Sale reports / Virginia / Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. / 2022-03-09

Southside Livestock Markets, Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Blackstone, Virginia · Wed, Mar 9
● Final34 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2183
Receipts
109 head
▼ 142 vs last sale 251▼ 123 vs year ago 232 · −53.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 16, Heifers 49, Bulls 44)

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $134.76/cwt on 49 head.
Average price
$134.76
49 head · 468 lb average
Value per head Derived
$631
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$117
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Small 1
$27.50/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−1.91
vs VA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2433140.0060719thin
Medium and Large 1476135.9964721
Medium and Large 3535121.886528thin
Small 1435112.504891thin
One grade step is worth $27.50/cwt here — about $117 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 sale49 hd
134.76
—
VA average10 barns · 2,355 hd
136.67
−1.91
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

34 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 · Steers8 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2353164.00/cwt164.00–164.005793
Steers—Medium and Large 2428160.00/cwt160.00–160.006852
Steers—Medium and Large 2470153.00/cwt153.00–153.007191
Steers—Medium and Large 1475165.00/cwt165.00–165.007842
Steers—Medium and Large 1525158.00/cwt158.00–158.008303
Steers—Medium and Large 2540157.00/cwt157.00–157.008481
Steers—Medium and Large 1605152.00/cwt152.00–152.009201
Steers—Medium and Large 1758144.00/cwt144.00–144.001,0923
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1342136.82/cwt136.00–137.004685
Heifers—Medium and Large 2367136.76/cwt136.00–137.005024
Heifers—Medium and Large 2415147.00/cwt147.00–147.0061011
Heifers—Medium and Large 1429138.00/cwt138.00–138.005924
Heifers—Small 1435112.50/cwt112.50–112.504891
Heifers—Medium and Large 3463130.00/cwt130.00–130.006023
Heifers—Medium and Large 2480127.00/cwt127.00–127.006102
Heifers—Medium and Large 1490139.00/cwt139.00–139.006811
Heifers—Medium and Large 1524137.09/cwt134.00–139.007188
Heifers—Medium and Large 2555137.00/cwt137.00–137.007601
Heifers—Medium and Large 3563120.00/cwt120.00–120.006764
Heifers—Medium and Large 1628128.00/cwt128.00–128.008043
Heifers—Medium and Large 3640105.00/cwt105.00–105.006721
Heifers—Medium and Large 2685105.00/cwt105.00–105.007191
Feeder Cattle · Bulls12 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1333161.00/cwt161.00–161.005365
Bulls—Medium and Large 2342161.00/cwt161.00–161.005518
Bulls—Medium and Large 1414158.50/cwt158.50–158.506568
Bulls—Small 1425132.00/cwt132.00–132.005611
Bulls—Medium and Large 2490157.00/cwt157.00–157.007693
Bulls—Medium and Large 1491157.50/cwt157.50–157.507739
Bulls—Medium and Large 2575138.00/cwt138.00–138.007942
Bulls—Medium and Large 1581144.50/cwt144.50–144.508404
Bulls—Medium and Large 1605138.00/cwt138.00–138.008351
Bulls—Medium and Large 2710125.00/cwt125.00–125.008881
Bulls—Medium and Large 1805107.50/cwt107.50–107.508651
Bulls—Medium and Large 2860100.00/cwt100.00–100.008601

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.