Sale reports / Virginia / Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. / 2021-05-26

Southside Livestock Markets, Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Blackstone, Virginia · Wed, May 26
● Final47 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2183
Receipts
189 head
▲ 67 vs last sale 122▼ 14 vs year ago 203 · −6.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 56, Heifers 82, Bulls 51)

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $108.03/cwt on 82 head.
Average price
$108.03
82 head · 593 lb average
Value per head Derived
$641
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$125
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Small 1
$15.81/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−13.97
vs VA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2562110.1461931
Medium and Large 1638109.5969939
Medium and Large 352698.565199thin
Small 152394.334943thin
One grade step is worth $15.81/cwt here — about $125 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 sale82 hd
108.03
—
VA average7 barns · 959 hd
122.00
−13.97
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

47 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 2362146.36/cwt145.00–147.005303
Steers—Medium and Large 2415144.00/cwt144.00–144.005981
Steers—Medium and Large 2457144.00/cwt144.00–144.006583
Steers—Medium and Large 1465146.00/cwt146.00–146.006791
Steers—Small 1495130.00/cwt130.00–130.006441
Steers—Medium and Large 2500141.00/cwt141.00–141.007051
Steers—Medium and Large 1520144.00/cwt144.00–144.007493
Steers—Medium and Large 3575132.00/cwt132.00–132.007591
Steers—Medium and Large 3630130.00/cwt130.00–130.008192
Steers—Medium and Large 2635141.30/cwt141.00–143.0089713
Steers—Medium and Large 1660145.00/cwt145.00–145.009571
Steers—Medium and Large 2675137.00/cwt137.00–137.009253
Steers—Small 1695131.00/cwt131.00–131.009101
Steers—Medium and Large 2700138.00/cwt138.00–138.009661
Steers—Medium and Large 1726133.00/cwt133.00–133.0096617
Steers—Small 1745111.00/cwt111.00–111.008271
Steers—Medium and Large 2765138.00/cwt138.00–138.001,0561
Steers—Medium and Large 2913101.00/cwt101.00–101.009222
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2353117.00/cwt117.00–117.004132
Heifers—Medium and Large 2436116.00/cwt116.00–116.005064
Heifers—Medium and Large 2460116.00/cwt116.00–116.005341
Heifers—Medium and Large 3468111.00/cwt111.00–111.005192
Heifers—Medium and Large 1474119.00/cwt119.00–119.005645
Heifers—Small 147598.00/cwt98.00–98.004662
Heifers—Medium and Large 1530121.20/cwt120.00–125.006424
Heifers—Medium and Large 354395.01/cwt89.00–96.005167
Heifers—Medium and Large 2563111.27/cwt109.00–114.006269
Heifers—Medium and Large 2619109.50/cwt109.50–109.5067812
Heifers—Small 162087.00/cwt87.00–87.005391
Heifers—Medium and Large 1626109.02/cwt93.00–115.0068210
Heifers—Medium and Large 267295.00/cwt95.00–95.006383
Heifers—Medium and Large 1707105.20/cwt102.50–105.5074420
Feeder Cattle · Bulls15 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2415137.00/cwt137.00–137.005692
Bulls—Small 1430129.00/cwt129.00–129.005551
Bulls—Medium and Large 2488143.00/cwt143.00–143.006983
Bulls—Medium and Large 1488133.37/cwt122.00–139.006513
Bulls—Small 1507126.00/cwt126.00–126.006393
Bulls—Medium and Large 1543138.68/cwt137.00–139.007536
Bulls—Small 1560133.00/cwt133.00–133.007453
Bulls—Medium and Large 2575139.00/cwt139.00–139.007991
Bulls—Medium and Large 1595116.00/cwt116.00–116.006901
Bulls—Medium and Large 1636122.53/cwt109.00–127.0077912
Bulls—Medium and Large 2647126.00/cwt126.00–126.008156
Bulls—Small 1648100.00/cwt100.00–100.006483
Bulls—Medium and Large 273088.00/cwt88.00–88.006423
Bulls—Medium and Large 175588.00/cwt88.00–88.006641
Bulls—Medium and Large 181081.67/cwt75.00–85.006623

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.