Sale reports / Virginia / Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. / 2021-10-06

Southside Livestock Markets, Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Blackstone, Virginia · Wed, Oct 6
● Final52 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2183
Receipts
209 head
▼ 2 vs last sale 211▼ 52 vs year ago 261 · −19.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 33, Heifers 114, Bulls 62)

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $113.78/cwt on 114 head.
Average price
$113.78
114 head · 539 lb average
Value per head Derived
$613
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$170
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 1
$20.84/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−11.94
vs VA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1556117.6765537
Medium and Large 2531115.1761163
Medium and Large 355097.505368thin
Small 150196.834856thin
One grade step is worth $20.84/cwt here — about $170 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 sale114 hd
113.78
—
VA average10 barns · 1,996 hd
125.72
−11.94
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

52 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—Medium and Large 1428156.00/cwt156.00–156.006682
Steers—Small 1440135.00/cwt135.00–135.005941
Steers—Medium and Large 2463156.00/cwt156.00–156.007223
Steers—Medium and Large 1480138.00/cwt138.00–138.006621
Steers—Medium and Large 2515131.00/cwt131.00–131.006751
Steers—Small 1540123.00/cwt123.00–123.006641
Steers—Medium and Large 1543146.00/cwt146.00–146.007932
Steers—Medium and Large 2560144.00/cwt144.00–144.008061
Steers—Medium and Large 2635141.00/cwt141.00–141.008952
Steers—Medium and Large 1648137.00/cwt137.00–137.008883
Steers—Medium and Large 2662132.29/cwt115.00–140.0087610
Steers—Medium and Large 1720137.00/cwt137.00–137.009864
Steers—Medium and Large 1765121.00/cwt121.00–121.009261
Feeder Cattle · Heifers22 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2349119.00/cwt119.00–119.004156
Heifers—Medium and Large 1375120.00/cwt120.00–120.004502
Heifers—Small 137597.00/cwt97.00–97.003642
Heifers—Medium and Large 2395109.00/cwt109.00–109.004311
Heifers—Medium and Large 2442118.70/cwt116.00–119.0052520
Heifers—Medium and Large 1443122.00/cwt122.00–122.005406
Heifers—Medium and Large 3445102.00/cwt102.00–102.004541
Heifers—Medium and Large 3455106.00/cwt106.00–106.004822
Heifers—Medium and Large 1480120.00/cwt120.00–120.005761
Heifers—Small 148587.00/cwt87.00–87.004221
Heifers—Medium and Large 1530114.48/cwt114.00–116.006074
Heifers—Medium and Large 3535102.00/cwt102.00–102.005463
Heifers—Medium and Large 2540112.00/cwt112.00–112.006051
Heifers—Small 1540100.00/cwt100.00–100.005401
Heifers—Medium and Large 1555119.50/cwt119.50–119.5066310
Heifers—Medium and Large 2557118.03/cwt112.00–120.0065715
Heifers—Small 1615100.00/cwt100.00–100.006152
Heifers—Medium and Large 2634109.00/cwt109.00–109.0069112
Heifers—Medium and Large 1645114.93/cwt107.00–115.5074114
Heifers—Medium and Large 2690121.00/cwt121.00–121.008353
Heifers—Medium and Large 2707101.05/cwt89.00–119.007145
Heifers—Medium and Large 371880.00/cwt80.00–80.005742
Feeder Cattle · Bulls17 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2334165.00/cwt165.00–165.005515
Bulls—Medium and Large 1338161.00/cwt161.00–161.005443
Bulls—Small 1340115.00/cwt115.00–115.003911
Bulls—Medium and Large 1409158.00/cwt158.00–158.006463
Bulls—Medium and Large 2413157.00/cwt157.00–157.0064812
Bulls—Small 1430122.00/cwt122.00–122.005251
Bulls—Medium and Large 1490154.00/cwt154.00–154.007554
Bulls—Medium and Large 2493120.00/cwt120.00–120.005925
Bulls—Small 1498119.00/cwt119.00–119.005932
Bulls—Medium and Large 2520125.00/cwt125.00–125.006501
Bulls—Medium and Large 2563120.00/cwt120.00–120.006766
Bulls—Medium and Large 1574132.00/cwt132.00–132.007587
Bulls—Medium and Large 160582.00/cwt82.00–82.004962
Bulls—Medium and Large 2624112.00/cwt112.00–112.006995
Bulls—Small 166390.00/cwt90.00–90.005972
Bulls—Medium and Large 1695113.50/cwt113.50–113.507891
Bulls—Medium and Large 1765100.00/cwt100.00–100.007651

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.