Sale reports / Virginia / Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. / 2020-09-02

Southside Livestock Markets, Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Blackstone, Virginia · Wed, Sep 2
● Final37 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2183
Receipts
117 head
▲ 7 vs last sale 110▲ 17 vs year ago 100 · +17.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 39, Heifers 55, 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 $114.23/cwt on 55 head.
Average price
$114.23
55 head · 555 lb average
Value per head Derived
$634
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$101
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Small 1
$18.01/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−12.84
vs VA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2532118.4463025
Medium and Large 1612115.0870418thin
Medium and Large 3507109.405545thin
Small 1527100.435297thin
One grade step is worth $18.01/cwt here — about $101 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 sale55 hd
114.23
—
VA average7 barns · 1,152 hd
127.06
−12.84
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

37 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 2460128.00/cwt128.00–128.005892
Steers—Medium and Large 1495130.00/cwt130.00–130.006441
Steers—Medium and Large 1562131.00/cwt131.00–131.007365
Steers—Medium and Large 1611128.59/cwt128.00–129.007865
Steers—Medium and Large 3620112.00/cwt112.00–112.006941
Steers—Medium and Large 1656130.71/cwt130.00–131.008577
Steers—Medium and Large 1713127.00/cwt127.00–127.009067
Steers—Medium and Large 2744124.00/cwt124.00–124.009234
Steers—Medium and Large 1754122.00/cwt122.00–122.009207
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 3305119.00/cwt119.00–119.003631
Heifers—Medium and Large 2368124.00/cwt124.00–124.004562
Heifers—Medium and Large 1375126.00/cwt126.00–126.004731
Heifers—Small 1462102.00/cwt102.00–102.004713
Heifers—Medium and Large 2465123.00/cwt123.00–123.005729
Heifers—Medium and Large 1488124.00/cwt124.00–124.006052
Heifers—Medium and Large 3508111.00/cwt111.00–111.005643
Heifers—Small 153586.00/cwt86.00–86.004601
Heifers—Medium and Large 1549119.00/cwt119.00–119.006534
Heifers—Medium and Large 2551118.50/cwt118.50–118.506536
Heifers—Small 1578103.00/cwt103.00–103.005952
Heifers—Small 1610105.00/cwt105.00–105.006411
Heifers—Medium and Large 1626112.63/cwt112.50–113.007054
Heifers—Medium and Large 2634111.88/cwt107.50–114.507098
Heifers—Medium and Large 1679111.00/cwt111.00–111.007545
Heifers—Medium and Large 370595.00/cwt95.00–95.006701
Heifers—Medium and Large 1785108.00/cwt108.00–108.008482
Feeder Cattle · Bulls11 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2353160.00/cwt160.00–160.005652
Bulls—Small 1385120.00/cwt120.00–120.004621
Bulls—Medium and Large 2403145.00/cwt145.00–145.005842
Bulls—Medium and Large 2470128.00/cwt128.00–128.006022
Bulls—Medium and Large 1495130.00/cwt130.00–130.006441
Bulls—Small 1508109.00/cwt109.00–109.005542
Bulls—Medium and Large 2555114.00/cwt114.00–114.006332
Bulls—Medium and Large 1558127.50/cwt127.50–127.507114
Bulls—Medium and Large 1631119.25/cwt119.25–119.257524
Bulls—Medium and Large 2640116.50/cwt116.50–116.507462
Bulls—Medium and Large 270594.00/cwt94.00–94.006631

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.