Sale reports / Virginia / Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. / 2020-10-07

Southside Livestock Markets, Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Blackstone, Virginia · Wed, Oct 7
● Final52 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2183
Receipts
261 head
▲ 108 vs last sale 153▼ 27 vs year ago 288 · −9.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 60, Heifers 120, Bulls 81)

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $111.64/cwt on 120 head.
Average price
$111.64
120 head · 584 lb average
Value per head Derived
$652
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$216
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 1
$12.38/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−9.24
vs VA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1647114.0873867
Medium and Large 2489113.1955431
Medium and Large 3537102.3354912thin
Small 1513101.7052210thin
One grade step is worth $12.38/cwt here — about $216 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 sale120 hd
111.64
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VA average9 barns · 2,244 hd
120.89
−9.24
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

52 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 · Steers12 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1315156.00/cwt156.00–156.004911
Steers—Medium and Large 1473135.00/cwt135.00–135.006392
Steers—Medium and Large 3528127.00/cwt127.00–127.006712
Steers—Small 1538112.00/cwt112.00–112.006032
Steers—Medium and Large 1545124.00/cwt124.00–124.006763
Steers—Medium and Large 3635118.99/cwt115.00–121.007563
Steers—Medium and Large 1646131.64/cwt129.00–132.5085022
Steers—Medium and Large 1660131.00/cwt131.00–131.008654
Steers—Small 1665109.00/cwt109.00–109.007251
Steers—Medium and Large 2720119.00/cwt119.00–119.008571
Steers—Medium and Large 1764128.88/cwt125.00–129.5098518
Steers—Small 1765107.00/cwt107.00–107.008191
Feeder Cattle · Heifers24 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Small 1330119.00/cwt119.00–119.003931
Heifers—Medium and Large 1350124.00/cwt124.00–124.004341
Heifers—Medium and Large 2366115.24/cwt109.00–122.004228
Heifers—Medium and Large 3375104.00/cwt104.00–104.003902
Heifers—Medium and Large 3420108.00/cwt108.00–108.004542
Heifers—Medium and Large 2454120.00/cwt120.00–120.005458
Heifers—Medium and Large 1469111.80/cwt105.00–115.005243
Heifers—Small 1469105.00/cwt105.00–105.004924
Heifers—Medium and Large 3470108.00/cwt108.00–108.005081
Heifers—Small 1520100.00/cwt100.00–100.005201
Heifers—Medium and Large 3543100.00/cwt100.00–100.005432
Heifers—Medium and Large 2544117.00/cwt117.00–117.0063610
Heifers—Small 1550100.00/cwt100.00–100.005502
Heifers—Medium and Large 1555117.99/cwt115.00–118.5065514
Heifers—Medium and Large 260394.50/cwt94.00–95.005702
Heifers—Small 160584.00/cwt84.00–84.005081
Heifers—Medium and Large 1642109.00/cwt109.00–109.0070020
Heifers—Medium and Large 3648102.00/cwt102.00–102.006614
Heifers—Medium and Large 265589.37/cwt80.00–94.005853
Heifers—Medium and Large 1695118.50/cwt118.50–118.5082420
Heifers—Small 170094.00/cwt94.00–94.006581
Heifers—Medium and Large 370588.00/cwt88.00–88.006201
Heifers—Medium and Large 1731110.00/cwt110.00–110.008045
Heifers—Medium and Large 1858108.00/cwt108.00–108.009274
Feeder Cattle · Bulls16 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1320151.00/cwt151.00–151.004831
Bulls—Medium and Large 2350151.00/cwt151.00–151.005293
Bulls—Small 1350125.00/cwt125.00–125.004381
Bulls—Medium and Large 1408148.00/cwt148.00–148.006045
Bulls—Medium and Large 2414147.84/cwt138.00–148.5061216
Bulls—Medium and Large 1484133.00/cwt133.00–133.006445
Bulls—Medium and Large 2490123.16/cwt120.00–125.006038
Bulls—Small 1503105.00/cwt105.00–105.005282
Bulls—Medium and Large 2530117.57/cwt117.00–120.006235
Bulls—Medium and Large 1546122.00/cwt122.00–122.006669
Bulls—Small 156398.00/cwt98.00–98.005522
Bulls—Small 164080.00/cwt80.00–80.005121
Bulls—Medium and Large 1645120.00/cwt120.00–120.0077410
Bulls—Medium and Large 2650118.00/cwt118.00–118.007671
Bulls—Medium and Large 1733108.50/cwt108.50–108.507958
Bulls—Medium and Large 183095.00/cwt95.00–95.007892

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.