Sale reports / Virginia / Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. / 2021-05-19

Southside Livestock Markets, Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Blackstone, Virginia · Wed, May 19
● Final39 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2183
Receipts
122 head
▲ 12 vs last sale 110▲ 25 vs year ago 97 · +25.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 15, Heifers 71, Bulls 36)

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $110.85/cwt on 71 head.
Average price
$110.85
71 head · 554 lb average
Value per head Derived
$615
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$109
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 1
$17.16/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−12.28
vs VA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1580114.7366529
Medium and Large 2538113.0060819thin
Medium and Large 3521107.0655716thin
Small 157097.575567thin
One grade step is worth $17.16/cwt here — about $109 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 sale71 hd
110.85
—
VA average12 barns · 1,923 hd
123.13
−12.28
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 · Steers7 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2430130.00/cwt130.00–130.005591
Steers—Medium and Large 1478146.00/cwt146.00–146.006983
Steers—Small 1510129.00/cwt129.00–129.006581
Steers—Medium and Large 1531144.00/cwt144.00–144.007656
Steers—Medium and Large 2553128.00/cwt128.00–128.007082
Steers—Medium and Large 1580133.00/cwt133.00–133.007711
Steers—Medium and Large 2645131.00/cwt131.00–131.008451
Feeder Cattle · Heifers21 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2325119.00/cwt119.00–119.003871
Heifers—Small 1370120.00/cwt120.00–120.004441
Heifers—Medium and Large 3388115.00/cwt115.00–115.004463
Heifers—Medium and Large 2395119.00/cwt119.00–119.004701
Heifers—Medium and Large 3450113.00/cwt113.00–113.005093
Heifers—Medium and Large 2450112.00/cwt112.00–112.005042
Heifers—Medium and Large 1482110.68/cwt110.00–112.005333
Heifers—Medium and Large 3500102.00/cwt102.00–102.005101
Heifers—Medium and Large 1523118.00/cwt118.00–118.006172
Heifers—Medium and Large 2550115.00/cwt115.00–115.0063311
Heifers—Medium and Large 3555102.00/cwt102.00–102.005666
Heifers—Small 155989.00/cwt89.00–89.004984
Heifers—Medium and Large 1561118.28/cwt118.00–119.0066415
Heifers—Medium and Large 2623105.00/cwt105.00–105.006542
Heifers—Medium and Large 1647111.00/cwt111.00–111.007187
Heifers—Small 1655109.00/cwt109.00–109.007141
Heifers—Medium and Large 2655105.00/cwt105.00–105.006882
Heifers—Medium and Large 1660106.00/cwt106.00–106.007001
Heifers—Medium and Large 3662105.00/cwt105.00–105.006953
Heifers—Medium and Large 1720102.00/cwt102.00–102.007341
Heifers—Small 173098.00/cwt98.00–98.007151
Feeder Cattle · Bulls11 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1345140.00/cwt140.00–140.004831
Bulls—Medium and Large 2385129.00/cwt129.00–129.004971
Bulls—Medium and Large 2412136.00/cwt136.00–136.005605
Bulls—Medium and Large 1415131.00/cwt131.00–131.005443
Bulls—Small 1465127.00/cwt127.00–127.005911
Bulls—Medium and Large 2500135.00/cwt135.00–135.006753
Bulls—Medium and Large 1515125.00/cwt125.00–125.006442
Bulls—Medium and Large 1563121.00/cwt121.00–121.006815
Bulls—Medium and Large 2564104.26/cwt100.00–117.005884
Bulls—Medium and Large 2626127.00/cwt127.00–127.007955
Bulls—Medium and Large 1636126.00/cwt126.00–126.008016

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.