Sale reports / Virginia / Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. / 2020-11-18

Southside Livestock Markets, Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Blackstone, Virginia · Wed, Nov 18
● Final40 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2183
Receipts
83 head
▼ 149 vs last sale 232▼ 149 vs year ago 232 · −64.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 13, Heifers 42, Bulls 28)

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $109.10/cwt on 42 head.
Average price
$109.10
42 head · 498 lb average
Value per head Derived
$543
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$106
per head · Medium and Large 3 over Small 1
$31.77/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−9.64
vs VA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 3474116.2755111thin
Medium and Large 1543114.0761914thin
Medium and Large 2449109.0248911thin
Small 152784.504456thin
One grade step is worth $31.77/cwt here — about $106 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 sale42 hd
109.10
—
VA average11 barns · 1,933 hd
118.74
−9.64
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

40 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 · Steers9 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 3365135.00/cwt135.00–135.004931
Steers—Medium and Large 2465135.00/cwt135.00–135.006281
Steers—Medium and Large 1515128.00/cwt128.00–128.006592
Steers—Small 1530119.00/cwt119.00–119.006311
Steers—Medium and Large 2555126.52/cwt124.00–129.007022
Steers—Medium and Large 1585128.00/cwt128.00–128.007491
Steers—Medium and Large 1610123.00/cwt123.00–123.007501
Steers—Medium and Large 1655123.00/cwt123.00–123.008063
Steers—Medium and Large 1755116.00/cwt116.00–116.008761
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1340126.00/cwt126.00–126.004281
Heifers—Medium and Large 234586.00/cwt86.00–86.002971
Heifers—Medium and Large 3350109.00/cwt109.00–109.003821
Heifers—Medium and Large 2353115.00/cwt115.00–115.004062
Heifers—Medium and Large 3437120.00/cwt120.00–120.005245
Heifers—Medium and Large 2440120.00/cwt120.00–120.005285
Heifers—Small 146584.00/cwt84.00–84.003912
Heifers—Medium and Large 1468119.00/cwt119.00–119.005573
Heifers—Medium and Large 252399.09/cwt90.00–109.005182
Heifers—Small 152592.00/cwt92.00–92.004833
Heifers—Medium and Large 1528120.00/cwt120.00–120.006342
Heifers—Medium and Large 3535114.00/cwt114.00–114.006105
Heifers—Medium and Large 1560114.00/cwt114.00–114.006385
Heifers—Medium and Large 264085.00/cwt85.00–85.005441
Heifers—Medium and Large 1645102.00/cwt102.00–102.006582
Heifers—Small 165563.00/cwt63.00–63.004131
Heifers—Medium and Large 1710100.00/cwt100.00–100.007101
Feeder Cattle · Bulls14 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1300153.00/cwt153.00–153.004591
Bulls—Medium and Large 2358156.00/cwt156.00–156.005582
Bulls—Medium and Large 2415135.00/cwt135.00–135.005602
Bulls—Small 143098.00/cwt98.00–98.004213
Bulls—Medium and Large 144089.00/cwt89.00–89.003921
Bulls—Medium and Large 2475131.03/cwt129.00–132.006223
Bulls—Medium and Large 1494133.00/cwt133.00–133.006575
Bulls—Small 1538105.00/cwt105.00–105.005652
Bulls—Medium and Large 1540108.00/cwt108.00–108.005831
Bulls—Medium and Large 2550114.00/cwt114.00–114.006271
Bulls—Medium and Large 1555120.00/cwt120.00–120.006662
Bulls—Medium and Large 1640101.00/cwt101.00–101.006462
Bulls—Small 167075.00/cwt75.00–75.005031
Bulls—Medium and Large 1730105.00/cwt105.00–105.007672

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.