Sale reports / Virginia / Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. / 2020-09-09

Southside Livestock Markets, Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Blackstone, Virginia · Wed, Sep 9
● Final26 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2183
Receipts
51 head
66 vs last sale 117 317 vs year ago 368 · 86.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 9, Heifers 21, Bulls 21)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $116.61/cwt on 21 head.
Average price
$116.61
21 head · 522 lb average
Value per head Derived
$608
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$177
per head · Small 1 over Medium and Large 2
$14.61/cwt at this weight
vs the market
9.30
vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Small 1360130.004681thin
Medium and Large 3422118.004983thin
Medium and Large 1534115.856187thin
Medium and Large 2559115.3964510thin
One grade step is worth $14.61/cwt here — about −$177 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 sale21 hd
116.61
VA average8 barns · 858 hd
125.91
−9.30
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 1375159.00/cwt159.00–159.005961
BullsMedium and Large 1620106.00/cwt106.00–106.006571
BullsMedium and Large 1665111.98/cwt109.00–115.007452
BullsMedium and Large 1485126.48/cwt121.00–130.006135
BullsMedium and Large 1560129.50/cwt129.50–129.507256
BullsMedium and Large 2310163.00/cwt163.00–163.005051
SteersMedium and Large 1610131.00/cwt131.00–131.007991
SteersMedium and Large 1865120.00/cwt120.00–120.001,0381
HeifersMedium and Large 2528116.00/cwt116.00–116.006122
HeifersMedium and Large 2455125.00/cwt125.00–125.005693
SteersMedium and Large 1720130.00/cwt130.00–130.009362
SteersMedium and Large 1672130.32/cwt129.00–131.008763
SteersMedium and Large 1440141.00/cwt141.00–141.006201
SteersMedium and Large 1450135.00/cwt135.00–135.006081
HeifersMedium and Large 3550106.00/cwt106.00–106.005831
HeifersMedium and Large 1580110.00/cwt110.00–110.006381
HeifersMedium and Large 1635114.00/cwt114.00–114.007241
HeifersMedium and Large 1440113.47/cwt111.00–116.004992
HeifersMedium and Large 1547120.00/cwt120.00–120.006563
HeifersMedium and Large 2340105.00/cwt105.00–105.003571
BullsMedium and Large 2615111.00/cwt111.00–111.006831
BullsMedium and Large 2563124.00/cwt124.00–124.006982
BullsSmall 1350140.00/cwt140.00–140.004902
HeifersMedium and Large 3358124.00/cwt124.00–124.004442
HeifersSmall 1360130.00/cwt130.00–130.004681
HeifersMedium and Large 2708110.48/cwt106.00–115.007824

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.