Sale reports / Virginia / Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. / 2020-06-24

Southside Livestock Markets, Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Blackstone, Virginia · Wed, Jun 24
● Final39 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2183
Receipts
237 head
▲ 165 vs last sale 72▲ 94 vs year ago 143 · +65.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 48, Heifers 135, Bulls 54)

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $119.96/cwt on 134 head.
Average price
$119.96
134 head · 541 lb average
Value per head Derived
$649
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$18
per head · Medium and Large 3 over Small 1
$8.50/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−0.67
vs VA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 3450122.005493thin
Medium and Large 1576120.3569374
Medium and Large 2502119.5660055
Small 1468113.505312thin
One grade step is worth $8.50/cwt here — about $18 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 sale134 hd
119.96
—
VA average8 barns · 1,116 hd
120.63
−0.67
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

39 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 2370141.00/cwt141.00–141.005221
Steers—Medium and Large 3445149.00/cwt149.00–149.006631
Steers—Medium and Large 1480155.00/cwt155.00–155.007442
Steers—Medium and Large 2483148.00/cwt148.00–148.007154
Steers—Medium and Large 2530147.69/cwt144.00–148.5078311
Steers—Medium and Large 1554149.00/cwt149.00–149.008259
Steers—Medium and Large 2558133.52/cwt130.00–137.007452
Steers—Small 1585126.00/cwt126.00–126.007371
Steers—Small 1605125.00/cwt125.00–125.007561
Steers—Medium and Large 1636137.75/cwt136.00–138.0087616
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1325122.00/cwt122.00–122.003971
Heifers—Medium and Large 3335140.00/cwt140.00–140.004691
Heifers—Medium and Large 2371126.00/cwt126.00–126.004678
Heifers—Small 1395120.00/cwt120.00–120.004741
Heifers—Medium and Large 2440123.50/cwt123.50–123.5054314
Heifers—Medium and Large 3445119.00/cwt119.00–119.005301
Heifers—Medium and Large 2470121.00/cwt121.00–121.005691
Heifers—Medium and Large 1477124.25/cwt117.00–125.5059314
Heifers—Medium and Large 1525122.00/cwt122.00–122.006411
Heifers—Small 1540107.00/cwt107.00–107.005781
Heifers—Medium and Large 2544119.80/cwt118.50–120.0065222
Heifers—Medium and Large 1554122.00/cwt122.00–122.0067623
Heifers—Medium and Large 2563110.00/cwt110.00–110.006195
Heifers—Medium and Large 3570107.00/cwt107.00–107.006101
Heifers—Medium and Large 1627118.42/cwt117.00–119.0074227
Heifers—Medium and Large 2631106.00/cwt106.00–106.006694
Heifers—Medium and Large 1656119.00/cwt119.00–119.007815
Heifers—Medium and Large 1708108.00/cwt108.00–108.007653
Heifers—Medium and Large 2710108.00/cwt108.00–108.007671
Feeder Cattle · Bulls10 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2408138.00/cwt138.00–138.005636
Bulls—Medium and Large 2483139.00/cwt139.00–139.006716
Bulls—Medium and Large 1499138.00/cwt138.00–138.006899
Bulls—Medium and Large 2510100.00/cwt100.00–100.005101
Bulls—Small 1515125.00/cwt125.00–125.006442
Bulls—Medium and Large 2555137.00/cwt137.00–137.007601
Bulls—Medium and Large 1565137.40/cwt137.00–139.0077610
Bulls—Medium and Large 1642122.40/cwt115.00–123.0078613
Bulls—Medium and Large 2678110.00/cwt110.00–110.007462
Bulls—Medium and Large 1733111.00/cwt111.00–111.008143

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.