Sale reports / Virginia / Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. / 2020-12-09

Southside Livestock Markets, Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Blackstone, Virginia · Wed, Dec 9
● Final38 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2183
Receipts
139 head
▼ 28 vs last sale 167▲ 26 vs year ago 113 · +23.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 16, Heifers 70, Bulls 53)

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $109.81/cwt on 70 head.
Average price
$109.81
70 head · 521 lb average
Value per head Derived
$572
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$17
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Small 1
$21.07/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−9.35
vs VA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2487116.7356912thin
Medium and Large 1530109.4858044
Medium and Large 3508107.4554611thin
Small 157795.675523thin
One grade step is worth $21.07/cwt here — about $17 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 sale70 hd
109.81
—
VA average9 barns · 1,858 hd
119.17
−9.35
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

38 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 1350144.00/cwt144.00–144.005041
Steers—Medium and Large 1463141.00/cwt141.00–141.006532
Steers—Medium and Large 2480139.00/cwt139.00–139.006672
Steers—Small 1510126.00/cwt126.00–126.006431
Steers—Medium and Large 3538123.00/cwt123.00–123.006623
Steers—Medium and Large 1547139.00/cwt139.00–139.007603
Steers—Medium and Large 2625103.00/cwt103.00–103.006441
Steers—Small 175084.00/cwt84.00–84.006301
Steers—Medium and Large 1755112.00/cwt112.00–112.008462
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 334099.00/cwt99.00–99.003372
Heifers—Medium and Large 1373110.55/cwt109.00–112.004122
Heifers—Medium and Large 2454122.48/cwt118.00–123.0055610
Heifers—Medium and Large 3463117.00/cwt117.00–117.005422
Heifers—Medium and Large 1463106.79/cwt105.00–107.0049410
Heifers—Medium and Large 3527114.00/cwt114.00–114.006015
Heifers—Small 1530100.00/cwt100.00–100.005302
Heifers—Medium and Large 1535116.50/cwt116.50–116.5062312
Heifers—Medium and Large 1558109.67/cwt105.00–110.0061215
Heifers—Medium and Large 362588.00/cwt88.00–88.005501
Heifers—Medium and Large 163297.00/cwt97.00–97.006135
Heifers—Medium and Large 264093.00/cwt93.00–93.005951
Heifers—Medium and Large 266583.00/cwt83.00–83.005521
Heifers—Small 167087.00/cwt87.00–87.005831
Heifers—Medium and Large 372092.00/cwt92.00–92.006621
Feeder Cattle · Bulls14 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1353166.00/cwt166.00–166.005863
Bulls—Medium and Large 2353166.00/cwt166.00–166.005864
Bulls—Medium and Large 2410135.73/cwt134.00–140.005564
Bulls—Medium and Large 1426149.00/cwt149.00–149.0063510
Bulls—Medium and Large 1474140.00/cwt140.00–140.006645
Bulls—Medium and Large 2503128.00/cwt128.00–128.006444
Bulls—Medium and Large 1513130.00/cwt130.00–130.006672
Bulls—Small 1525101.44/cwt95.00–108.005332
Bulls—Medium and Large 1555123.00/cwt123.00–123.006833
Bulls—Medium and Large 2568120.00/cwt120.00–120.006823
Bulls—Medium and Large 2635111.00/cwt111.00–111.007051
Bulls—Medium and Large 1668110.51/cwt108.00–111.007386
Bulls—Medium and Large 1732105.00/cwt105.00–105.007693
Bulls—Small 186075.00/cwt75.00–75.006451

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.