Sale reports / Virginia / Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. / 2021-03-03

Southside Livestock Markets, Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Blackstone, Virginia · Wed, Mar 3
● Final23 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2183
Receipts
47 head
32 vs last sale 79 58 vs year ago 105 · 55.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 8, Heifers 23, Bulls 16)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $113.00/cwt on 23 head.
Average price
$113.00
23 head · 566 lb average
Value per head Derived
$639
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$107
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Small 1
$34.75/cwt at this weight
vs the market
10.20
vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2517116.756038thin
Medium and Large 1614114.2570212thin
Medium and Large 3453106.004802thin
Small 160582.004961thin
One grade step is worth $34.75/cwt here — about $107 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 sale23 hd
113.00
VA average7 barns · 918 hd
123.20
−10.20
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

23 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 1370149.00/cwt149.00–149.005511
BullsMedium and Large 1470138.00/cwt138.00–138.006492
BullsMedium and Large 1413148.00/cwt148.00–148.006113
BullsMedium and Large 1555128.00/cwt128.00–128.007103
BullsMedium and Large 1645114.00/cwt114.00–114.007353
HeifersMedium and Large 1647108.00/cwt108.00–108.006993
HeifersMedium and Large 2635107.00/cwt107.00–107.006792
HeifersSmall 160582.00/cwt82.00–82.004961
BullsSmall 1405129.00/cwt129.00–129.005221
SteersSmall 1380102.00/cwt102.00–102.003881
HeifersMedium and Large 2443124.00/cwt124.00–124.005494
SteersMedium and Large 1518145.00/cwt145.00–145.007513
HeifersMedium and Large 1463125.00/cwt125.00–125.005794
HeifersMedium and Large 1796105.00/cwt105.00–105.008364
SteersMedium and Large 1448148.00/cwt148.00–148.006633
HeifersMedium and Large 352090.00/cwt90.00–90.004681
BullsMedium and Large 2315149.00/cwt149.00–149.004691
HeifersMedium and Large 3385122.00/cwt122.00–122.004701
BullsMedium and Large 2440128.00/cwt128.00–128.005631
SteersMedium and Large 2420154.00/cwt154.00–154.006471
HeifersMedium and Large 1395127.00/cwt127.00–127.005021
HeifersMedium and Large 2545112.00/cwt112.00–112.006102
BullsMedium and Large 2685109.00/cwt109.00–109.007471

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.