Sale reports / Virginia / Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. / 2020-02-19

Southside Livestock Markets, Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Blackstone, Virginia · Wed, Feb 19
● Final33 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2183
Receipts
91 head
▲ 58 vs last sale 33▲ 91 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 19, Heifers 44, 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 $118.42/cwt on 44 head.
Average price
$118.42
44 head · 489 lb average
Value per head Derived
$580
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$160
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$12.66/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−8.49
vs VA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2463122.0756526
Medium and Large 1573114.2165514thin
Medium and Large 3370109.424054thin
One grade step is worth $12.66/cwt here — about $160 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 sale44 hd
118.42
—
VA average10 barns · 1,651 hd
126.91
−8.49
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

33 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 · Steers11 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1335165.00/cwt165.00–165.005531
Steers—Medium and Large 2380132.00/cwt132.00–132.005021
Steers—Medium and Large 3415126.00/cwt126.00–126.005231
Steers—Medium and Large 2450148.00/cwt148.00–148.006662
Steers—Medium and Large 2508134.02/cwt129.00–139.006812
Steers—Medium and Large 1515127.45/cwt125.00–130.006562
Steers—Small 1535127.00/cwt127.00–127.006791
Steers—Medium and Large 1620100.00/cwt100.00–100.006201
Steers—Small 163090.00/cwt90.00–90.005671
Steers—Medium and Large 2650128.00/cwt128.00–128.008322
Steers—Medium and Large 1652127.00/cwt127.00–127.008285
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2326134.78/cwt131.00–136.004398
Heifers—Medium and Large 3358106.89/cwt95.00–113.003833
Heifers—Medium and Large 3405117.00/cwt117.00–117.004741
Heifers—Medium and Large 2437122.00/cwt122.00–122.005336
Heifers—Medium and Large 1443125.00/cwt125.00–125.005543
Heifers—Medium and Large 1465112.00/cwt112.00–112.005211
Heifers—Medium and Large 2470118.00/cwt118.00–118.005552
Heifers—Medium and Large 1513115.00/cwt115.00–115.005902
Heifers—Medium and Large 2518115.00/cwt115.00–115.005963
Heifers—Medium and Large 2555116.00/cwt116.00–116.006442
Heifers—Medium and Large 1635105.00/cwt105.00–105.006672
Heifers—Medium and Large 2639110.13/cwt105.00–113.507045
Heifers—Medium and Large 1656112.00/cwt112.00–112.007356
Feeder Cattle · Bulls9 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1325162.00/cwt162.00–162.005271
Bulls—Medium and Large 1353163.00/cwt163.00–163.005753
Bulls—Medium and Large 2482134.50/cwt134.50–134.506485
Bulls—Medium and Large 1500138.00/cwt138.00–138.006905
Bulls—Medium and Large 2548128.00/cwt128.00–128.007013
Bulls—Small 159593.00/cwt93.00–93.005531
Bulls—Medium and Large 2605113.00/cwt113.00–113.006841
Bulls—Medium and Large 1623113.00/cwt113.00–113.007043
Bulls—Medium and Large 1729109.36/cwt107.00–111.007975

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.