Sale reports / Virginia / Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. / 2020-01-15

Southside Livestock Markets, Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Blackstone, Virginia · Wed, Jan 15
● Final34 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2183
Receipts
125 head
▼ 102 vs last sale 227▲ 125 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle Sale (Steers 7, Heifers 74, Bulls 44)

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $113.36/cwt on 72 head.
Average price
$113.36
72 head · 511 lb average
Value per head Derived
$580
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$97
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$8.17/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−10.00
vs VA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2475115.1754835
Small 1418114.004772thin
Medium and Large 1591112.8566727
Medium and Large 3422107.004518thin
One grade step is worth $8.17/cwt here — about $97 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 sale72 hd
113.36
—
VA average9 barns · 1,950 hd
123.36
−10.00
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

34 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 · Steers6 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2375147.00/cwt147.00–147.005511
Steers—Medium and Large 2445155.00/cwt155.00–155.006901
Steers—Medium and Large 1460157.00/cwt157.00–157.007222
Steers—Medium and Large 2555108.00/cwt108.00–108.005991
Steers—Medium and Large 1565138.00/cwt138.00–138.007801
Steers—Medium and Large 1625128.00/cwt128.00–128.008001
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2300105.00/cwt105.00–105.003151
Heifers—Medium and Large 1360126.00/cwt126.00–126.004541
Heifers—Medium and Large 336398.00/cwt98.00–98.003562
Heifers—Medium and Large 2372123.00/cwt123.00–123.0045810
Heifers—Small 1418114.00/cwt114.00–114.004772
Heifers—Medium and Large 3441110.00/cwt110.00–110.004856
Heifers—Medium and Large 1443117.04/cwt114.00–117.505187
Heifers—Medium and Large 2448116.00/cwt116.00–116.005208
Heifers—Medium and Large 2468111.00/cwt111.00–111.005192
Heifers—Medium and Large 2521112.73/cwt112.00–113.005877
Heifers—Medium and Large 1525101.08/cwt99.00–103.005312
Heifers—Medium and Large 1555113.00/cwt113.00–113.006274
Heifers—Medium and Large 2615109.00/cwt109.00–109.006704
Heifers—Medium and Large 1648106.00/cwt106.00–106.006873
Heifers—Medium and Large 2665107.00/cwt107.00–107.007123
Heifers—Medium and Large 1729112.95/cwt99.00–118.0082310
Feeder Cattle · Bulls12 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1355152.00/cwt152.00–152.005405
Bulls—Medium and Large 2358151.00/cwt151.00–151.005412
Bulls—Medium and Large 1418145.00/cwt145.00–145.0060610
Bulls—Medium and Large 2418145.00/cwt145.00–145.006064
Bulls—Medium and Large 2478146.00/cwt146.00–146.006982
Bulls—Medium and Large 1486148.00/cwt148.00–148.007198
Bulls—Small 1493106.00/cwt106.00–106.005232
Bulls—Medium and Large 1530122.00/cwt122.00–122.006471
Bulls—Medium and Large 1575118.34/cwt114.00–123.006802
Bulls—Medium and Large 359086.00/cwt86.00–86.005071
Bulls—Medium and Large 1653110.00/cwt110.00–110.007184
Bulls—Medium and Large 189090.00/cwt90.00–90.008011

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.