Sale reports / Virginia / Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. / 2021-04-07

Southside Livestock Markets, Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Blackstone, Virginia · Wed, Apr 7
● Final50 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2183
Receipts
226 head
▲ 2 vs last sale 224▲ 74 vs year ago 152 · +48.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 46, Heifers 117, Bulls 63)

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $126.27/cwt on 112 head.
Average price
$126.27
112 head · 500 lb average
Value per head Derived
$631
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$39
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Small 1
$42.59/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−7.65
vs VA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2476132.2362931
Medium and Large 1533127.3967932
Medium and Large 3471126.2659443
Small 165889.645906thin
One grade step is worth $42.59/cwt here — about $39 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 sale112 hd
126.27
—
VA average8 barns · 1,503 hd
133.92
−7.65
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

50 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 · Steers18 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 3428129.00/cwt129.00–129.005522
Steers—Medium and Large 1445148.00/cwt148.00–148.006594
Steers—Medium and Large 2450132.00/cwt132.00–132.005941
Steers—Medium and Large 1470136.00/cwt136.00–136.006391
Steers—Medium and Large 1528140.00/cwt140.00–140.007392
Steers—Small 1530123.00/cwt123.00–123.006521
Steers—Medium and Large 3540126.00/cwt126.00–126.006801
Steers—Medium and Large 2548125.00/cwt125.00–125.006853
Steers—Medium and Large 2550140.00/cwt140.00–140.007703
Steers—Small 1553129.00/cwt129.00–129.007132
Steers—Medium and Large 3568126.00/cwt126.00–126.007162
Steers—Medium and Large 1591136.70/cwt131.00–140.008088
Steers—Medium and Large 1640132.02/cwt130.00–134.008452
Steers—Medium and Large 2685114.00/cwt114.00–114.007812
Steers—Medium and Large 2714129.00/cwt129.00–129.009216
Steers—Medium and Large 1757129.00/cwt129.00–129.009773
Steers—Medium and Large 2800118.00/cwt118.00–118.009441
Steers—Medium and Large 1963100.00/cwt100.00–100.009632
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 3348110.00/cwt110.00–110.003832
Heifers—Medium and Large 2354140.00/cwt140.00–140.004965
Heifers—Medium and Large 3360132.50/cwt132.50–132.504778
Heifers—Medium and Large 1390125.00/cwt125.00–125.004881
Heifers—Medium and Large 1438127.50/cwt127.50–127.505586
Heifers—Medium and Large 2458133.19/cwt101.00–135.5061016
Heifers—Medium and Large 1470120.15/cwt113.00–127.005652
Heifers—Medium and Large 3471128.59/cwt86.00–134.0060624
Heifers—Medium and Large 1518130.82/cwt130.00–132.0067810
Heifers—Medium and Large 2540128.00/cwt128.00–128.006918
Heifers—Medium and Large 1561129.00/cwt128.00–132.007245
Heifers—Medium and Large 3575117.29/cwt115.00–119.006747
Heifers—Medium and Large 1610125.00/cwt125.00–125.007634
Heifers—Small 162190.96/cwt89.00–97.005654
Heifers—Medium and Large 3665121.00/cwt121.00–121.008052
Heifers—Medium and Large 2668122.00/cwt122.00–122.008152
Heifers—Medium and Large 1671123.28/cwt122.00–127.008274
Heifers—Small 173387.00/cwt87.00–87.006382
Feeder Cattle · Bulls14 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2347167.00/cwt167.00–167.005798
Bulls—Small 1363130.00/cwt130.00–130.004722
Bulls—Medium and Large 2411143.00/cwt143.00–143.005889
Bulls—Medium and Large 1430142.00/cwt142.00–142.006111
Bulls—Medium and Large 2484138.50/cwt138.50–138.506709
Bulls—Small 1513115.00/cwt115.00–115.005902
Bulls—Medium and Large 1520122.86/cwt120.00–131.006394
Bulls—Medium and Large 2546130.00/cwt130.00–130.007107
Bulls—Medium and Large 1558131.00/cwt131.00–131.007314
Bulls—Small 1570124.00/cwt124.00–124.007073
Bulls—Medium and Large 1643130.43/cwt127.00–131.008397
Bulls—Medium and Large 2663125.00/cwt125.00–125.008294
Bulls—Medium and Large 2720102.00/cwt102.00–102.007341
Bulls—Medium and Large 1765104.00/cwt104.00–104.007962

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.