Sale reports / Virginia / Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. / 2021-12-08

Southside Livestock Markets, Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Blackstone, Virginia · Wed, Dec 8
● Final48 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2183
Receipts
178 head
▼ 39 vs last sale 217▲ 39 vs year ago 139 · +28.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 12, Heifers 79, Bulls 87)

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $153.55/cwt on 85 head.
Average price
$153.55
85 head · 503 lb average
Value per head Derived
$772
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$130
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 1
$38.07/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+12.29
vs VA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1507159.3280844
Medium and Large 2473158.1774829
Small 1559121.2567812thin
One grade step is worth $38.07/cwt here — about $130 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 sale85 hd
153.55
—
VA average9 barns · 1,250 hd
141.26
+12.29
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

48 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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers7 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2310155.00/cwt155.00–155.004811
Steers—Medium and Large 1375156.00/cwt156.00–156.005852
Steers—Medium and Large 1463164.00/cwt164.00–164.007593
Steers—Medium and Large 1520157.92/cwt156.00–160.008212
Steers—Medium and Large 3620120.00/cwt120.00–120.007441
Steers—Medium and Large 1643155.00/cwt155.00–155.009972
Steers—Medium and Large 2655154.00/cwt154.00–154.001,0091
Feeder Cattle · Heifers20 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 3338125.00/cwt125.00–125.004233
Heifers—Medium and Large 2352136.00/cwt136.00–136.004799
Heifers—Medium and Large 1358134.50/cwt134.50–134.504824
Heifers—Medium and Large 3420123.00/cwt123.00–123.005172
Heifers—Small 1433127.00/cwt127.00–127.005502
Heifers—Medium and Large 2456142.50/cwt142.50–142.506508
Heifers—Medium and Large 1457139.50/cwt139.50–139.5063811
Heifers—Medium and Large 3480116.00/cwt116.00–116.005571
Heifers—Medium and Large 1529131.97/cwt131.50–133.506988
Heifers—Medium and Large 2532116.68/cwt116.00–117.006213
Heifers—Small 1558123.00/cwt123.00–123.006862
Heifers—Medium and Large 3560123.00/cwt123.00–123.006891
Heifers—Medium and Large 2563125.00/cwt125.00–125.007043
Heifers—Medium and Large 1580128.50/cwt128.50–128.507451
Heifers—Medium and Large 2623123.28/cwt121.00–124.007684
Heifers—Medium and Large 1626124.60/cwt123.00–125.007805
Heifers—Medium and Large 1658125.50/cwt125.50–125.508264
Heifers—Small 1663109.00/cwt109.00–109.007232
Heifers—Medium and Large 172595.00/cwt95.00–95.006891
Heifers—Medium and Large 1781120.50/cwt120.50–120.509414
Feeder Cattle · Bulls21 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2336170.00/cwt170.00–170.005715
Bulls—Medium and Large 1370164.57/cwt162.00–167.006092
Bulls—Medium and Large 2370135.00/cwt135.00–135.005001
Bulls—Small 1385105.00/cwt105.00–105.004041
Bulls—Small 1405130.00/cwt130.00–130.005272
Bulls—Medium and Large 2413170.00/cwt170.00–170.007029
Bulls—Medium and Large 1425173.00/cwt173.00–173.0073512
Bulls—Medium and Large 1477164.00/cwt164.00–164.0078212
Bulls—Medium and Large 2491158.00/cwt158.00–158.007767
Bulls—Medium and Large 1505159.00/cwt159.00–159.008031
Bulls—Small 1518136.00/cwt136.00–136.007042
Bulls—Medium and Large 1551153.00/cwt153.00–153.008439
Bulls—Medium and Large 2563151.00/cwt151.00–151.008503
Bulls—Small 1563123.00/cwt123.00–123.006922
Bulls—Medium and Large 2610144.00/cwt144.00–144.008782
Bulls—Medium and Large 1643140.00/cwt140.00–140.009006
Bulls—Small 1655123.00/cwt123.00–123.008064
Bulls—Medium and Large 1718130.38/cwt119.00–142.009362
Bulls—Medium and Large 2730138.00/cwt138.00–138.001,0071
Bulls—Small 173580.00/cwt80.00–80.005881
Bulls—Medium and Large 286587.00/cwt87.00–87.007531

This sale against other markets

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.