Sale reports / Virginia / Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. / 2021-01-06

Southside Livestock Markets, Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Blackstone, Virginia · Wed, Jan 6
● Final38 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2183
Receipts
106 head
▲ 30 vs last sale 76▼ 121 vs year ago 227 · −53.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 40, Heifers 36, Bulls 30)

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $128.25/cwt on 39 head.
Average price
$128.25
39 head · 614 lb average
Value per head Derived
$787
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$103
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Small 1
$28.27/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−1.98
vs VA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2560129.277244thin
Medium and Large 1620128.9379934
Small 1615101.006211thin
One grade step is worth $28.27/cwt here — about $103 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 sale39 hd
128.25
—
VA average6 barns · 636 hd
130.23
−1.98
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 · Steers11 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1353139.00/cwt139.00–139.004912
Steers—Medium and Large 1473138.21/cwt136.00–139.006544
Steers—Medium and Large 1520126.50/cwt126.50–126.506583
Steers—Medium and Large 2522132.03/cwt128.00–134.006893
Steers—Small 1615101.00/cwt101.00–101.006211
Steers—Medium and Large 1622128.91/cwt122.00–134.0080214
Steers—Medium and Large 1668129.00/cwt129.00–129.008622
Steers—Medium and Large 2675121.00/cwt121.00–121.008171
Steers—Medium and Large 1742121.50/cwt121.50–121.509023
Steers—Medium and Large 1752123.00/cwt123.00–123.009255
Steers—Medium and Large 1885131.00/cwt131.00–131.001,1591
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1338107.00/cwt107.00–107.003622
Heifers—Medium and Large 2340107.00/cwt107.00–107.003642
Heifers—Medium and Large 2436119.00/cwt119.00–119.005196
Heifers—Small 146087.00/cwt87.00–87.004001
Heifers—Medium and Large 3465113.00/cwt113.00–113.005251
Heifers—Medium and Large 1495123.00/cwt123.00–123.006097
Heifers—Medium and Large 1539110.00/cwt110.00–110.005935
Heifers—Medium and Large 354390.00/cwt90.00–90.004892
Heifers—Small 155070.00/cwt70.00–70.003851
Heifers—Medium and Large 2558112.00/cwt112.00–112.006253
Heifers—Medium and Large 167598.00/cwt98.00–98.006622
Heifers—Medium and Large 267892.00/cwt92.00–92.006242
Heifers—Medium and Large 173385.00/cwt85.00–85.006232
Feeder Cattle · Bulls14 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2345130.00/cwt130.00–130.004491
Bulls—Small 136095.00/cwt95.00–95.003421
Bulls—Medium and Large 2400127.00/cwt127.00–127.005081
Bulls—Small 143586.00/cwt86.00–86.003741
Bulls—Medium and Large 1440129.50/cwt129.50–129.505704
Bulls—Medium and Large 2470105.00/cwt105.00–105.004941
Bulls—Medium and Large 1493128.00/cwt128.00–128.006314
Bulls—Medium and Large 1560130.00/cwt130.00–130.007284
Bulls—Medium and Large 2570116.00/cwt116.00–116.006612
Bulls—Medium and Large 1653110.00/cwt110.00–110.007186
Bulls—Medium and Large 268892.00/cwt92.00–92.006332
Bulls—Medium and Large 172588.00/cwt88.00–88.006381
Bulls—Medium and Large 187086.00/cwt86.00–86.007481
Bulls—Medium and Large 287078.00/cwt78.00–78.006791

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.