Sale reports / Virginia / Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. / 2020-10-28

Southside Livestock Markets, Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Blackstone, Virginia · Wed, Oct 28
● Final56 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2183
Receipts
217 head
▼ 37 vs last sale 254▼ 137 vs year ago 354 · −38.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 17, Heifers 115, Bulls 85)

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $109.22/cwt on 115 head.
Average price
$109.22
115 head · 530 lb average
Value per head Derived
$579
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$178
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Small 1
$20.61/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−1.94
vs VA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2524112.6659057
Medium and Large 1557110.3461542
Medium and Large 352496.575067thin
Small 144892.054129thin
One grade step is worth $20.61/cwt here — about $178 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 sale115 hd
109.22
—
VA average11 barns · 1,835 hd
111.16
−1.94
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 · Steers12 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1375142.00/cwt142.00–142.005331
Steers—Medium and Large 2385138.00/cwt138.00–138.005311
Steers—Medium and Large 3430121.00/cwt121.00–121.005201
Steers—Medium and Large 2515124.00/cwt124.00–124.006391
Steers—Small 1580107.00/cwt107.00–107.006211
Steers—Medium and Large 3585109.00/cwt109.00–109.006381
Steers—Medium and Large 1595118.00/cwt118.00–118.007021
Steers—Medium and Large 3600113.00/cwt113.00–113.006781
Steers—Medium and Large 1633120.00/cwt120.00–120.007606
Steers—Medium and Large 1705101.00/cwt101.00–101.007121
Steers—Medium and Large 1775113.00/cwt113.00–113.008761
Steers—Medium and Large 1800115.00/cwt115.00–115.009201
Feeder Cattle · Heifers27 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 3320100.00/cwt100.00–100.003201
Heifers—Medium and Large 2355121.00/cwt121.00–121.0043012
Heifers—Medium and Large 1368118.00/cwt118.00–118.004344
Heifers—Small 1370107.49/cwt100.00–111.003983
Heifers—Medium and Large 240597.00/cwt97.00–97.003931
Heifers—Medium and Large 3425114.00/cwt114.00–114.004852
Heifers—Medium and Large 1448105.00/cwt105.00–105.004702
Heifers—Medium and Large 2454119.00/cwt119.00–119.0054014
Heifers—Small 145987.00/cwt87.00–87.003994
Heifers—Medium and Large 1467113.38/cwt103.00–115.505296
Heifers—Small 152572.00/cwt72.00–72.003781
Heifers—Medium and Large 2535100.00/cwt100.00–100.005351
Heifers—Medium and Large 3545104.00/cwt104.00–104.005671
Heifers—Medium and Large 355082.00/cwt82.00–82.004511
Heifers—Small 156086.00/cwt86.00–86.004821
Heifers—Medium and Large 2562109.84/cwt106.00–115.0061715
Heifers—Medium and Large 1568112.17/cwt111.00–113.5063715
Heifers—Medium and Large 1630108.95/cwt91.00–112.0068612
Heifers—Medium and Large 2634105.00/cwt105.00–105.006665
Heifers—Medium and Large 365078.00/cwt78.00–78.005071
Heifers—Medium and Large 1670110.00/cwt110.00–110.007371
Heifers—Medium and Large 269087.02/cwt84.00–90.006002
Heifers—Medium and Large 270094.00/cwt94.00–94.006581
Heifers—Medium and Large 172585.00/cwt85.00–85.006161
Heifers—Medium and Large 175087.00/cwt87.00–87.006531
Heifers—Medium and Large 375084.00/cwt84.00–84.006301
Heifers—Medium and Large 2773111.00/cwt111.00–111.008586
Feeder Cattle · Bulls17 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2345146.00/cwt146.00–146.0050411
Bulls—Medium and Large 1353146.00/cwt146.00–146.005154
Bulls—Small 140383.00/cwt83.00–83.003342
Bulls—Medium and Large 2418141.01/cwt120.00–145.005896
Bulls—Medium and Large 1432144.66/cwt115.00–147.5062511
Bulls—Medium and Large 2491141.00/cwt141.00–141.006925
Bulls—Medium and Large 1492136.00/cwt136.00–136.006693
Bulls—Small 152070.00/cwt70.00–70.003641
Bulls—Medium and Large 1545113.00/cwt113.00–113.006161
Bulls—Medium and Large 2564114.50/cwt114.50–114.506467
Bulls—Medium and Large 1571124.87/cwt113.00–127.0071313
Bulls—Small 157592.00/cwt92.00–92.005292
Bulls—Medium and Large 2629105.00/cwt105.00–105.006605
Bulls—Medium and Large 1648116.00/cwt116.00–116.007526
Bulls—Medium and Large 1655104.00/cwt104.00–104.006813
Bulls—Medium and Large 174294.71/cwt93.00–100.007034
Bulls—Medium and Large 180590.00/cwt90.00–90.007251

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.