Sale reports / Virginia / Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. / 2020-06-10

Southside Livestock Markets, Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Blackstone, Virginia · Wed, Jun 10
● Final26 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2183
Receipts
61 head
73 vs last sale 134 136 vs year ago 197 · 69.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 6, Heifers 30, Bulls 25)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $115.70/cwt on 30 head.
Average price
$115.70
30 head · 522 lb average
Value per head Derived
$603
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$81
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$12.46/cwt at this weight
vs the market
8.44
vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2523116.9661225
Medium and Large 1520112.675863thin
Medium and Large 3508104.505302thin
One grade step is worth $12.46/cwt here — about $81 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 sale30 hd
115.70
VA average9 barns · 1,399 hd
124.14
−8.44
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

26 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 1435133.00/cwt133.00–133.005791
BullsMedium and Large 1595115.00/cwt115.00–115.006841
BullsMedium and Large 1710106.00/cwt106.00–106.007531
BullsMedium and Large 1503133.00/cwt133.00–133.006692
BullsMedium and Large 1665115.50/cwt115.50–115.507683
BullsMedium and Large 2418137.23/cwt131.00–144.005742
SteersMedium and Large 1645122.00/cwt122.00–122.007871
SteersMedium and Large 1660115.00/cwt115.00–115.007591
HeifersMedium and Large 2353129.00/cwt129.00–129.004552
HeifersMedium and Large 2664109.00/cwt109.00–109.007244
SteersMedium and Large 2495129.00/cwt129.00–129.006391
SteersMedium and Large 3445134.00/cwt134.00–134.005961
SteersMedium and Large 1490151.00/cwt151.00–151.007401
SteersMedium and Large 1565126.00/cwt126.00–126.007121
HeifersMedium and Large 352599.00/cwt99.00–99.005201
HeifersMedium and Large 2463120.00/cwt120.00–120.005568
HeifersMedium and Large 2558115.00/cwt115.00–115.0064210
HeifersMedium and Large 1630108.00/cwt108.00–108.006801
HeifersMedium and Large 1465115.00/cwt115.00–115.005352
HeifersMedium and Large 2425120.00/cwt120.00–120.005101
BullsMedium and Large 2578115.00/cwt115.00–115.006652
BullsMedium and Large 2638111.00/cwt111.00–111.007082
BullsMedium and Large 2336159.00/cwt159.00–159.005344
BullsMedium and Large 2496134.00/cwt134.00–134.006656
BullsSmall 1525113.00/cwt113.00–113.005931
HeifersMedium and Large 3490110.00/cwt110.00–110.005391

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.