Sale reports / Virginia / Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. / 2020-10-21

Southside Livestock Markets, Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Blackstone, Virginia · Wed, Oct 21
● Final54 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2183
Receipts
254 head
▲ 38 vs last sale 216▲ 25 vs year ago 229 · +10.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 52, Heifers 98, Bulls 104)

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $124.48/cwt on 99 head.
Average price
$124.48
99 head · 529 lb average
Value per head Derived
$658
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$141
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Small 1
$41.66/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−5.32
vs VA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2477129.3361643
Medium and Large 1572124.7371350
Small 154387.674766thin
One grade step is worth $41.66/cwt here — about $141 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 sale99 hd
124.48
—
VA average8 barns · 1,261 hd
129.80
−5.32
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

54 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 · Steers14 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2360129.00/cwt129.00–129.004641
Steers—Medium and Large 3428126.00/cwt126.00–126.005392
Steers—Medium and Large 2457136.00/cwt136.00–136.006223
Steers—Medium and Large 3465110.00/cwt110.00–110.005121
Steers—Medium and Large 1472129.05/cwt126.00–135.006093
Steers—Medium and Large 2500128.00/cwt128.00–128.006401
Steers—Medium and Large 3530115.00/cwt115.00–115.006101
Steers—Medium and Large 1540123.93/cwt121.00–128.5066912
Steers—Medium and Large 1580120.00/cwt120.00–120.006961
Steers—Medium and Large 3600107.00/cwt107.00–107.006421
Steers—Medium and Large 1682120.83/cwt114.00–123.008248
Steers—Medium and Large 1711124.95/cwt121.00–127.008889
Steers—Medium and Large 2725109.00/cwt109.00–109.007901
Steers—Medium and Large 1787123.00/cwt123.00–123.009686
Feeder Cattle · Heifers21 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 232580.00/cwt80.00–80.002601
Heifers—Small 134580.00/cwt80.00–80.002761
Heifers—Medium and Large 1355105.00/cwt105.00–105.003731
Heifers—Medium and Large 2363120.76/cwt96.00–130.0043811
Heifers—Medium and Large 338597.50/cwt90.00–105.003754
Heifers—Small 139074.00/cwt74.00–74.002891
Heifers—Small 1403107.00/cwt107.00–107.004312
Heifers—Medium and Large 1438128.00/cwt128.00–128.005615
Heifers—Medium and Large 3445102.50/cwt102.50–102.5045610
Heifers—Medium and Large 2446114.00/cwt114.00–114.005088
Heifers—Medium and Large 2475104.00/cwt104.00–104.004941
Heifers—Medium and Large 1528119.00/cwt119.00–119.006284
Heifers—Medium and Large 353090.00/cwt90.00–90.004772
Heifers—Medium and Large 2542107.00/cwt107.00–107.005807
Heifers—Medium and Large 1567113.15/cwt108.00–114.006427
Heifers—Medium and Large 363578.00/cwt78.00–78.004951
Heifers—Medium and Large 1642100.01/cwt96.00–104.0064212
Heifers—Medium and Large 2654107.00/cwt107.00–107.007004
Heifers—Medium and Large 169095.00/cwt95.00–95.006563
Heifers—Medium and Large 271589.00/cwt89.00–89.006363
Heifers—Medium and Large 172595.65/cwt85.00–100.006939
Feeder Cattle · Bulls19 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Small 1320110.00/cwt110.00–110.003521
Bulls—Medium and Large 2342136.00/cwt136.00–136.004659
Bulls—Medium and Large 1370128.18/cwt120.00–142.004743
Bulls—Medium and Large 2415142.00/cwt142.00–142.0058913
Bulls—Medium and Large 1416148.00/cwt148.00–148.006166
Bulls—Small 144070.00/cwt70.00–70.003081
Bulls—Medium and Large 2468130.00/cwt130.00–130.006085
Bulls—Medium and Large 1483125.00/cwt125.00–125.006042
Bulls—Small 150574.00/cwt74.00–74.003741
Bulls—Medium and Large 1508134.00/cwt134.00–134.006817
Bulls—Medium and Large 2556115.00/cwt115.00–115.006398
Bulls—Medium and Large 1560133.00/cwt133.00–133.0074516
Bulls—Medium and Large 1632115.00/cwt115.00–115.007276
Bulls—Medium and Large 2635118.00/cwt118.00–118.007497
Bulls—Small 164091.00/cwt91.00–91.005822
Bulls—Small 171090.00/cwt90.00–90.006391
Bulls—Medium and Large 173297.83/cwt97.00–103.007167
Bulls—Medium and Large 278595.00/cwt95.00–95.007461
Bulls—Medium and Large 186091.00/cwt91.00–91.007833

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.