Sale reports / Virginia / Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. / 2021-01-20

Southside Livestock Markets, Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Blackstone, Virginia · Wed, Jan 20
● Final43 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2183
Receipts
136 head
▼ 96 vs last sale 232▼ 62 vs year ago 198 · −31.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 19, Heifers 75, Bulls 42)

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $107.00/cwt on 74 head.
Average price
$107.00
74 head · 587 lb average
Value per head Derived
$628
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$132
per head · Medium and Large 3 over Medium and Large 1
$8.92/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−8.78
vs VA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 3445114.335096thin
Medium and Large 2594107.1063638
Medium and Large 1608105.4164030
One grade step is worth $8.92/cwt here — about −$132 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 sale74 hd
107.00
—
VA average9 barns · 1,684 hd
115.78
−8.78
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

43 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 3345135.00/cwt135.00–135.004661
Steers—Medium and Large 2390139.00/cwt139.00–139.005421
Steers—Medium and Large 2445138.00/cwt138.00–138.006142
Steers—Medium and Large 3470134.00/cwt134.00–134.006301
Steers—Medium and Large 1480139.00/cwt139.00–139.006671
Steers—Medium and Large 2495131.00/cwt131.00–131.006481
Steers—Small 1538124.00/cwt124.00–124.006672
Steers—Medium and Large 1562131.00/cwt131.00–131.007363
Steers—Medium and Large 2707121.00/cwt121.00–121.008553
Steers—Medium and Large 1742117.03/cwt114.00–120.008684
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 3330115.00/cwt115.00–115.003801
Heifers—Medium and Large 3355122.00/cwt122.00–122.004331
Heifers—Medium and Large 236090.00/cwt90.00–90.003241
Heifers—Medium and Large 1373124.29/cwt120.00–129.004642
Heifers—Medium and Large 1425117.00/cwt117.00–117.004971
Heifers—Medium and Large 3425114.00/cwt114.00–114.004851
Heifers—Medium and Large 244596.55/cwt87.00–116.004303
Heifers—Medium and Large 2451124.00/cwt124.00–124.005594
Heifers—Medium and Large 3460121.00/cwt121.00–121.005572
Heifers—Medium and Large 2531110.50/cwt110.50–110.505874
Heifers—Medium and Large 1558105.00/cwt105.00–105.0058612
Heifers—Medium and Large 1612106.76/cwt100.00–111.506535
Heifers—Medium and Large 2639107.00/cwt107.00–107.0068421
Heifers—Medium and Large 364093.00/cwt93.00–93.005951
Heifers—Medium and Large 268399.00/cwt99.00–99.006763
Heifers—Medium and Large 1724100.00/cwt100.00–100.007249
Heifers—Medium and Large 2738104.00/cwt104.00–104.007682
Heifers—Medium and Large 1785103.00/cwt103.00–103.008091
Feeder Cattle · Bulls15 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Small 1360108.00/cwt108.00–108.003891
Bulls—Small 1413109.00/cwt109.00–109.004502
Bulls—Medium and Large 2414118.89/cwt109.00–123.004927
Bulls—Medium and Large 1430130.36/cwt127.00–131.005616
Bulls—Small 1475105.00/cwt105.00–105.004991
Bulls—Medium and Large 1506123.82/cwt117.00–125.506275
Bulls—Medium and Large 2525114.71/cwt100.00–130.006022
Bulls—Medium and Large 1570121.50/cwt121.50–121.506936
Bulls—Medium and Large 2595107.00/cwt107.00–107.006371
Bulls—Medium and Large 164596.00/cwt96.00–96.006191
Bulls—Medium and Large 1650117.00/cwt117.00–117.007615
Bulls—Medium and Large 2653102.00/cwt102.00–102.006662
Bulls—Small 167599.00/cwt99.00–99.006681
Bulls—Medium and Large 171089.00/cwt89.00–89.006321
Bulls—Small 176079.00/cwt79.00–79.006001

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.