Sale reports / Virginia / Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. / 2020-07-29

Southside Livestock Markets, Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Blackstone, Virginia · Wed, Jul 29
● Final39 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2183
Receipts
130 head
▲ 14 vs last sale 116▼ 97 vs year ago 227 · −42.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 40, Heifers 58, Bulls 32)

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $112.26/cwt on 57 head.
Average price
$112.26
57 head · 574 lb average
Value per head Derived
$644
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$42
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Small 1
$11.65/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−8.27
vs VA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2587113.1566427
Medium and Large 3507112.735727thin
Medium and Large 1576111.9964621
Small 1613101.506222thin
One grade step is worth $11.65/cwt here — about $42 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 sale57 hd
112.26
—
VA average6 barns · 914 hd
120.52
−8.27
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 · Steers11 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1461123.59/cwt118.00–131.005707
Steers—Medium and Large 2535124.00/cwt124.00–124.006631
Steers—Medium and Large 3560124.00/cwt124.00–124.006941
Steers—Medium and Large 1566129.84/cwt127.50–131.5073510
Steers—Medium and Large 2629127.00/cwt127.00–127.007994
Steers—Medium and Large 1644128.00/cwt128.00–128.008247
Steers—Medium and Large 3665115.00/cwt115.00–115.007651
Steers—Medium and Large 2740115.00/cwt115.00–115.008515
Steers—Medium and Large 1770110.96/cwt109.00–113.008542
Steers—Medium and Large 1810108.00/cwt108.00–108.008751
Steers—Medium and Large 2815107.00/cwt107.00–107.008721
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2343122.00/cwt122.00–122.004182
Heifers—Medium and Large 1350126.00/cwt126.00–126.004412
Heifers—Medium and Large 2430116.00/cwt116.00–116.004991
Heifers—Medium and Large 1445110.00/cwt110.00–110.004902
Heifers—Medium and Large 3451118.00/cwt118.00–118.005324
Heifers—Medium and Large 1485110.00/cwt110.00–110.005341
Heifers—Medium and Large 1535117.69/cwt111.00–119.006306
Heifers—Medium and Large 3560107.57/cwt100.00–115.006022
Heifers—Medium and Large 2562116.30/cwt113.50–117.5065410
Heifers—Small 1575104.00/cwt104.00–104.005981
Heifers—Medium and Large 1610110.50/cwt110.50–110.506743
Heifers—Medium and Large 3625102.00/cwt102.00–102.006381
Heifers—Medium and Large 2635111.00/cwt111.00–111.0070511
Heifers—Small 165099.00/cwt99.00–99.006441
Heifers—Medium and Large 2660108.00/cwt108.00–108.007131
Heifers—Medium and Large 1675104.50/cwt104.50–104.507052
Heifers—Medium and Large 1728104.61/cwt103.00–105.007625
Heifers—Medium and Large 2728101.46/cwt100.00–103.007392
Feeder Cattle · Bulls10 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Small 1478110.57/cwt106.00–115.005292
Bulls—Medium and Large 1510119.50/cwt119.50–119.506092
Bulls—Medium and Large 2543119.00/cwt119.00–119.006462
Bulls—Medium and Large 1568119.50/cwt119.50–119.506794
Bulls—Medium and Large 1644109.50/cwt109.50–109.507056
Bulls—Medium and Large 2663117.00/cwt117.00–117.007763
Bulls—Small 1690107.00/cwt107.00–107.007381
Bulls—Medium and Large 2712109.00/cwt109.00–109.007763
Bulls—Medium and Large 174897.28/cwt96.00–99.007287
Bulls—Medium and Large 284590.00/cwt90.00–90.007611

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.