Sale reports / Virginia / Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. / 2021-02-03

Southside Livestock Markets, Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Blackstone, Virginia · Wed, Feb 3
● Final23 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2183
Receipts
52 head
▲ 20 vs last sale 32▼ 105 vs year ago 157 · −66.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 24, Heifers 13, Bulls 15)

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $129.65/cwt on 24 head.
Average price
$129.65
24 head · 630 lb average
Value per head Derived
$816
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$363
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 1
$4.75/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−0.88
vs VA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2360134.004822thin
Medium and Large 1654129.2584622
One grade step is worth $4.75/cwt here — about −$363 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 sale24 hd
129.65
—
VA average2 barns · 35 hd
130.53
−0.88
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

23 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 · Steers7 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2300150.00/cwt150.00–150.004501
Steers—Medium and Large 2420118.00/cwt118.00–118.004961
Steers—Medium and Large 1470130.50/cwt124.00–137.006132
Steers—Medium and Large 1513129.51/cwt129.00–130.006642
Steers—Medium and Large 1665131.00/cwt131.00–131.0087110
Steers—Medium and Large 1709128.50/cwt128.50–128.509117
Steers—Medium and Large 1815114.00/cwt114.00–114.009291
Feeder Cattle · Heifers6 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2343125.00/cwt125.00–125.004295
Heifers—Medium and Large 1375119.00/cwt119.00–119.004461
Heifers—Medium and Large 2400118.00/cwt118.00–118.004721
Heifers—Medium and Large 1454112.50/cwt112.50–112.505114
Heifers—Medium and Large 1520100.00/cwt100.00–100.005201
Heifers—Medium and Large 162090.00/cwt90.00–90.005581
Feeder Cattle · Bulls10 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2323146.00/cwt146.00–146.004722
Bulls—Medium and Large 1370120.00/cwt120.00–120.004441
Bulls—Medium and Large 2395120.00/cwt120.00–120.004741
Bulls—Medium and Large 2410129.00/cwt129.00–129.005291
Bulls—Medium and Large 1443127.00/cwt127.00–127.005632
Bulls—Medium and Large 1475128.00/cwt128.00–128.006082
Bulls—Medium and Large 2533106.90/cwt100.00–114.005702
Bulls—Medium and Large 1543110.00/cwt110.00–110.005972
Bulls—Medium and Large 1640100.00/cwt100.00–100.006401
Bulls—Medium and Large 1670106.00/cwt106.00–106.007101

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.