Sale reports / Virginia / Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. / 2020-02-12

Southside Livestock Markets, Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Blackstone, Virginia · Wed, Feb 12
● Final17 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2183
Receipts
33 head
▼ 124 vs last sale 157▲ 33 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Heifers 24, Bulls 9)

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $116.25/cwt on 24 head.
Average price
$116.25
24 head · 453 lb average
Value per head Derived
$526
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$86
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 1
$5.48/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−9.07
vs VA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2415118.3649114thin
Medium and Large 3483115.005552thin
Medium and Large 1511112.885778thin
One grade step is worth $5.48/cwt here — about −$86 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 sale24 hd
116.25
—
VA average10 barns · 1,086 hd
125.32
−9.07
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

17 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 · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2335121.00/cwt121.00–121.004056
Heifers—Medium and Large 1343115.00/cwt115.00–115.003942
Heifers—Medium and Large 2368122.00/cwt122.00–122.004493
Heifers—Medium and Large 3460113.00/cwt113.00–113.005201
Heifers—Medium and Large 2465117.00/cwt117.00–117.005441
Heifers—Medium and Large 1467117.00/cwt117.00–117.005463
Heifers—Medium and Large 3505117.00/cwt117.00–117.005911
Heifers—Medium and Large 2545113.00/cwt113.00–113.006163
Heifers—Medium and Large 2595109.00/cwt109.00–109.006491
Heifers—Medium and Large 1633109.00/cwt109.00–109.006902
Heifers—Medium and Large 1735104.00/cwt104.00–104.007641
Feeder Cattle · Bulls6 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2313145.00/cwt145.00–145.004542
Bulls—Medium and Large 1315150.00/cwt150.00–150.004731
Bulls—Medium and Large 1390128.00/cwt128.00–128.004991
Bulls—Medium and Large 1408137.00/cwt137.00–137.005592
Bulls—Medium and Large 2528126.44/cwt124.00–129.006682
Bulls—Medium and Large 1545124.00/cwt124.00–124.006761

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.