–115.006441
Steers—Medium and Large 258560.00/cwt60.00–60.003511
Steers—Medium and Large 1615121.00/cwt121.00–121.007441
Steers—Medium and Large 2653115.00/cwt115.00–115.007512
Steers—Medium and Large 1674130.03/cwt117.00–132.0087615
Steers—Medium and Large 1733121.72/cwt116.00–124.508923
Steers—Medium and Large 1779119.84/cwt115.00–123.509345
Steers—Medium and Large 1843123.50/cwt123.50–123.501,0412
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2348109.00/cwt109.00–109.003794
Heifers—Medium and Large 338097.00/cwt97.00–97.003693
Heifers—Medium and Large 239070.00/cwt70.00–70.002731
Heifers—Medium and Large 140070.00/cwt70.00–70.002801
Heifers—Medium and Large 343195.00/cwt95.00–95.004095
Heifers—Medium and Large 2460101.70/cwt81.00–108.004689
Heifers—Medium and Large 254598.00/cwt98.00–98.005346
Heifers—Medium and Large 1550110.50/cwt110.50–110.5060818
Heifers—Medium and Large 356591.00/cwt91.00–91.005141
Heifers—Small 159094.00/cwt94.00–94.005551
Heifers—Medium and Large 2625100.00/cwt100.00–100.006252
Heifers—Medium and Large 1651100.00/cwt100.00–100.006514
Heifers—Medium and Large 2705100.00/cwt100.00–100.007056
Heifers—Medium and Large 173086.00/cwt86.00–86.006283
Heifers—Medium and Large 176390.00/cwt90.00–90.006873
Feeder Cattle · Bulls14 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2355128.00/cwt128.00–128.004544
Bulls—Small 136071.00/cwt71.00–71.002561
Bulls—Medium and Large 1365125.00/cwt125.00–125.004563
Bulls—Medium and Large 2410117.57/cwt91.00–125.004829
Bulls—Medium and Large 1415125.28/cwt117.00–126.505208
Bulls—Small 148090.00/cwt90.00–90.004321
Bulls—Medium and Large 2483118.44/cwt116.00–119.005725
Bulls—Medium and Large 1490120.91/cwt115.00–123.5059210
Bulls—Medium and Large 255287.10/cwt70.00–121.004813
Bulls—Medium and Large 1568124.00/cwt124.00–124.007047
Bulls—Medium and Large 1620106.00/cwt106.00–106.006571
Bulls—Medium and Large 2635112.26/cwt110.00–113.007134
Bulls—Medium and Large 1656116.00/cwt116.00–116.007614
Bulls—Medium and Large 178088.00/cwt88.00–88.006861

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.