Sale reports / Virginia / Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. / 2020-04-01

Southside Livestock Markets, Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Blackstone, Virginia · Wed, Apr 1
● Final35 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2183
Receipts
115 head
▲ 72 vs last sale 43▲ 115 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 52, 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 $118.16/cwt on 51 head.
Average price
$118.16
51 head · 509 lb average
Value per head Derived
$601
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$93
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 1
$4.40/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−6.13
vs VA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2475120.1057028
Medium and Large 3487116.005656thin
Medium and Large 1573115.7166317thin
One grade step is worth $4.40/cwt here — about −$93 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 sale51 hd
118.16
—
VA average7 barns · 1,020 hd
124.28
−6.13
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 · Steers8 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2315139.00/cwt139.00–139.004381
Steers—Medium and Large 3400123.00/cwt123.00–123.004921
Steers—Medium and Large 2425125.00/cwt125.00–125.005311
Steers—Medium and Large 1450136.00/cwt136.00–136.006122
Steers—Medium and Large 1546130.00/cwt130.00–130.007104
Steers—Medium and Large 2553137.00/cwt137.00–137.007586
Steers—Medium and Large 1605129.00/cwt129.00–129.007803
Steers—Medium and Large 187090.00/cwt90.00–90.007831
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2348116.00/cwt116.00–116.004043
Heifers—Medium and Large 3385120.00/cwt120.00–120.004621
Heifers—Medium and Large 1405126.00/cwt126.00–126.005103
Heifers—Medium and Large 3405120.00/cwt120.00–120.004861
Heifers—Medium and Large 2461123.47/cwt121.00–125.0056919
Heifers—Medium and Large 2530115.00/cwt115.00–115.006103
Heifers—Medium and Large 3533114.00/cwt114.00–114.006084
Heifers—Medium and Large 1545118.00/cwt118.00–118.006432
Heifers—Medium and Large 1557123.00/cwt123.00–123.006856
Heifers—Medium and Large 1630109.00/cwt109.00–109.006873
Heifers—Medium and Large 2635108.00/cwt108.00–108.006863
Heifers—Medium and Large 173596.00/cwt96.00–96.007063
Feeder Cattle · Bulls15 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2370132.00/cwt132.00–132.004881
Bulls—Medium and Large 1415128.00/cwt128.00–128.005312
Bulls—Medium and Large 2419133.00/cwt133.00–133.005574
Bulls—Small 1435105.00/cwt105.00–105.004571
Bulls—Medium and Large 2480124.00/cwt124.00–124.005955
Bulls—Medium and Large 1507129.00/cwt129.00–129.006545
Bulls—Medium and Large 2552127.00/cwt127.00–127.007013
Bulls—Medium and Large 1565127.51/cwt124.00–128.507209
Bulls—Medium and Large 1613119.00/cwt119.00–119.007293
Bulls—Small 162577.32/cwt72.00–83.004832
Bulls—Medium and Large 2630116.00/cwt116.00–116.007313
Bulls—Small 166089.00/cwt89.00–89.005871
Bulls—Medium and Large 1685100.00/cwt100.00–100.006851
Bulls—Medium and Large 1743100.00/cwt100.00–100.007432
Bulls—Medium and Large 182584.00/cwt84.00–84.006932

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.