Sale reports / Virginia / Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. / 2020-02-05

Southside Livestock Markets, Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Blackstone, Virginia · Wed, Feb 5
● Final35 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2183
Receipts
157 head
▼ 63 vs last sale 220▲ 157 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 16, Heifers 81, Bulls 60)

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $115.65/cwt on 81 head.
Average price
$115.65
81 head · 484 lb average
Value per head Derived
$560
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$103
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Small 1
$12.51/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−10.02
vs VA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2495117.0157946
Medium and Large 1537115.3661914thin
Medium and Large 3420114.8248217thin
Small 1455104.504764thin
One grade step is worth $12.51/cwt here — about $103 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 sale81 hd
115.65
—
VA average8 barns · 1,588 hd
125.67
−10.02
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

35 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 · Steers5 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2337142.00/cwt142.00–142.004793
Steers—Medium and Large 1518141.00/cwt141.00–141.007303
Steers—Medium and Large 2544138.00/cwt138.00–138.007514
Steers—Medium and Large 2618118.00/cwt118.00–118.007292
Steers—Medium and Large 1644116.00/cwt116.00–116.007474
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 232599.00/cwt99.00–99.003222
Heifers—Medium and Large 3356115.77/cwt115.00–116.004129
Heifers—Medium and Large 2370121.41/cwt117.00–122.004499
Heifers—Medium and Large 1375100.00/cwt100.00–100.003751
Heifers—Small 1432106.00/cwt106.00–106.004583
Heifers—Medium and Large 2436118.00/cwt118.00–118.005147
Heifers—Medium and Large 3455115.50/cwt115.50–115.505264
Heifers—Medium and Large 2468113.99/cwt113.00–115.005332
Heifers—Medium and Large 1477114.50/cwt114.50–114.505464
Heifers—Small 1525100.00/cwt100.00–100.005251
Heifers—Medium and Large 3527112.00/cwt112.00–112.005904
Heifers—Medium and Large 2544119.00/cwt119.00–119.0064719
Heifers—Medium and Large 1555120.50/cwt120.50–120.506696
Heifers—Medium and Large 1605105.00/cwt105.00–105.006351
Heifers—Medium and Large 2635111.00/cwt111.00–111.007057
Heifers—Medium and Large 1650114.50/cwt114.50–114.507442
Feeder Cattle · Bulls14 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2350152.00/cwt152.00–152.0053210
Bulls—Medium and Large 2403138.00/cwt138.00–138.005566
Bulls—Medium and Large 1412142.00/cwt142.00–142.005853
Bulls—Small 1430123.00/cwt123.00–123.005291
Bulls—Medium and Large 1470131.00/cwt131.00–131.006163
Bulls—Medium and Large 2492130.00/cwt130.00–130.0064010
Bulls—Medium and Large 2510130.00/cwt130.00–130.006631
Bulls—Medium and Large 2559143.00/cwt143.00–143.007998
Bulls—Medium and Large 1578123.00/cwt123.00–123.007113
Bulls—Medium and Large 2628115.00/cwt115.00–115.007223
Bulls—Medium and Large 1638112.00/cwt112.00–112.007154
Bulls—Medium and Large 2730113.00/cwt113.00–113.008251
Bulls—Medium and Large 1740118.00/cwt118.00–118.008732
Bulls—Medium and Large 1813107.00/cwt107.00–107.008702

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.