Sale reports / Virginia / Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. / 2021-01-27

Southside Livestock Markets, Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Blackstone, Virginia · Wed, Jan 27
● Final17 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2183
Receipts
32 head
▼ 104 vs last sale 136▼ 188 vs year ago 220 · −85.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 7, Heifers 13, Bulls 12)

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $110.00/cwt on 13 head.
Average price
$110.00
13 head · 460 lb average
Value per head Derived
$506
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$2
per head · Medium and Large 3 over Medium and Large 2
$17.50/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−9.40
vs VA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 3406113.004595thin
Medium and Large 1497112.335596thin
Medium and Large 248395.504612thin
One grade step is worth $17.50/cwt here — about −$2 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 sale13 hd
110.00
—
VA average7 barns · 902 hd
119.40
−9.40
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

17 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 · Steers2 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1691128.00/cwt128.00–128.008846
Steers—Medium and Large 2870105.00/cwt105.00–105.009141
Feeder Cattle · Heifers6 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 3340105.00/cwt105.00–105.003571
Heifers—Medium and Large 2395114.00/cwt114.00–114.004501
Heifers—Medium and Large 3423115.00/cwt115.00–115.004864
Heifers—Medium and Large 1450113.00/cwt113.00–113.005092
Heifers—Medium and Large 1521112.00/cwt112.00–112.005844
Heifers—Medium and Large 257077.00/cwt77.00–77.004391
Feeder Cattle · Bulls9 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2360141.00/cwt141.00–141.005081
Bulls—Medium and Large 2405127.00/cwt127.00–127.005141
Bulls—Medium and Large 1420135.00/cwt135.00–135.005671
Bulls—Medium and Large 2493124.00/cwt124.00–124.006112
Bulls—Medium and Large 250587.00/cwt87.00–87.004391
Bulls—Medium and Large 1565115.00/cwt115.00–115.006501
Bulls—Medium and Large 2610129.00/cwt129.00–129.007872
Bulls—Medium and Large 1660128.00/cwt128.00–128.008452
Bulls—Medium and Large 1705120.00/cwt120.00–120.008461

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.