Sale reports / Virginia / Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. / 2020-05-13

Southside Livestock Markets, Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Blackstone, Virginia · Wed, May 13
● Final35 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2183
Receipts
75 head
▲ 2 vs last sale 73▲ 75 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 13, Heifers 35, 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 $111.91/cwt on 35 head.
Average price
$111.91
35 head · 574 lb average
Value per head Derived
$643
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$110
per head · Small 1 over Medium and Large 2
$5.29/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−11.93
vs VA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Small 1469115.505424thin
Medium and Large 3528114.676063thin
Medium and Large 1597112.0066914thin
Medium and Large 2591110.2165114thin
One grade step is worth $5.29/cwt here — about −$110 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 sale35 hd
111.91
—
VA average10 barns · 1,066 hd
123.84
−11.93
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 · Steers7 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2350148.00/cwt148.00–148.005181
Steers—Medium and Large 1500130.00/cwt130.00–130.006501
Steers—Medium and Large 2515133.00/cwt133.00–133.006851
Steers—Medium and Large 2593126.00/cwt126.00–126.007472
Steers—Medium and Large 1670127.33/cwt126.00–128.008533
Steers—Medium and Large 1715124.00/cwt124.00–124.008871
Steers—Medium and Large 1779117.00/cwt117.00–117.009114
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Small 1365117.00/cwt117.00–117.004271
Heifers—Medium and Large 3395124.00/cwt124.00–124.004901
Heifers—Medium and Large 2430116.00/cwt116.00–116.004991
Heifers—Medium and Large 1467118.00/cwt118.00–118.005513
Heifers—Small 1485113.00/cwt113.00–113.005481
Heifers—Small 1513116.00/cwt116.00–116.005952
Heifers—Medium and Large 2520111.00/cwt111.00–111.005771
Heifers—Medium and Large 3525115.00/cwt115.00–115.006041
Heifers—Medium and Large 1548113.00/cwt113.00–113.006192
Heifers—Medium and Large 2560111.00/cwt111.00–111.006224
Heifers—Medium and Large 1590112.00/cwt112.00–112.006611
Heifers—Medium and Large 1622111.00/cwt111.00–111.006903
Heifers—Medium and Large 2631109.00/cwt109.00–109.006887
Heifers—Medium and Large 2665109.00/cwt109.00–109.007251
Heifers—Medium and Large 3665105.00/cwt105.00–105.006981
Heifers—Medium and Large 1667109.00/cwt109.00–109.007273
Heifers—Medium and Large 1705108.00/cwt108.00–108.007612
Feeder Cattle · Bulls11 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2300148.00/cwt148.00–148.004441
Bulls—Medium and Large 2393139.00/cwt139.00–139.005462
Bulls—Medium and Large 2489127.00/cwt127.00–127.006218
Bulls—Medium and Large 2545123.00/cwt123.00–123.006702
Bulls—Medium and Large 1563127.00/cwt127.00–127.007152
Bulls—Medium and Large 2620116.00/cwt116.00–116.007191
Bulls—Small 1623122.00/cwt122.00–122.007602
Bulls—Medium and Large 1641127.00/cwt127.00–127.008144
Bulls—Medium and Large 271599.00/cwt99.00–99.007081
Bulls—Medium and Large 179091.00/cwt91.00–91.007192
Bulls—Medium and Large 185896.00/cwt96.00–96.008242

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.