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

Southside Livestock Markets, Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Blackstone, Virginia · Wed, Sep 9
● Final26 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2183
Receipts
51 head
▼ 66 vs last sale 117▼ 317 vs year ago 368 · −86.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 9, Heifers 21, Bulls 21)

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $116.61/cwt on 21 head.
Average price
$116.61
21 head · 522 lb average
Value per head Derived
$608
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$177
per head · Small 1 over Medium and Large 2
$14.61/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−9.30
vs VA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Small 1360130.004681thin
Medium and Large 3422118.004983thin
Medium and Large 1534115.856187thin
Medium and Large 2559115.3964510thin
One grade step is worth $14.61/cwt here — about −$177 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 sale21 hd
116.61
—
VA average8 barns · 858 hd
125.91
−9.30
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

26 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 · Steers6 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1440141.00/cwt141.00–141.006201
Steers—Medium and Large 1450135.00/cwt135.00–135.006081
Steers—Medium and Large 1610131.00/cwt131.00–131.007991
Steers—Medium and Large 1672130.32/cwt129.00–131.008763
Steers—Medium and Large 1720130.00/cwt130.00–130.009362
Steers—Medium and Large 1865120.00/cwt120.00–120.001,0381
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2340105.00/cwt105.00–105.003571
Heifers—Medium and Large 3358124.00/cwt124.00–124.004442
Heifers—Small 1360130.00/cwt130.00–130.004681
Heifers—Medium and Large 1440113.47/cwt111.00–116.004992
Heifers—Medium and Large 2455125.00/cwt125.00–125.005693
Heifers—Medium and Large 2528116.00/cwt116.00–116.006122
Heifers—Medium and Large 1547120.00/cwt120.00–120.006563
Heifers—Medium and Large 3550106.00/cwt106.00–106.005831
Heifers—Medium and Large 1580110.00/cwt110.00–110.006381
Heifers—Medium and Large 1635114.00/cwt114.00–114.007241
Heifers—Medium and Large 2708110.48/cwt106.00–115.007824
Feeder Cattle · Bulls9 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2310163.00/cwt163.00–163.005051
Bulls—Small 1350140.00/cwt140.00–140.004902
Bulls—Medium and Large 1375159.00/cwt159.00–159.005961
Bulls—Medium and Large 1485126.48/cwt121.00–130.006135
Bulls—Medium and Large 1560129.50/cwt129.50–129.507256
Bulls—Medium and Large 2563124.00/cwt124.00–124.006982
Bulls—Medium and Large 2615111.00/cwt111.00–111.006831
Bulls—Medium and Large 1620106.00/cwt106.00–106.006571
Bulls—Medium and Large 1665111.98/cwt109.00–115.007452

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.