Sale reports / Virginia / Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. / 2021-09-01

Southside Livestock Markets, Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Blackstone, Virginia · Wed, Sep 1
● Final39 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2183
Receipts
86 head
28 vs last sale 114 31 vs year ago 117 · 26.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 28, Heifers 23, Bulls 35)

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $135.81/cwt on 35 head.
Average price
$135.81
35 head · 512 lb average
Value per head Derived
$695
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$106
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 1
$25.76/cwt at this weight
vs the market
14.16
vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1514138.7671319thin
Medium and Large 2500138.7569312thin
Small 1538113.006074thin
One grade step is worth $25.76/cwt here — about $106 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 sale35 hd
135.81
VA average7 barns · 425 hd
149.97
−14.16
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

39 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 1385161.00/cwt161.00–161.006201
BullsMedium and Large 1710114.00/cwt114.00–114.008091
BullsMedium and Large 1333156.00/cwt156.00–156.005193
BullsMedium and Large 1602127.00/cwt127.00–127.007653
BullsMedium and Large 1501145.00/cwt145.00–145.007265
BullsMedium and Large 1560131.25/cwt125.00–132.507356
SteersSmall 1450130.00/cwt130.00–130.005851
SteersMedium and Large 2760137.00/cwt137.00–137.001,0413
SteersMedium and Large 1805139.00/cwt139.00–139.001,1191
HeifersMedium and Large 2635104.00/cwt104.00–104.006601
HeifersMedium and Large 1538122.00/cwt122.00–122.006564
HeifersMedium and Large 2450126.50/cwt126.50–126.505693
SteersMedium and Large 3530125.00/cwt125.00–125.006631
SteersMedium and Large 1670142.59/cwt138.00–146.009555
SteersMedium and Large 2575146.52/cwt144.00–147.008426
HeifersMedium and Large 356092.00/cwt92.00–92.005151
HeifersMedium and Large 1625125.00/cwt125.00–125.007813
HeifersMedium and Large 1732119.37/cwt115.00–121.508743
SteersMedium and Large 1868133.00/cwt133.00–133.001,1542
SteersMedium and Large 3620135.00/cwt135.00–135.008371
SteersMedium and Large 3740133.00/cwt133.00–133.009842
BullsSmall 160590.00/cwt90.00–90.005451
BullsMedium and Large 2475144.40/cwt144.00–145.006865
BullsSmall 1545115.00/cwt115.00–115.006271
SteersMedium and Large 2605142.00/cwt142.00–142.008591
SteersMedium and Large 2415137.22/cwt128.00–146.005692
SteersMedium and Large 1569146.33/cwt145.00–147.008333
BullsMedium and Large 2418153.00/cwt153.00–153.006402
BullsMedium and Large 2560133.51/cwt132.00–135.007482
BullsSmall 1425132.00/cwt132.00–132.005611
HeifersMedium and Large 1670117.00/cwt117.00–117.007841
HeifersMedium and Large 1448125.00/cwt125.00–125.005602
HeifersMedium and Large 1768117.00/cwt117.00–117.008992
BullsMedium and Large 2380130.00/cwt130.00–130.004941
BullsMedium and Large 2643120.00/cwt120.00–120.007722
BullsSmall 1575115.00/cwt115.00–115.006611
HeifersMedium and Large 2365125.00/cwt125.00–125.004561
HeifersMedium and Large 2675104.00/cwt104.00–104.007021
HeifersMedium and Large 3485110.00/cwt110.00–110.005341

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.