Sale reports / Virginia / Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. / 2022-02-02

Southside Livestock Markets, Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Blackstone, Virginia · Wed, Feb 2
● Final44 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2183
Receipts
168 head
▲ 61 vs last sale 107▲ 116 vs year ago 52 · +223.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 58, Heifers 75, Bulls 35)

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $145.05/cwt on 74 head.
Average price
$145.05
74 head · 500 lb average
Value per head Derived
$726
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$234
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Small 1
$21.91/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.01
vs VA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2487146.9171533
Medium and Large 1539145.7478632
Medium and Large 3415137.135698thin
Small 1385125.004811thin
One grade step is worth $21.91/cwt here — about $234 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 sale74 hd
145.05
—
VA average6 barns · 1,043 hd
143.04
+2.01
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

44 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 · Steers16 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1337177.00/cwt177.00–177.005963
Steers—Small 1429155.00/cwt155.00–155.006654
Steers—Medium and Large 1456187.00/cwt187.00–187.008534
Steers—Medium and Large 2480180.29/cwt176.00–185.0086510
Steers—Medium and Large 2520170.00/cwt170.00–170.008841
Steers—Small 1540165.00/cwt165.00–165.008912
Steers—Medium and Large 1547173.00/cwt173.00–173.009466
Steers—Small 1553164.00/cwt164.00–164.009074
Steers—Medium and Large 3565168.00/cwt168.00–168.009491
Steers—Medium and Large 1567174.00/cwt174.00–174.009873
Steers—Medium and Large 2631160.80/cwt160.00–162.001,0155
Steers—Medium and Large 1649162.00/cwt162.00–162.001,0514
Steers—Medium and Large 1660140.00/cwt140.00–140.009241
Steers—Medium and Large 1717151.00/cwt151.00–151.001,0835
Steers—Medium and Large 1750139.00/cwt139.00–139.001,0431
Steers—Medium and Large 1805146.00/cwt146.00–146.001,1754
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 3325138.00/cwt138.00–138.004493
Heifers—Medium and Large 1363156.00/cwt156.00–156.005662
Heifers—Medium and Large 2365160.50/cwt160.50–160.505864
Heifers—Small 1385125.00/cwt125.00–125.004811
Heifers—Medium and Large 2432148.79/cwt148.50–151.006438
Heifers—Medium and Large 3443139.00/cwt139.00–139.006164
Heifers—Medium and Large 2463153.97/cwt151.00–156.5071311
Heifers—Medium and Large 1471152.00/cwt152.00–152.007165
Heifers—Medium and Large 1529148.49/cwt145.00–155.0078617
Heifers—Medium and Large 2530135.00/cwt135.00–135.007163
Heifers—Medium and Large 2575127.00/cwt127.00–127.007301
Heifers—Medium and Large 3575127.00/cwt127.00–127.007301
Heifers—Medium and Large 1631135.50/cwt135.50–135.508555
Heifers—Medium and Large 2637134.00/cwt130.00–135.008545
Heifers—Medium and Large 1675130.00/cwt130.00–130.008783
Heifers—Medium and Large 2705120.00/cwt120.00–120.008461
Feeder Cattle · Bulls12 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2344182.00/cwt182.00–182.006265
Bulls—Medium and Large 2355150.50/cwt144.00–157.005342
Bulls—Small 1365127.00/cwt127.00–127.004641
Bulls—Medium and Large 2423184.00/cwt184.00–184.007783
Bulls—Medium and Large 2483170.80/cwt164.00–175.008255
Bulls—Medium and Large 1493175.00/cwt175.00–175.008636
Bulls—Medium and Large 1545131.00/cwt131.00–131.007141
Bulls—Medium and Large 2552157.60/cwt154.00–160.008705
Bulls—Medium and Large 1573164.00/cwt164.00–164.009402
Bulls—Small 1595134.00/cwt134.00–134.007971
Bulls—Medium and Large 1638135.97/cwt129.00–143.008672
Bulls—Medium and Large 2785120.00/cwt120.00–120.009421

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.