Sale reports / Virginia / Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. / 2020-10-14

Southside Livestock Markets, Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Blackstone, Virginia · Wed, Oct 14
● Final56 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2183
Receipts
216 head
▼ 45 vs last sale 261▲ 55 vs year ago 161 · +34.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 28, Heifers 110, Bulls 78)

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $115.69/cwt on 109 head.
Average price
$115.69
109 head · 517 lb average
Value per head Derived
$598
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$69
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Small 1
$17.83/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−4.87
vs VA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2472122.0857642
Medium and Large 1575121.0269526
Medium and Large 3541106.3957629
Small 1487104.2550812thin
One grade step is worth $17.83/cwt here — about $69 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 sale109 hd
115.69
—
VA average11 barns · 1,916 hd
120.56
−4.87
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

56 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—Small 1360110.00/cwt110.00–110.003961
Steers—Small 1440118.00/cwt118.00–118.005191
Steers—Medium and Large 1470106.00/cwt106.00–106.004981
Steers—Medium and Large 3548116.50/cwt116.50–116.506384
Steers—Medium and Large 255899.00/cwt99.00–99.005522
Steers—Medium and Large 1569127.35/cwt125.00–134.007254
Steers—Medium and Large 1625119.71/cwt108.00–124.507489
Steers—Medium and Large 1668125.00/cwt125.00–125.008353
Steers—Small 172095.00/cwt95.00–95.006841
Steers—Medium and Large 375593.00/cwt93.00–93.007021
Steers—Medium and Large 1800113.00/cwt113.00–113.009041
Feeder Cattle · Heifers25 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2300121.00/cwt121.00–121.003631
Heifers—Medium and Large 3340114.00/cwt114.00–114.003882
Heifers—Medium and Large 1360119.00/cwt119.00–119.004282
Heifers—Medium and Large 2368121.00/cwt121.00–121.0044514
Heifers—Small 1368105.00/cwt105.00–105.003862
Heifers—Medium and Large 140095.00/cwt95.00–95.003801
Heifers—Medium and Large 2420118.00/cwt118.00–118.004961
Heifers—Small 1453108.00/cwt108.00–108.004896
Heifers—Medium and Large 3458111.00/cwt111.00–111.005089
Heifers—Medium and Large 2461132.00/cwt132.00–132.0060911
Heifers—Medium and Large 1468129.03/cwt125.00–130.006045
Heifers—Medium and Large 1535101.00/cwt101.00–101.005402
Heifers—Medium and Large 353592.00/cwt92.00–92.004922
Heifers—Medium and Large 2552120.50/cwt120.50–120.506659
Heifers—Medium and Large 1554120.50/cwt120.50–120.506685
Heifers—Small 155898.00/cwt98.00–98.005473
Heifers—Medium and Large 3564107.67/cwt104.00–114.006078
Heifers—Medium and Large 1613114.00/cwt114.00–114.006993
Heifers—Medium and Large 361594.00/cwt94.00–94.005781
Heifers—Medium and Large 2644113.00/cwt113.00–113.007284
Heifers—Medium and Large 3659105.00/cwt105.00–105.006925
Heifers—Medium and Large 2668103.00/cwt103.00–103.006882
Heifers—Medium and Large 370396.99/cwt95.00–99.006822
Heifers—Small 171599.00/cwt99.00–99.007081
Heifers—Medium and Large 1725127.74/cwt121.00–138.509268
Feeder Cattle · Bulls20 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 131595.00/cwt95.00–95.002991
Bulls—Medium and Large 2347147.00/cwt147.00–147.0051010
Bulls—Small 140580.00/cwt80.00–80.003242
Bulls—Medium and Large 2413142.44/cwt136.00–144.0058810
Bulls—Medium and Large 1420145.00/cwt145.00–145.006096
Bulls—Small 146590.00/cwt90.00–90.004191
Bulls—Medium and Large 1483140.00/cwt140.00–140.006764
Bulls—Medium and Large 2493139.00/cwt139.00–139.006855
Bulls—Small 150290.00/cwt90.00–90.004523
Bulls—Medium and Large 1523120.00/cwt120.00–120.006282
Bulls—Medium and Large 2565128.00/cwt128.00–128.007232
Bulls—Medium and Large 1567126.48/cwt118.00–132.0071710
Bulls—Small 1580106.00/cwt106.00–106.006151
Bulls—Medium and Large 2624117.00/cwt117.00–117.007309
Bulls—Medium and Large 1642122.00/cwt122.00–122.007833
Bulls—Medium and Large 1675101.00/cwt101.00–101.006821
Bulls—Small 168095.00/cwt95.00–95.006461
Bulls—Medium and Large 2710106.00/cwt106.00–106.007532
Bulls—Medium and Large 177090.00/cwt90.00–90.006931
Bulls—Medium and Large 182596.00/cwt96.00–96.007921

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.