Sale reports / Virginia / Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. / 2021-08-04

Southside Livestock Markets, Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Blackstone, Virginia · Wed, Aug 4
● Final46 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2183
Receipts
201 head
▲ 96 vs last sale 105▲ 65 vs year ago 136 · +47.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 49, Heifers 76, Bulls 76)

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $118.70/cwt on 76 head.
Average price
$118.70
76 head · 567 lb average
Value per head Derived
$673
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$58
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Small 1
$7.88/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−14.96
vs VA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2554119.8866431
Medium and Large 1586119.2469934
Medium and Large 3530113.8560310thin
Small 1645112.007221thin
One grade step is worth $7.88/cwt here — about −$58 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 sale76 hd
118.70
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VA average7 barns · 1,461 hd
133.65
−14.96
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

46 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 · Steers13 lots · lightest first
Steers—Small 1435115.00/cwt115.00–115.005001
Steers—Medium and Large 2445141.00/cwt141.00–141.006272
Steers—Medium and Large 3463140.00/cwt140.00–140.006483
Steers—Medium and Large 1490150.00/cwt150.00–150.007351
Steers—Medium and Large 1542146.00/cwt146.00–146.007916
Steers—Medium and Large 1552143.00/cwt143.00–143.007893
Steers—Medium and Large 2560147.00/cwt147.00–147.008239
Steers—Medium and Large 3579136.19/cwt133.00–141.007895
Steers—Medium and Large 3646132.00/cwt132.00–132.008535
Steers—Medium and Large 1656144.00/cwt144.00–144.009455
Steers—Medium and Large 2658140.00/cwt140.00–140.009213
Steers—Medium and Large 2743146.00/cwt146.00–146.001,0853
Steers—Medium and Large 1760150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,1403
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 3380118.00/cwt118.00–118.004481
Heifers—Medium and Large 3450114.00/cwt114.00–114.005132
Heifers—Medium and Large 2458125.00/cwt125.00–125.0057310
Heifers—Medium and Large 1465125.00/cwt125.00–125.005811
Heifers—Medium and Large 1527118.18/cwt117.00–121.006237
Heifers—Medium and Large 3550118.50/cwt118.50–118.506525
Heifers—Medium and Large 2559119.00/cwt119.00–119.0066510
Heifers—Medium and Large 1568122.65/cwt121.00–125.0069715
Heifers—Medium and Large 2629116.42/cwt111.00–117.0073210
Heifers—Medium and Large 3633100.00/cwt100.00–100.006332
Heifers—Medium and Large 1635115.16/cwt110.00–116.007317
Heifers—Small 1645112.00/cwt112.00–112.007221
Heifers—Medium and Large 1705114.00/cwt114.00–114.008044
Heifers—Medium and Large 2720112.00/cwt112.00–112.008061
Feeder Cattle · Bulls19 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1355150.00/cwt150.00–150.005331
Bulls—Medium and Large 2365154.00/cwt154.00–154.005622
Bulls—Medium and Large 1426142.57/cwt127.00–148.006078
Bulls—Medium and Large 2431140.50/cwt140.50–140.506067
Bulls—Small 1450111.00/cwt111.00–111.005001
Bulls—Medium and Large 1487146.50/cwt146.50–146.507135
Bulls—Medium and Large 2493146.00/cwt146.00–146.007206
Bulls—Small 1518123.00/cwt123.00–123.006372
Bulls—Medium and Large 2520120.00/cwt120.00–120.006241
Bulls—Medium and Large 1561136.79/cwt115.00–143.007679
Bulls—Medium and Large 2566145.00/cwt145.00–145.008217
Bulls—Small 1575116.00/cwt116.00–116.006671
Bulls—Small 1615100.00/cwt100.00–100.006151
Bulls—Medium and Large 1647128.00/cwt128.00–128.008287
Bulls—Medium and Large 2664128.00/cwt128.00–128.008506
Bulls—Medium and Large 1670121.40/cwt115.00–128.008132
Bulls—Medium and Large 2733111.00/cwt111.00–111.008142
Bulls—Medium and Large 1740112.50/cwt112.50–112.508335
Bulls—Medium and Large 185597.00/cwt97.00–97.008291

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.