Sale reports / Virginia / Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. / 2020-03-25

Southside Livestock Markets, Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Blackstone, Virginia · Wed, Mar 25
● Final25 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2183
Receipts
43 head
3 vs last sale 40 43 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 15, Heifers 24, Bulls 4)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $119.83/cwt on 24 head.
Average price
$119.83
24 head · 519 lb average
Value per head Derived
$622
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$96
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$8.66/cwt at this weight
vs the market
4.93
vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1446125.865617thin
Medium and Large 3460118.505452thin
Medium and Large 2561117.2065715thin
One grade step is worth $8.66/cwt here — about −$96 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 sale24 hd
119.83
VA average10 barns · 972 hd
124.77
−4.93
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

25 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
HeifersMedium and Large 1530120.00/cwt120.00–120.006361
SteersMedium and Large 2555127.00/cwt127.00–127.007052
SteersMedium and Large 2335143.00/cwt143.00–143.004791
SteersMedium and Large 1435149.00/cwt149.00–149.006481
SteersMedium and Large 1535128.00/cwt128.00–128.006851
SteersMedium and Large 2625116.00/cwt116.00–116.007251
BullsMedium and Large 1540126.00/cwt126.00–126.006801
BullsMedium and Large 1618119.00/cwt119.00–119.007352
BullsMedium and Large 2410135.00/cwt135.00–135.005541
HeifersMedium and Large 1335118.00/cwt118.00–118.003951
HeifersMedium and Large 1395119.00/cwt119.00–119.004701
SteersMedium and Large 270592.00/cwt92.00–92.006491
SteersMedium and Large 2378143.00/cwt143.00–143.005412
HeifersMedium and Large 1465131.00/cwt131.00–131.006094
HeifersMedium and Large 2375121.00/cwt121.00–121.004541
HeifersMedium and Large 2443118.00/cwt118.00–118.005233
HeifersMedium and Large 2646120.00/cwt120.00–120.007756
SteersMedium and Large 2437141.00/cwt141.00–141.006163
SteersMedium and Large 1470149.00/cwt149.00–149.007003
HeifersMedium and Large 2485129.00/cwt129.00–129.006261
HeifersMedium and Large 2510116.00/cwt116.00–116.005921
HeifersMedium and Large 273598.00/cwt98.00–98.007201
HeifersMedium and Large 2550110.00/cwt110.00–110.006052
HeifersMedium and Large 3445119.00/cwt119.00–119.005301
HeifersMedium and Large 3475118.00/cwt118.00–118.005611

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.