Sale reports / Virginia / Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. / 2021-09-29

Southside Livestock Markets, Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Blackstone, Virginia · Wed, Sep 29
● Final47 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2183
Receipts
211 head
▼ 103 vs last sale 314▲ 58 vs year ago 153 · +37.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 47, Heifers 125, Bulls 39)

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $130.72/cwt on 123 head.
Average price
$130.72
123 head · 637 lb average
Value per head Derived
$832
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$293
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$28.54/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.73
vs VA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1641134.5486396
Medium and Large 1-2743129.009586thin
Medium and Large 2604115.0069516thin
Small 1518112.335823thin
Medium and Large 3538106.005702thin
One grade step is worth $28.54/cwt here — about $293 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 sale123 hd
130.72
—
VA average8 barns · 1,620 hd
128.99
+1.73
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 · Steers13 lots · lightest first
Steers—Small 1455147.00/cwt147.00–147.006691
Steers—Medium and Large 1473152.00/cwt152.00–152.007192
Steers—Medium and Large 1543150.00/cwt150.00–150.008152
Steers—Medium and Large 1598154.00/cwt154.00–154.009214
Steers—Medium and Large 2615146.00/cwt146.00–146.008981
Steers—Medium and Large 1623149.00/cwt149.00–149.009283
Steers—Small 1660115.00/cwt115.00–115.007591
Steers—Medium and Large 1684146.63/cwt143.00–149.001,00310
Steers—Medium and Large 2690137.00/cwt137.00–137.009451
Steers—Medium and Large 1735141.95/cwt138.00–145.001,0437
Steers—Medium and Large 1780143.00/cwt143.00–143.001,1158
Steers—Medium and Large 2801140.00/cwt140.00–140.001,1214
Steers—Medium and Large 1820137.00/cwt137.00–137.001,1232
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2370112.00/cwt112.00–112.004141
Heifers—Medium and Large 2448114.00/cwt114.00–114.005112
Heifers—Small 145595.00/cwt95.00–95.004321
Heifers—Medium and Large 1461122.00/cwt122.00–122.005624
Heifers—Medium and Large 2468122.00/cwt122.00–122.005713
Heifers—Medium and Large 347097.00/cwt97.00–97.004561
Heifers—Medium and Large 2547119.00/cwt119.00–119.006513
Heifers—Medium and Large 1549119.50/cwt119.50–119.506566
Heifers—Small 1550121.00/cwt121.00–121.006662
Heifers—Medium and Large 1582134.86/cwt130.00–141.0078523
Heifers—Medium and Large 3605115.00/cwt115.00–115.006961
Heifers—Medium and Large 1641134.35/cwt118.00–142.0086124
Heifers—Medium and Large 2668118.00/cwt118.00–118.007882
Heifers—Medium and Large 1684141.00/cwt141.00–141.0096417
Heifers—Medium and Large 272597.00/cwt97.00–97.007031
Heifers—Medium and Large 1729135.81/cwt134.00–137.0099022
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2743129.00/cwt129.00–129.009586
Heifers—Medium and Large 2823111.00/cwt111.00–111.009144
Feeder Cattle · Bulls16 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1345153.00/cwt153.00–153.005281
Bulls—Medium and Large 2346156.00/cwt156.00–156.005404
Bulls—Medium and Large 1417139.77/cwt127.00–146.005833
Bulls—Medium and Large 2433144.00/cwt144.00–144.006243
Bulls—Medium and Large 2489139.00/cwt139.00–139.006804
Bulls—Medium and Large 1491139.00/cwt139.00–139.006826
Bulls—Small 1500119.00/cwt119.00–119.005951
Bulls—Medium and Large 1540121.00/cwt121.00–121.006532
Bulls—Medium and Large 1550141.00/cwt141.00–141.007764
Bulls—Medium and Large 2555138.00/cwt138.00–138.007661
Bulls—Medium and Large 2633121.00/cwt121.00–121.007662
Bulls—Medium and Large 1635125.00/cwt125.00–125.007942
Bulls—Small 168092.00/cwt92.00–92.006261
Bulls—Medium and Large 2720115.00/cwt115.00–115.008281
Bulls—Medium and Large 1730107.80/cwt95.00–114.007873
Bulls—Medium and Large 1845106.00/cwt106.00–106.008961

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.