Sale reports / Virginia / Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. / 2022-03-02

Southside Livestock Markets, Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Blackstone, Virginia · Wed, Mar 2
● Final54 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2183
Receipts
251 head
▲ 133 vs last sale 118▲ 204 vs year ago 47 · +434.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 45, Heifers 120, Bulls 86)

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $143.97/cwt on 118 head.
Average price
$143.97
118 head · 489 lb average
Value per head Derived
$704
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$84
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Small 1
$12.20/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.63
vs VA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2480146.0970146
Medium and Large 1533145.4777639
Medium and Large 3446141.2362924
Small 1460133.896169thin
One grade step is worth $12.20/cwt here — about $84 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 sale118 hd
143.97
—
VA average7 barns · 1,645 hd
141.33
+2.63
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

54 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 · Steers18 lots · lightest first
Steers—Small 1330142.50/cwt142.50–142.504701
Steers—Medium and Large 2348173.00/cwt173.00–173.006023
Steers—Medium and Large 1370171.00/cwt171.00–171.006331
Steers—Medium and Large 1420160.00/cwt160.00–160.006721
Steers—Medium and Large 3450170.00/cwt170.00–170.007652
Steers—Medium and Large 2470181.00/cwt181.00–181.008511
Steers—Small 1470150.00/cwt150.00–150.007051
Steers—Medium and Large 1500175.00/cwt175.00–175.008753
Steers—Small 1523158.90/cwt150.00–162.008314
Steers—Medium and Large 2540175.00/cwt175.00–175.009454
Steers—Medium and Large 1551177.00/cwt177.00–177.009758
Steers—Medium and Large 3552161.00/cwt161.00–161.008893
Steers—Medium and Large 1615163.00/cwt163.00–163.001,0021
Steers—Medium and Large 2630161.00/cwt161.00–161.001,0141
Steers—Small 1633158.00/cwt158.00–158.001,0003
Steers—Medium and Large 2695151.00/cwt151.00–151.001,0491
Steers—Medium and Large 2748145.00/cwt145.00–145.001,0852
Steers—Medium and Large 2853137.00/cwt137.00–137.001,1695
Feeder Cattle · Heifers20 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2332143.00/cwt143.00–143.004753
Heifers—Medium and Large 2362149.00/cwt149.00–149.0053911
Heifers—Medium and Large 3363150.00/cwt150.00–150.005456
Heifers—Medium and Large 1390148.00/cwt148.00–148.005771
Heifers—Small 1426139.00/cwt139.00–139.005927
Heifers—Medium and Large 3438140.58/cwt135.00–141.0061613
Heifers—Medium and Large 1445139.00/cwt139.00–139.006192
Heifers—Medium and Large 2447149.00/cwt149.00–149.006669
Heifers—Medium and Large 2468141.04/cwt133.00–149.006602
Heifers—Medium and Large 1475146.00/cwt146.00–146.006945
Heifers—Medium and Large 1523147.96/cwt145.00–150.0077423
Heifers—Medium and Large 3533130.00/cwt130.00–130.006933
Heifers—Medium and Large 2542146.00/cwt146.00–146.0079110
Heifers—Medium and Large 2577147.00/cwt147.00–147.008483
Heifers—Small 1580116.00/cwt116.00–116.006732
Heifers—Medium and Large 3613136.00/cwt136.00–136.008342
Heifers—Medium and Large 2615141.71/cwt140.00–143.008727
Heifers—Medium and Large 1617139.86/cwt133.00–144.508635
Heifers—Medium and Large 2665136.00/cwt136.00–136.009041
Heifers—Medium and Large 1675138.32/cwt135.00–140.009343
Feeder Cattle · Bulls16 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1323172.00/cwt172.00–172.005563
Bulls—Small 1335122.00/cwt122.00–122.004091
Bulls—Medium and Large 2337169.00/cwt169.00–169.005703
Bulls—Medium and Large 1350117.50/cwt117.50–117.504111
Bulls—Small 1398139.00/cwt139.00–139.005532
Bulls—Medium and Large 2419153.77/cwt134.00–158.5064410
Bulls—Medium and Large 1421166.00/cwt166.00–166.006998
Bulls—Medium and Large 2488150.99/cwt145.00–153.0073712
Bulls—Medium and Large 1492154.77/cwt152.00–155.0076113
Bulls—Small 1510110.00/cwt110.00–110.005611
Bulls—Medium and Large 1563146.00/cwt146.00–146.008226
Bulls—Medium and Large 2563143.47/cwt135.00–144.508089
Bulls—Small 1580122.50/cwt122.50–122.507112
Bulls—Small 1613123.00/cwt123.00–123.007542
Bulls—Medium and Large 2625135.00/cwt135.00–135.008441
Bulls—Medium and Large 1627139.50/cwt139.50–139.5087510

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.