Sale reports / Virginia / Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. / 2021-05-12

Southside Livestock Markets, Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Blackstone, Virginia · Wed, May 12
● Final39 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2183
Receipts
110 head
▲ 10 vs last sale 100▲ 35 vs year ago 75 · +46.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 16, Heifers 53, Bulls 41)

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $112.35/cwt on 53 head.
Average price
$112.35
53 head · 550 lb average
Value per head Derived
$618
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$164
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 1
$12.91/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−9.50
vs VA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1584114.4166835
Medium and Large 2498113.005639thin
Medium and Large 3455105.404805thin
Small 1497101.505044thin
One grade step is worth $12.91/cwt here — about $164 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 sale53 hd
112.35
—
VA average9 barns · 1,069 hd
121.85
−9.50
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

39 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 · Steers8 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1495110.00/cwt110.00–110.005451
Steers—Medium and Large 3515122.00/cwt122.00–122.006281
Steers—Medium and Large 2570128.00/cwt128.00–128.007301
Steers—Medium and Large 1585128.00/cwt128.00–128.007492
Steers—Medium and Large 2600126.00/cwt126.00–126.007561
Steers—Medium and Large 3620115.00/cwt115.00–115.007131
Steers—Medium and Large 1635130.31/cwt128.00–132.008277
Steers—Medium and Large 1763115.00/cwt115.00–115.008772
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2370113.00/cwt113.00–113.004181
Heifers—Medium and Large 3380113.00/cwt113.00–113.004291
Heifers—Medium and Large 2425106.00/cwt106.00–106.004511
Heifers—Small 1428113.00/cwt113.00–113.004842
Heifers—Medium and Large 3440106.00/cwt106.00–106.004661
Heifers—Medium and Large 1462117.00/cwt117.00–117.005417
Heifers—Medium and Large 3465106.00/cwt106.00–106.004932
Heifers—Medium and Large 2475114.00/cwt114.00–114.005422
Heifers—Medium and Large 352596.00/cwt96.00–96.005041
Heifers—Medium and Large 2528114.00/cwt114.00–114.006024
Heifers—Medium and Large 1538121.00/cwt121.00–121.006513
Heifers—Small 156590.00/cwt90.00–90.005092
Heifers—Medium and Large 1566118.96/cwt115.00–121.0067312
Heifers—Medium and Large 2625114.00/cwt114.00–114.007131
Heifers—Medium and Large 1648115.00/cwt115.00–115.007457
Heifers—Medium and Large 170998.33/cwt95.00–99.006976
Feeder Cattle · Bulls15 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2375123.00/cwt123.00–123.004611
Bulls—Medium and Large 1410120.00/cwt120.00–120.004921
Bulls—Medium and Large 2426133.00/cwt133.00–133.005674
Bulls—Small 148399.12/cwt90.00–117.004793
Bulls—Medium and Large 2485127.00/cwt127.00–127.006162
Bulls—Medium and Large 1525121.00/cwt121.00–121.006352
Bulls—Medium and Large 2545123.00/cwt123.00–123.006701
Bulls—Medium and Large 1561124.58/cwt120.00–125.506996
Bulls—Medium and Large 2570105.00/cwt105.00–105.005991
Bulls—Small 1575117.00/cwt117.00–117.006731
Bulls—Medium and Large 1634128.00/cwt128.00–128.008124
Bulls—Medium and Large 2639126.00/cwt126.00–126.008055
Bulls—Small 1645108.00/cwt108.00–108.006974
Bulls—Medium and Large 1663101.00/cwt101.00–101.006703
Bulls—Medium and Large 177287.06/cwt81.00–90.006723

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.