Sale reports / Virginia / Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. / 2020-03-18

Southside Livestock Markets, Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Blackstone, Virginia · Wed, Mar 18
● Final21 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2183
Receipts
40 head
148 vs last sale 188 40 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 7, Heifers 19, Bulls 14)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $103.68/cwt on 19 head.
Average price
$103.68
19 head · 470 lb average
Value per head Derived
$487
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$43
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 1
$8.02/cwt at this weight
vs the market
11.07
vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2470106.2749911thin
Medium and Large 3388102.003964thin
Medium and Large 155398.255434thin
One grade step is worth $8.02/cwt here — about −$43 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 sale19 hd
103.68
VA average9 barns · 1,184 hd
114.76
−11.07
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot, as filed

21 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
BullsMedium and Large 1440125.00/cwt125.00–125.005501
BullsMedium and Large 1500110.00/cwt110.00–110.005501
BullsMedium and Large 1339140.00/cwt140.00–140.004754
BullsMedium and Large 2485110.00/cwt110.00–110.005341
BullsMedium and Large 2520111.00/cwt111.00–111.005771
BullsMedium and Large 2600100.00/cwt100.00–100.006001
SteersMedium and Large 2415129.00/cwt129.00–129.005351
SteersMedium and Large 1310130.00/cwt130.00–130.004031
SteersMedium and Large 1400128.00/cwt128.00–128.005121
HeifersMedium and Large 343397.00/cwt97.00–97.004202
HeifersMedium and Large 159590.00/cwt90.00–90.005361
HeifersMedium and Large 160593.00/cwt93.00–93.005631
HeifersMedium and Large 1505105.00/cwt105.00–105.005302
SteersMedium and Large 1535124.00/cwt124.00–124.006632
SteersMedium and Large 1618122.00/cwt122.00–122.007542
BullsMedium and Large 2383127.20/cwt121.00–132.004874
BullsSmall 144090.00/cwt90.00–90.003961
HeifersMedium and Large 2323120.00/cwt120.00–120.003884
HeifersMedium and Large 264192.00/cwt92.00–92.005904
HeifersMedium and Large 3343107.00/cwt107.00–107.003672
HeifersMedium and Large 2438107.00/cwt107.00–107.004693

How this sale compares

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.