Sale reports / Virginia / Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. / 2022-02-16

Southside Livestock Markets, Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Blackstone, Virginia · Wed, Feb 16
● Final40 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2183
Receipts
142 head
▲ 14 vs last sale 128▲ 142 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 20, Heifers 67, Bulls 55)

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $139.68/cwt on 65 head.
Average price
$139.68
65 head · 475 lb average
Value per head Derived
$664
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$55
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Small 1
$18.89/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−6.27
vs VA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2494142.6170523
Medium and Large 1485141.4168622
Medium and Large 3399140.1855913thin
Small 1525123.716507thin
One grade step is worth $18.89/cwt here — about $55 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 sale65 hd
139.68
—
VA average9 barns · 1,576 hd
145.95
−6.27
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

40 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 · Steers9 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2418146.91/cwt136.00–169.006143
Steers—Medium and Large 2508168.00/cwt168.00–168.008535
Steers—Medium and Large 3535152.00/cwt152.00–152.008131
Steers—Medium and Large 1538167.50/cwt167.50–167.509013
Steers—Medium and Large 3593153.00/cwt153.00–153.009072
Steers—Medium and Large 3610143.00/cwt143.00–143.008721
Steers—Medium and Large 1615149.00/cwt149.00–149.009162
Steers—Medium and Large 2653152.00/cwt152.00–152.009932
Steers—Medium and Large 1660146.00/cwt146.00–146.009641
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1333150.00/cwt150.00–150.005003
Heifers—Medium and Large 2338160.50/cwt160.50–160.505422
Heifers—Medium and Large 2350153.00/cwt153.00–153.005361
Heifers—Medium and Large 3356145.00/cwt145.00–145.005166
Heifers—Medium and Large 3436136.05/cwt124.00–138.005937
Heifers—Medium and Large 2439148.50/cwt148.50–148.506528
Heifers—Medium and Large 1441145.22/cwt143.00–145.506409
Heifers—Small 1460126.00/cwt126.00–126.005804
Heifers—Medium and Large 2470137.00/cwt137.00–137.006441
Heifers—Medium and Large 1475143.00/cwt143.00–143.006791
Heifers—Medium and Large 1540135.00/cwt135.00–135.007295
Heifers—Medium and Large 2550134.50/cwt134.50–134.507406
Heifers—Small 1578118.00/cwt118.00–118.006822
Heifers—Medium and Large 2612134.79/cwt133.00–136.008255
Heifers—Medium and Large 1633134.00/cwt134.00–134.008484
Heifers—Small 1680126.00/cwt126.00–126.008571
Feeder Cattle · Bulls15 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Small 1328167.00/cwt167.00–167.005482
Bulls—Medium and Large 2339182.25/cwt182.25–182.256184
Bulls—Medium and Large 1345170.00/cwt170.00–170.005871
Bulls—Medium and Large 1358180.00/cwt180.00–180.006442
Bulls—Medium and Large 2390178.00/cwt178.00–178.006943
Bulls—Small 1414156.00/cwt156.00–156.006465
Bulls—Medium and Large 1417170.82/cwt164.00–172.5071210
Bulls—Medium and Large 1477159.00/cwt159.00–159.007585
Bulls—Medium and Large 2485160.00/cwt160.00–160.007765
Bulls—Small 1505145.00/cwt145.00–145.007324
Bulls—Medium and Large 2556149.00/cwt149.00–149.008284
Bulls—Medium and Large 1560145.00/cwt145.00–145.008124
Bulls—Medium and Large 1645138.00/cwt138.00–138.008902
Bulls—Medium and Large 2670136.00/cwt136.00–136.009112
Bulls—Small 1700121.00/cwt121.00–121.008471

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.