Sale reports / Virginia / Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. / 2020-11-04

Southside Livestock Markets, Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Blackstone, Virginia · Wed, Nov 4
● Final42 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2183
Receipts
137 head
▼ 80 vs last sale 217▼ 63 vs year ago 200 · −31.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 28, Heifers 60, Bulls 49)

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $113.25/cwt on 59 head.
Average price
$113.25
59 head · 545 lb average
Value per head Derived
$617
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$128
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 1
$16.89/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−3.58
vs VA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1568114.8965232
Medium and Large 2542114.3962018thin
Medium and Large 3460106.004878thin
Small 153598.005241thin
One grade step is worth $16.89/cwt here — about $128 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 sale59 hd
113.25
—
VA average8 barns · 1,123 hd
116.83
−3.58
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

42 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 · Steers10 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2395146.00/cwt146.00–146.005771
Steers—Medium and Large 2495134.00/cwt134.00–134.006631
Steers—Medium and Large 2552126.50/cwt126.50–126.506985
Steers—Medium and Large 1578131.50/cwt131.50–131.507602
Steers—Medium and Large 3578110.00/cwt110.00–110.006363
Steers—Medium and Large 1640123.19/cwt121.00–126.007889
Steers—Medium and Large 2643122.00/cwt122.00–122.007843
Steers—Medium and Large 1685120.00/cwt120.00–120.008221
Steers—Medium and Large 1738120.00/cwt120.00–120.008862
Steers—Small 1750100.00/cwt100.00–100.007501
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1363118.00/cwt118.00–118.004282
Heifers—Medium and Large 3382105.00/cwt105.00–105.004013
Heifers—Medium and Large 2388119.00/cwt119.00–119.004622
Heifers—Medium and Large 1428125.00/cwt125.00–125.005353
Heifers—Medium and Large 3430113.00/cwt113.00–113.004861
Heifers—Medium and Large 1458122.00/cwt122.00–122.005592
Heifers—Medium and Large 2470122.50/cwt122.50–122.505768
Heifers—Medium and Large 2505112.00/cwt112.00–112.005661
Heifers—Medium and Large 3525105.00/cwt105.00–105.005514
Heifers—Small 153598.00/cwt98.00–98.005241
Heifers—Medium and Large 1538118.86/cwt118.50–119.0063910
Heifers—Medium and Large 1560109.00/cwt109.00–109.006101
Heifers—Medium and Large 1605110.50/cwt110.50–110.506691
Heifers—Medium and Large 2640111.00/cwt111.00–111.007104
Heifers—Medium and Large 1654109.84/cwt104.00–110.5071810
Heifers—Medium and Large 1718105.00/cwt105.00–105.007543
Heifers—Medium and Large 271895.00/cwt95.00–95.006823
Feeder Cattle · Bulls15 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2349145.00/cwt145.00–145.005066
Bulls—Medium and Large 2410147.50/cwt147.50–147.506058
Bulls—Medium and Large 1413149.00/cwt149.00–149.006153
Bulls—Medium and Large 2482136.00/cwt136.00–136.006568
Bulls—Medium and Large 1485136.80/cwt136.00–138.006635
Bulls—Small 1515106.00/cwt106.00–106.005461
Bulls—Medium and Large 2569115.93/cwt114.00–120.006603
Bulls—Medium and Large 1580118.00/cwt118.00–118.006841
Bulls—Medium and Large 1631125.00/cwt125.00–125.007894
Bulls—Medium and Large 1650112.00/cwt112.00–112.007281
Bulls—Medium and Large 265774.00/cwt74.00–74.004863
Bulls—Medium and Large 2748105.00/cwt105.00–105.007853
Bulls—Medium and Large 1760110.00/cwt110.00–110.008361
Bulls—Medium and Large 180585.00/cwt85.00–85.006841
Bulls—Medium and Large 283085.00/cwt85.00–85.007061

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.