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

Southside Livestock Markets, Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Blackstone, Virginia · Wed, Jul 7
● Final34 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2183
Receipts
79 head
▼ 4 vs last sale 83▼ 149 vs year ago 228 · −65.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 17, Heifers 36, Bulls 26)

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $112.29/cwt on 36 head.
Average price
$112.29
36 head · 533 lb average
Value per head Derived
$598
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$127
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 1
$16.17/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−9.85
vs VA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1546118.506478thin
Medium and Large 2535113.5560819thin
Medium and Large 3520105.005466thin
Small 1508102.335203thin
One grade step is worth $16.17/cwt here — about $127 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 sale36 hd
112.29
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VA average2 barns · 234 hd
122.14
−9.85
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

34 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 2520133.00/cwt133.00–133.006921
Steers—Medium and Large 1550147.00/cwt147.00–147.008094
Steers—Medium and Large 2560148.00/cwt148.00–148.008292
Steers—Medium and Large 2618132.96/cwt125.00–145.008224
Steers—Medium and Large 1660151.00/cwt151.00–151.009973
Steers—Medium and Large 1745140.00/cwt140.00–140.001,0431
Steers—Medium and Large 2850131.00/cwt131.00–131.001,1141
Steers—Medium and Large 2915112.00/cwt112.00–112.001,0251
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1428116.00/cwt116.00–116.004962
Heifers—Medium and Large 2433120.00/cwt120.00–120.005204
Heifers—Medium and Large 2473115.13/cwt110.00–120.005452
Heifers—Small 147595.00/cwt95.00–95.004511
Heifers—Medium and Large 3485105.00/cwt105.00–105.005091
Heifers—Small 1525106.00/cwt106.00–106.005572
Heifers—Medium and Large 3527105.00/cwt105.00–105.005535
Heifers—Medium and Large 1535121.00/cwt121.00–121.006474
Heifers—Medium and Large 2541118.00/cwt118.00–118.006386
Heifers—Medium and Large 2575106.00/cwt106.00–106.006101
Heifers—Medium and Large 2612105.52/cwt100.00–116.006466
Heifers—Medium and Large 1670120.00/cwt120.00–120.008041
Heifers—Medium and Large 1705112.00/cwt112.00–112.007901
Feeder Cattle · Bulls13 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Small 1310115.00/cwt115.00–115.003571
Bulls—Medium and Large 2365135.00/cwt135.00–135.004931
Bulls—Small 1415123.10/cwt112.00–126.005115
Bulls—Medium and Large 1418129.00/cwt129.00–129.005394
Bulls—Small 1475126.00/cwt126.00–126.005991
Bulls—Medium and Large 2490143.00/cwt143.00–143.007012
Bulls—Medium and Large 1506144.00/cwt144.00–144.007294
Bulls—Medium and Large 2535145.00/cwt145.00–145.007761
Bulls—Small 1560140.00/cwt140.00–140.007841
Bulls—Medium and Large 1575145.00/cwt145.00–145.008341
Bulls—Medium and Large 1633134.00/cwt134.00–134.008483
Bulls—Medium and Large 2695123.00/cwt123.00–123.008551
Bulls—Medium and Large 2785112.00/cwt112.00–112.008791

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.