Sale reports / Virginia / Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. / 2021-01-27

Southside Livestock Markets, Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Blackstone, Virginia · Wed, Jan 27
● Final17 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2183
Receipts
32 head
104 vs last sale 136 188 vs year ago 220 · 85.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 7, Heifers 13, Bulls 12)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $110.00/cwt on 13 head.
Average price
$110.00
13 head · 460 lb average
Value per head Derived
$506
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$2
per head · Medium and Large 3 over Medium and Large 2
$17.50/cwt at this weight
vs the market
9.40
vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 3406113.004595thin
Medium and Large 1497112.335596thin
Medium and Large 248395.504612thin
One grade step is worth $17.50/cwt here — about −$2 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 sale13 hd
110.00
VA average7 barns · 902 hd
119.40
−9.40
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

17 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 1420135.00/cwt135.00–135.005671
BullsMedium and Large 1565115.00/cwt115.00–115.006501
HeifersMedium and Large 1521112.00/cwt112.00–112.005844
SteersMedium and Large 1691128.00/cwt128.00–128.008846
BullsMedium and Large 1705120.00/cwt120.00–120.008461
BullsMedium and Large 1660128.00/cwt128.00–128.008452
BullsMedium and Large 2360141.00/cwt141.00–141.005081
HeifersMedium and Large 3340105.00/cwt105.00–105.003571
HeifersMedium and Large 3423115.00/cwt115.00–115.004864
HeifersMedium and Large 1450113.00/cwt113.00–113.005092
BullsMedium and Large 2405127.00/cwt127.00–127.005141
BullsMedium and Large 250587.00/cwt87.00–87.004391
BullsMedium and Large 2493124.00/cwt124.00–124.006112
BullsMedium and Large 2610129.00/cwt129.00–129.007872
HeifersMedium and Large 257077.00/cwt77.00–77.004391
HeifersMedium and Large 2395114.00/cwt114.00–114.004501
SteersMedium and Large 2870105.00/cwt105.00–105.009141

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.