Sale reports / Virginia / Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. / 2022-03-16

Southside Livestock Markets, Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Blackstone, Virginia · Wed, Mar 16
● Final40 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2183
Receipts
121 head
▲ 12 vs last sale 109▼ 8 vs year ago 129 · −6.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 11, Heifers 59, Bulls 51)

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $134.51/cwt on 59 head.
Average price
$134.51
59 head · 530 lb average
Value per head Derived
$713
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$14
per head · Medium and Large 3 over Small 1
$11.35/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−5.70
vs VA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 3469137.3564417thin
Medium and Large 2508137.3069718thin
Medium and Large 1598130.7978222
Small 1500126.006302thin
One grade step is worth $11.35/cwt here — about $14 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 sale59 hd
134.51
—
VA average11 barns · 1,766 hd
140.21
−5.70
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 · Steers6 lots · lightest first
Steers—Small 1450139.00/cwt139.00–139.006261
Steers—Medium and Large 1455158.00/cwt158.00–158.007191
Steers—Medium and Large 1527162.50/cwt162.50–162.508563
Steers—Medium and Large 1652150.00/cwt150.00–150.009783
Steers—Medium and Large 3680139.00/cwt139.00–139.009451
Steers—Medium and Large 1785144.00/cwt144.00–144.001,1302
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2353153.00/cwt153.00–153.005406
Heifers—Medium and Large 3367148.00/cwt148.00–148.005435
Heifers—Medium and Large 1370140.00/cwt140.00–140.005181
Heifers—Medium and Large 2425125.00/cwt125.00–125.005311
Heifers—Medium and Large 1433145.00/cwt145.00–145.006283
Heifers—Medium and Large 3443142.00/cwt142.00–142.006295
Heifers—Medium and Large 2463144.00/cwt144.00–144.006672
Heifers—Small 1500126.00/cwt126.00–126.006302
Heifers—Medium and Large 3514135.00/cwt135.00–135.006944
Heifers—Medium and Large 1543137.00/cwt137.00–137.007447
Heifers—Medium and Large 2593133.00/cwt133.00–133.007892
Heifers—Medium and Large 3622115.00/cwt115.00–115.007153
Heifers—Medium and Large 1630120.67/cwt110.00–124.007605
Heifers—Medium and Large 2636127.41/cwt120.00–131.008106
Heifers—Medium and Large 1660130.00/cwt130.00–130.008582
Heifers—Medium and Large 2670110.00/cwt110.00–110.007371
Heifers—Medium and Large 1805120.00/cwt120.00–120.009664
Feeder Cattle · Bulls17 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Small 1360146.00/cwt146.00–146.005263
Bulls—Medium and Large 2367168.00/cwt168.00–168.006173
Bulls—Medium and Large 1370166.00/cwt166.00–166.006141
Bulls—Medium and Large 2428156.00/cwt156.00–156.006683
Bulls—Small 1435112.00/cwt112.00–112.004872
Bulls—Medium and Large 2467150.21/cwt146.00–155.007013
Bulls—Small 1488137.00/cwt137.00–137.006693
Bulls—Medium and Large 1504149.42/cwt136.00–153.007535
Bulls—Medium and Large 2515151.35/cwt151.00–152.007796
Bulls—Medium and Large 1576156.29/cwt155.00–156.509007
Bulls—Small 1580130.00/cwt130.00–130.007541
Bulls—Medium and Large 1633145.00/cwt145.00–145.009183
Bulls—Medium and Large 2638141.00/cwt141.00–141.009004
Bulls—Medium and Large 2685132.00/cwt132.00–132.009041
Bulls—Small 1700113.00/cwt113.00–113.007911
Bulls—Medium and Large 2715118.00/cwt118.00–118.008441
Bulls—Medium and Large 1718122.00/cwt122.00–122.008763

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.