Sale reports / Virginia / Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. / 2020-09-16

Southside Livestock Markets, Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Blackstone, Virginia · Wed, Sep 16
● Final45 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2183
Receipts
133 head
▲ 82 vs last sale 51▲ 3 vs year ago 130 · +2.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 41, Heifers 61, Bulls 31)

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $116.57/cwt on 61 head.
Average price
$116.57
61 head · 551 lb average
Value per head Derived
$643
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$81
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 1
$11.96/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−9.79
vs VA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1547119.3665214thin
Medium and Large 2581117.5368332
Medium and Large 3474114.2054110thin
Small 1532107.405715thin
One grade step is worth $11.96/cwt here — about $81 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 sale61 hd
116.57
—
VA average10 barns · 2,386 hd
126.36
−9.79
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

45 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 346597.00/cwt97.00–97.004511
Steers—Medium and Large 2470139.58/cwt136.00–146.006567
Steers—Medium and Large 1480152.00/cwt152.00–152.007302
Steers—Medium and Large 1508133.00/cwt133.00–133.006762
Steers—Medium and Large 1569127.10/cwt127.00–128.0072310
Steers—Medium and Large 1609127.99/cwt121.00–130.5077910
Steers—Medium and Large 1689126.00/cwt126.00–126.008684
Steers—Medium and Large 1709118.99/cwt114.00–124.008444
Steers—Small 1730109.00/cwt109.00–109.007961
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 3370124.00/cwt124.00–124.004592
Heifers—Small 1385124.00/cwt124.00–124.004771
Heifers—Medium and Large 2390124.00/cwt124.00–124.004841
Heifers—Medium and Large 3435122.50/cwt115.00–125.005334
Heifers—Medium and Large 2458120.82/cwt108.00–123.5055312
Heifers—Medium and Large 1460122.00/cwt122.00–122.005614
Heifers—Small 1485114.00/cwt114.00–114.005531
Heifers—Medium and Large 1505117.00/cwt117.00–117.005911
Heifers—Small 1540109.00/cwt109.00–109.005891
Heifers—Medium and Large 2541117.00/cwt117.00–117.006335
Heifers—Medium and Large 3545101.00/cwt101.00–101.005503
Heifers—Medium and Large 2578106.94/cwt104.00–110.006182
Heifers—Small 1585104.00/cwt104.00–104.006081
Heifers—Medium and Large 1587119.00/cwt119.00–119.006998
Heifers—Medium and Large 1610114.00/cwt114.00–114.006951
Heifers—Medium and Large 3625101.00/cwt101.00–101.006311
Heifers—Small 166586.00/cwt86.00–86.005721
Heifers—Medium and Large 2725116.51/cwt110.00–118.008458
Heifers—Medium and Large 2760114.00/cwt114.00–114.008664
Feeder Cattle · Bulls17 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Small 1350101.00/cwt101.00–101.003541
Bulls—Medium and Large 2355110.00/cwt110.00–110.003911
Bulls—Medium and Large 1395135.00/cwt135.00–135.005331
Bulls—Medium and Large 1415141.00/cwt141.00–141.005852
Bulls—Medium and Large 2425140.00/cwt140.00–140.005954
Bulls—Small 1427106.00/cwt106.00–106.004533
Bulls—Medium and Large 2480131.00/cwt131.00–131.006293
Bulls—Small 148099.00/cwt99.00–99.004751
Bulls—Medium and Large 1490120.00/cwt120.00–120.005881
Bulls—Medium and Large 1510108.00/cwt108.00–108.005511
Bulls—Medium and Large 2525118.00/cwt118.00–118.006201
Bulls—Medium and Large 1567125.00/cwt125.00–125.007093
Bulls—Small 1570118.00/cwt118.00–118.006731
Bulls—Medium and Large 1622116.18/cwt106.00–121.007233
Bulls—Medium and Large 2633111.50/cwt111.50–111.507062
Bulls—Medium and Large 1735107.00/cwt107.00–107.007861
Bulls—Medium and Large 2735107.00/cwt107.00–107.007861

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.