Sale reports / Virginia / Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. / 2021-08-25

Southside Livestock Markets, Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Blackstone, Virginia · Wed, Aug 25
● Final42 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2183
Receipts
114 head
▼ 53 vs last sale 167▲ 4 vs year ago 110 · +3.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 23, Heifers 61, Bulls 30)

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $115.69/cwt on 61 head.
Average price
$115.69
61 head · 632 lb average
Value per head Derived
$731
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$111
per head · Medium and Large 3 over Small 1
$16.20/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−16.75
vs VA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 3451120.005414thin
Medium and Large 1661118.5378328
Medium and Large 2629114.1271824
Small 1628103.806525thin
One grade step is worth $16.20/cwt here — about −$111 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 sale61 hd
115.69
—
VA average9 barns · 1,349 hd
132.44
−16.75
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

42 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 · Steers12 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 3487138.00/cwt138.00–138.006723
Steers—Medium and Large 3533111.00/cwt111.00–111.005922
Steers—Medium and Large 2545145.00/cwt145.00–145.007901
Steers—Medium and Large 2560120.00/cwt120.00–120.006721
Steers—Medium and Large 1573146.00/cwt146.00–146.008372
Steers—Small 1615124.00/cwt124.00–124.007631
Steers—Medium and Large 2640145.00/cwt145.00–145.009283
Steers—Medium and Large 3640119.00/cwt119.00–119.007621
Steers—Medium and Large 1645142.00/cwt142.00–142.009161
Steers—Medium and Large 1734136.00/cwt136.00–136.009984
Steers—Medium and Large 2743135.00/cwt135.00–135.001,0033
Steers—Medium and Large 1795127.00/cwt127.00–127.001,0101
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 3451120.00/cwt120.00–120.005414
Heifers—Small 1465100.00/cwt100.00–100.004651
Heifers—Medium and Large 1475121.00/cwt121.00–121.005751
Heifers—Medium and Large 2480121.00/cwt121.00–121.005811
Heifers—Medium and Large 2527125.00/cwt125.00–125.006593
Heifers—Medium and Large 1543122.00/cwt122.00–122.006622
Heifers—Medium and Large 2553125.00/cwt125.00–125.006912
Heifers—Medium and Large 1585122.98/cwt121.00–124.007193
Heifers—Medium and Large 1605122.50/cwt122.50–122.507413
Heifers—Medium and Large 2637108.00/cwt108.00–108.006888
Heifers—Small 1650109.00/cwt109.00–109.007093
Heifers—Medium and Large 1659122.00/cwt122.00–122.0080411
Heifers—Medium and Large 2659117.49/cwt116.50–118.007746
Heifers—Medium and Large 1713110.60/cwt107.00–111.507895
Heifers—Medium and Large 2722106.01/cwt100.00–108.007654
Heifers—Small 172592.00/cwt92.00–92.006671
Heifers—Medium and Large 1853107.50/cwt107.50–107.509173
Feeder Cattle · Bulls13 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2400142.00/cwt142.00–142.005682
Bulls—Medium and Large 1445140.00/cwt140.00–140.006231
Bulls—Medium and Large 2465137.94/cwt135.00–141.006412
Bulls—Small 1525124.00/cwt124.00–124.006511
Bulls—Medium and Large 2540129.00/cwt129.00–129.006971
Bulls—Small 1550129.00/cwt129.00–129.007101
Bulls—Medium and Large 1560132.50/cwt132.50–132.507423
Bulls—Medium and Large 2637124.00/cwt124.00–124.007903
Bulls—Medium and Large 1657123.66/cwt122.00–124.508129
Bulls—Medium and Large 1712118.50/cwt118.50–118.508443
Bulls—Medium and Large 2715115.00/cwt115.00–115.008221
Bulls—Medium and Large 1815109.00/cwt109.00–109.008881
Bulls—Medium and Large 1860100.00/cwt100.00–100.008601

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.