Sale reports / Virginia / Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. / 2022-02-23

Southside Livestock Markets, Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Blackstone, Virginia · Wed, Feb 23
● Final42 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2183
Receipts
118 head
▼ 24 vs last sale 142▲ 39 vs year ago 79 · +49.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 31, Heifers 53, Bulls 34)

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $141.61/cwt on 53 head.
Average price
$141.61
53 head · 486 lb average
Value per head Derived
$688
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$299
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 1
$32.31/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−3.56
vs VA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1476147.3170126
Medium and Large 2542137.8674719thin
Medium and Large 3389134.435227thin
Small 1350115.004031thin
One grade step is worth $32.31/cwt here — about $299 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 sale53 hd
141.61
—
VA average7 barns · 2,138 hd
145.17
−3.56
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

42 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 · Steers15 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 3335171.00/cwt171.00–171.005731
Steers—Medium and Large 2365169.00/cwt169.00–169.006171
Steers—Medium and Large 2405179.00/cwt179.00–179.007251
Steers—Medium and Large 1430170.00/cwt170.00–170.007312
Steers—Medium and Large 1467172.96/cwt170.00–179.008083
Steers—Medium and Large 2473161.00/cwt161.00–161.007623
Steers—Medium and Large 3500133.00/cwt133.00–133.006651
Steers—Medium and Large 2542159.00/cwt159.00–159.008623
Steers—Small 1595150.00/cwt150.00–150.008931
Steers—Medium and Large 2620174.00/cwt174.00–174.001,0794
Steers—Small 1628130.00/cwt130.00–130.008162
Steers—Medium and Large 2663163.00/cwt163.00–163.001,0813
Steers—Medium and Large 3750145.00/cwt145.00–145.001,0882
Steers—Medium and Large 1778150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,1672
Steers—Medium and Large 2960126.00/cwt126.00–126.001,2102
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 3336141.00/cwt141.00–141.004744
Heifers—Small 1350115.00/cwt115.00–115.004031
Heifers—Medium and Large 1359153.00/cwt153.00–153.005498
Heifers—Medium and Large 2360151.45/cwt141.00–155.005454
Heifers—Medium and Large 2418138.23/cwt125.00–151.005782
Heifers—Medium and Large 1427154.00/cwt154.00–154.006585
Heifers—Medium and Large 3428117.50/cwt117.50–117.505032
Heifers—Medium and Large 1515144.00/cwt144.00–144.007421
Heifers—Medium and Large 3520142.00/cwt142.00–142.007381
Heifers—Medium and Large 2535140.31/cwt138.00–141.007517
Heifers—Medium and Large 1552144.00/cwt144.00–144.007958
Heifers—Medium and Large 2605130.00/cwt130.00–130.007871
Heifers—Medium and Large 1609135.00/cwt135.00–135.008224
Heifers—Medium and Large 2734125.00/cwt125.00–125.009185
Feeder Cattle · Bulls13 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1365176.00/cwt176.00–176.006422
Bulls—Medium and Large 2367177.34/cwt174.00–179.006513
Bulls—Small 1405150.00/cwt150.00–150.006081
Bulls—Medium and Large 1415171.00/cwt171.00–171.007102
Bulls—Medium and Large 2440163.00/cwt163.00–163.007171
Bulls—Medium and Large 2493157.50/cwt157.50–157.507765
Bulls—Medium and Large 1520154.50/cwt154.50–154.508033
Bulls—Medium and Large 2565146.47/cwt142.00–148.008284
Bulls—Medium and Large 1573148.00/cwt148.00–148.008484
Bulls—Medium and Large 2639142.50/cwt142.50–142.509114
Bulls—Medium and Large 1685140.00/cwt140.00–140.009591
Bulls—Medium and Large 1720136.00/cwt136.00–136.009792
Bulls—Medium and Large 1855120.00/cwt120.00–120.001,0262

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.