Sale reports / Virginia / Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. / 2020-02-26

Southside Livestock Markets, Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Blackstone, Virginia · Wed, Feb 26
● Final34 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2183
Receipts
102 head
▲ 11 vs last sale 91▲ 102 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 31, Heifers 44, Bulls 27)

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $121.18/cwt on 44 head.
Average price
$121.18
44 head · 474 lb average
Value per head Derived
$575
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$48
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 1
$12.56/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−4.82
vs VA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2449127.0057115thin
Medium and Large 3408124.335089thin
Small 1363124.004502thin
Medium and Large 1540114.4461818thin
One grade step is worth $12.56/cwt here — about −$48 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
121.18
—
VA average7 barns · 1,002 hd
126.00
−4.82
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 · Steers10 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1380134.00/cwt134.00–134.005091
Steers—Medium and Large 1454138.00/cwt138.00–138.006277
Steers—Medium and Large 1522133.15/cwt125.00–141.006959
Steers—Medium and Large 2525135.00/cwt135.00–135.007092
Steers—Medium and Large 3535116.00/cwt116.00–116.006211
Steers—Medium and Large 1622120.00/cwt120.00–120.007463
Steers—Medium and Large 3635105.00/cwt105.00–105.006671
Steers—Medium and Large 1658112.65/cwt110.00–114.007413
Steers—Medium and Large 1725108.51/cwt107.00–110.007872
Steers—Medium and Large 2733101.00/cwt101.00–101.007402
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2346133.00/cwt133.00–133.004604
Heifers—Small 1363124.00/cwt124.00–124.004502
Heifers—Medium and Large 3371128.00/cwt128.00–128.004755
Heifers—Medium and Large 2390130.00/cwt130.00–130.005071
Heifers—Medium and Large 3428125.00/cwt125.00–125.005352
Heifers—Medium and Large 1438128.00/cwt128.00–128.005616
Heifers—Medium and Large 2448129.00/cwt129.00–129.005785
Heifers—Medium and Large 3450124.00/cwt124.00–124.005581
Heifers—Medium and Large 3515105.00/cwt105.00–105.005411
Heifers—Medium and Large 2525123.00/cwt123.00–123.006464
Heifers—Medium and Large 1539117.00/cwt117.00–117.006315
Heifers—Medium and Large 1608103.40/cwt95.00–109.006295
Heifers—Medium and Large 2625106.00/cwt106.00–106.006631
Heifers—Medium and Large 165595.00/cwt95.00–95.006221
Heifers—Medium and Large 170595.00/cwt95.00–95.006701
Feeder Cattle · Bulls9 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2338149.00/cwt149.00–149.005045
Bulls—Medium and Large 1403133.00/cwt133.00–133.005362
Bulls—Medium and Large 2416138.00/cwt138.00–138.005744
Bulls—Medium and Large 1495128.00/cwt128.00–128.006344
Bulls—Medium and Large 1503128.00/cwt128.00–128.006442
Bulls—Medium and Large 1561125.76/cwt120.00–128.007067
Bulls—Medium and Large 2590120.00/cwt120.00–120.007081
Bulls—Medium and Large 2620112.00/cwt112.00–112.006941
Bulls—Medium and Large 169591.00/cwt91.00–91.006321

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.