Sale reports / Virginia / Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. / 2020-07-22

Southside Livestock Markets, Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Blackstone, Virginia · Wed, Jul 22
● Final39 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2183
Receipts
116 head
▼ 187 vs last sale 303▼ 144 vs year ago 260 · −55.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 16, Heifers 53, Bulls 47)

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $113.12/cwt on 52 head.
Average price
$113.12
52 head · 521 lb average
Value per head Derived
$589
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$26
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$6.55/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−4.08
vs VA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2508114.0557929
Medium and Large 1549113.7262516thin
Small 1475110.005231thin
Medium and Large 3514107.505536thin
One grade step is worth $6.55/cwt here — about $26 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 sale52 hd
113.12
—
VA average9 barns · 745 hd
117.20
−4.08
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 · Steers9 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1358155.00/cwt155.00–155.005552
Steers—Medium and Large 1435137.00/cwt137.00–137.005961
Steers—Small 1522127.28/cwt124.00–129.006643
Steers—Medium and Large 2535130.00/cwt130.00–130.006961
Steers—Medium and Large 2550136.00/cwt136.00–136.007483
Steers—Medium and Large 3580132.00/cwt132.00–132.007662
Steers—Medium and Large 1580130.00/cwt130.00–130.007541
Steers—Medium and Large 1690122.00/cwt122.00–122.008421
Steers—Medium and Large 1700118.00/cwt118.00–118.008262
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2355126.00/cwt126.00–126.004475
Heifers—Medium and Large 1385121.00/cwt121.00–121.004662
Heifers—Medium and Large 3390121.00/cwt121.00–121.004721
Heifers—Medium and Large 2438115.00/cwt115.00–115.005048
Heifers—Medium and Large 1460115.00/cwt115.00–115.005292
Heifers—Medium and Large 3463107.00/cwt107.00–107.004952
Heifers—Small 1475110.00/cwt110.00–110.005231
Heifers—Medium and Large 2538112.50/cwt112.50–112.506057
Heifers—Medium and Large 3540108.00/cwt108.00–108.005831
Heifers—Medium and Large 1543114.50/cwt114.50–114.506223
Heifers—Medium and Large 2550112.50/cwt112.50–112.506191
Heifers—Medium and Large 3555101.00/cwt101.00–101.005611
Heifers—Medium and Large 1558116.00/cwt116.00–116.006474
Heifers—Medium and Large 2632109.50/cwt109.50–109.506927
Heifers—Medium and Large 1640108.00/cwt108.00–108.006913
Heifers—Medium and Large 1658108.00/cwt108.00–108.007112
Heifers—Medium and Large 3675101.00/cwt101.00–101.006821
Heifers—Medium and Large 271091.00/cwt91.00–91.006461
Feeder Cattle · Bulls12 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2336157.00/cwt157.00–157.005284
Bulls—Medium and Large 1374154.95/cwt154.00–157.005803
Bulls—Medium and Large 2423142.00/cwt142.00–142.006012
Bulls—Small 1445102.00/cwt102.00–102.004541
Bulls—Medium and Large 2485125.00/cwt125.00–125.006062
Bulls—Medium and Large 1503130.64/cwt126.00–133.006573
Bulls—Medium and Large 2559115.00/cwt115.00–115.006436
Bulls—Medium and Large 1577115.00/cwt115.00–115.006648
Bulls—Medium and Large 2631111.23/cwt107.00–114.007025
Bulls—Medium and Large 1644112.50/cwt112.50–112.5072511
Bulls—Medium and Large 171096.00/cwt96.00–96.006821
Bulls—Medium and Large 185588.00/cwt88.00–88.007521

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.