Sale reports / Virginia / Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. / 2019-12-18

Southside Livestock Markets, Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Blackstone, Virginia · Wed, Dec 18
● Final36 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2183
Receipts
102 head
▼ 11 vs last sale 113▲ 102 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 45, Bulls 28)

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $107.08/cwt on 45 head.
Average price
$107.08
45 head · 514 lb average
Value per head Derived
$551
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$158
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 1
$19.83/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−8.22
vs VA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1517109.8356726
Medium and Large 3586105.526188thin
Medium and Large 2457102.9047010thin
Small 145590.004101thin
One grade step is worth $19.83/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 sale45 hd
107.08
—
VA average10 barns · 1,478 hd
115.30
−8.22
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

36 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 · Steers10 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 138590.00/cwt90.00–90.003471
Steers—Medium and Large 1510106.00/cwt106.00–106.005411
Steers—Medium and Large 2530120.00/cwt120.00–120.006361
Steers—Medium and Large 3555108.00/cwt108.00–108.005991
Steers—Medium and Large 2560131.00/cwt131.00–131.007343
Steers—Medium and Large 2692135.00/cwt135.00–135.0093411
Steers—Medium and Large 1720121.47/cwt117.00–123.008754
Steers—Medium and Large 2795122.00/cwt122.00–122.009702
Steers—Medium and Large 2820106.54/cwt103.00–110.008742
Steers—Medium and Large 2903105.00/cwt105.00–105.009482
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 233395.00/cwt95.00–95.003162
Heifers—Medium and Large 1349109.00/cwt109.00–109.003805
Heifers—Medium and Large 138099.00/cwt99.00–99.003761
Heifers—Medium and Large 238095.00/cwt95.00–95.003611
Heifers—Medium and Large 2430104.00/cwt104.00–104.004474
Heifers—Small 145590.00/cwt90.00–90.004101
Heifers—Medium and Large 346597.00/cwt97.00–97.004511
Heifers—Medium and Large 1476114.50/cwt114.50–114.505455
Heifers—Medium and Large 2510114.00/cwt114.00–114.005811
Heifers—Medium and Large 1537115.86/cwt113.00–116.5062211
Heifers—Medium and Large 3568108.03/cwt107.00–109.006144
Heifers—Medium and Large 1643112.50/cwt112.50–112.507231
Heifers—Medium and Large 2645107.00/cwt107.00–107.006902
Heifers—Medium and Large 3650105.00/cwt105.00–105.006833
Heifers—Medium and Large 179284.00/cwt84.00–84.006653
Feeder Cattle · Bulls11 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1350145.00/cwt145.00–145.005083
Bulls—Medium and Large 2422131.00/cwt131.00–131.005533
Bulls—Medium and Large 1440111.00/cwt111.00–111.004881
Bulls—Medium and Large 2465110.00/cwt110.00–110.005121
Bulls—Medium and Large 1475124.51/cwt114.00–127.005915
Bulls—Small 155596.00/cwt96.00–96.005331
Bulls—Medium and Large 1561120.49/cwt116.00–122.006764
Bulls—Medium and Large 2620114.50/cwt114.50–114.507104
Bulls—Medium and Large 1635108.50/cwt108.50–108.506893
Bulls—Medium and Large 272080.00/cwt80.00–80.005761
Bulls—Medium and Large 175585.50/cwt85.50–85.506462

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.