Sale reports / Virginia / Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. / 2020-06-17

Southside Livestock Markets, Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Blackstone, Virginia · Wed, Jun 17
● Final32 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2183
Receipts
72 head
▲ 11 vs last sale 61▼ 59 vs year ago 131 · −45.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 14, Holstein Steers 10, Heifers 25, Bulls 23)

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $113.68/cwt on 25 head.
Average price
$113.68
25 head · 519 lb average
Value per head Derived
$590
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$53
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Small 1
$19.18/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−7.52
vs VA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2493117.1857716thin
Medium and Large 3470114.675393thin
Medium and Large 1601106.756424thin
Small 164398.006302thin
One grade step is worth $19.18/cwt here — about −$53 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 sale25 hd
113.68
—
VA average9 barns · 2,163 hd
121.19
−7.52
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

32 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 2415149.00/cwt149.00–149.006181
Steers—Medium and Large 1520148.00/cwt148.00–148.007701
Steers—Medium and Large 2605136.00/cwt136.00–136.008231
Steers—Medium and Large 3645130.00/cwt130.00–130.008391
Steers—Medium and Large 1648135.00/cwt135.00–135.008756
Steers—Medium and Large 1655126.00/cwt126.00–126.008251
Steers—Medium and Large 1705119.00/cwt119.00–119.008391
Steers—Medium and Large 1890113.00/cwt113.00–113.001,0062
Feeder Cattle · Heifers10 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 3385121.00/cwt121.00–121.004661
Heifers—Medium and Large 2462120.59/cwt120.00–121.0055710
Heifers—Medium and Large 3485117.00/cwt117.00–117.005671
Heifers—Medium and Large 2532113.60/cwt112.00–114.006045
Heifers—Medium and Large 1535118.00/cwt118.00–118.006312
Heifers—Medium and Large 3540106.00/cwt106.00–106.005721
Heifers—Medium and Large 2600101.00/cwt101.00–101.006061
Heifers—Medium and Large 163595.00/cwt95.00–95.006031
Heifers—Small 164398.00/cwt98.00–98.006302
Heifers—Medium and Large 170096.00/cwt96.00–96.006721
Feeder Cattle · Bulls12 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2360140.00/cwt140.00–140.005041
Bulls—Medium and Large 1398141.00/cwt141.00–141.005612
Bulls—Small 1415118.00/cwt118.00–118.004901
Bulls—Medium and Large 1435128.00/cwt128.00–128.005571
Bulls—Medium and Large 1460122.00/cwt122.00–122.005611
Bulls—Medium and Large 2473138.90/cwt137.00–145.006574
Bulls—Medium and Large 2540130.00/cwt130.00–130.007021
Bulls—Medium and Large 2593136.00/cwt136.00–136.008062
Bulls—Medium and Large 1593131.00/cwt131.00–131.007772
Bulls—Medium and Large 2620126.00/cwt126.00–126.007811
Bulls—Medium and Large 1673124.02/cwt123.00–125.008356
Bulls—Medium and Large 1730123.00/cwt123.00–123.008981
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers2 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers—Large 373690.00/cwt90.00–90.006625
Dairy Steers—Large 289284.00/cwt84.00–84.007495

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.