Sale reports / Virginia / Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. / 2020-05-27

Southside Livestock Markets, Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Blackstone, Virginia · Wed, May 27
● Final46 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2183
Receipts
203 head
▲ 106 vs last sale 97▲ 203 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 77, Heifers 98, 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 $119.20/cwt on 98 head.
Average price
$119.20
98 head · 580 lb average
Value per head Derived
$691
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$154
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Small 1
$14.71/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−8.41
vs VA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2536121.7165239
Medium and Large 3476118.7356615thin
Medium and Large 1663117.6378042
Small 1465107.004982thin
One grade step is worth $14.71/cwt here — about $154 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 sale98 hd
119.20
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VA average6 barns · 764 hd
127.62
−8.41
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

46 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 · Steers15 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 3425133.00/cwt133.00–133.005651
Steers—Medium and Large 2464142.00/cwt142.00–142.006594
Steers—Small 1510129.00/cwt129.00–129.006581
Steers—Medium and Large 2539149.50/cwt149.50–149.508068
Steers—Medium and Large 1549147.00/cwt147.00–147.008075
Steers—Medium and Large 1550148.00/cwt148.00–148.0081414
Steers—Medium and Large 3570127.00/cwt127.00–127.007243
Steers—Medium and Large 1620135.00/cwt135.00–135.008372
Steers—Medium and Large 2636134.01/cwt127.00–135.008528
Steers—Medium and Large 1650135.00/cwt135.00–135.008788
Steers—Small 1655135.00/cwt135.00–135.008841
Steers—Medium and Large 2668129.00/cwt129.00–129.008622
Steers—Medium and Large 1720119.24/cwt118.00–124.008598
Steers—Medium and Large 2737120.00/cwt120.00–120.008843
Steers—Medium and Large 1839110.00/cwt110.00–110.009239
Feeder Cattle · Heifers21 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 3338132.00/cwt132.00–132.004463
Heifers—Medium and Large 2365136.00/cwt136.00–136.004961
Heifers—Small 1415111.00/cwt111.00–111.004611
Heifers—Medium and Large 3420110.95/cwt109.00–113.004662
Heifers—Medium and Large 3452123.00/cwt123.00–123.005563
Heifers—Medium and Large 2459131.50/cwt131.50–131.5060414
Heifers—Medium and Large 1474129.00/cwt129.00–129.006114
Heifers—Medium and Large 3510114.50/cwt114.50–114.505844
Heifers—Small 1515103.00/cwt103.00–103.005301
Heifers—Medium and Large 1544127.00/cwt127.00–127.006919
Heifers—Medium and Large 2544112.75/cwt111.00–120.006135
Heifers—Medium and Large 2558120.00/cwt120.00–120.006709
Heifers—Medium and Large 1589121.00/cwt121.00–121.007135
Heifers—Medium and Large 2621114.00/cwt114.00–114.007087
Heifers—Medium and Large 1625119.00/cwt119.00–119.007443
Heifers—Medium and Large 3632112.00/cwt112.00–112.007083
Heifers—Medium and Large 2650111.00/cwt111.00–111.007222
Heifers—Medium and Large 1667119.00/cwt119.00–119.007943
Heifers—Medium and Large 2705106.00/cwt106.00–106.007471
Heifers—Medium and Large 1718110.05/cwt108.00–112.007906
Heifers—Medium and Large 1828108.50/cwt108.50–108.5089812
Feeder Cattle · Bulls10 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1373157.45/cwt155.00–160.005872
Bulls—Medium and Large 2440136.00/cwt136.00–136.005982
Bulls—Small 1498125.00/cwt125.00–125.006232
Bulls—Medium and Large 2499137.00/cwt137.00–137.006844
Bulls—Medium and Large 1525127.89/cwt117.00–135.006716
Bulls—Medium and Large 2561133.00/cwt133.00–133.007466
Bulls—Medium and Large 1635112.44/cwt109.00–116.007142
Bulls—Medium and Large 2650118.00/cwt118.00–118.007672
Bulls—Medium and Large 274586.00/cwt86.00–86.006411
Bulls—Medium and Large 189089.00/cwt89.00–89.007921

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.