Sale reports / Virginia / Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. / 2022-03-30

Southside Livestock Markets, Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Blackstone, Virginia · Wed, Mar 30
● Final44 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2183
Receipts
146 head
▼ 63 vs last sale 209▼ 78 vs year ago 224 · −34.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 23, Heifers 61, Bulls 62)

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $137.49/cwt on 61 head.
Average price
$137.49
61 head · 524 lb average
Value per head Derived
$721
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$126
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Small 1
$9.18/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−3.44
vs VA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2478142.3468019thin
Medium and Large 3483136.386598thin
Medium and Large 1591135.4580128
Small 1416133.175546thin
One grade step is worth $9.18/cwt here — about $126 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 sale61 hd
137.49
—
VA average7 barns · 1,337 hd
140.93
−3.44
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

44 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 · Steers13 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2300147.50/cwt147.50–147.504431
Steers—Medium and Large 1360162.50/cwt162.50–162.505851
Steers—Medium and Large 1430166.00/cwt166.00–166.007143
Steers—Medium and Large 3490147.00/cwt147.00–147.007201
Steers—Medium and Large 3515143.00/cwt143.00–143.007361
Steers—Medium and Large 2523154.50/cwt154.50–154.508082
Steers—Medium and Large 1540155.00/cwt155.00–155.008371
Steers—Medium and Large 1623157.50/cwt157.50–157.509816
Steers—Medium and Large 2660150.00/cwt150.00–150.009901
Steers—Medium and Large 1670142.28/cwt135.00–150.009532
Steers—Medium and Large 1715142.00/cwt142.00–142.001,0151
Steers—Medium and Large 1760140.00/cwt140.00–140.001,0642
Steers—Medium and Large 1870129.00/cwt129.00–129.001,1221
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2362152.00/cwt152.00–152.005506
Heifers—Small 1367145.00/cwt145.00–145.005323
Heifers—Medium and Large 1390147.00/cwt147.00–147.005732
Heifers—Medium and Large 3390140.00/cwt140.00–140.005461
Heifers—Medium and Large 1432145.00/cwt145.00–145.006265
Heifers—Small 1440122.00/cwt122.00–122.005372
Heifers—Medium and Large 3443141.00/cwt141.00–141.006254
Heifers—Medium and Large 2454144.00/cwt144.00–144.006545
Heifers—Small 1515120.00/cwt120.00–120.006181
Heifers—Medium and Large 2522142.50/cwt142.50–142.507445
Heifers—Medium and Large 1539140.75/cwt140.75–140.7575914
Heifers—Medium and Large 3567129.00/cwt129.00–129.007313
Heifers—Medium and Large 2585136.00/cwt136.00–136.007961
Heifers—Medium and Large 1615137.00/cwt137.00–137.008431
Heifers—Medium and Large 2718112.00/cwt112.00–112.008042
Heifers—Medium and Large 1910111.00/cwt111.00–111.001,0106
Feeder Cattle · Bulls15 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2337166.00/cwt166.00–166.005595
Bulls—Medium and Large 1340138.00/cwt138.00–138.004692
Bulls—Small 1410144.00/cwt144.00–144.005902
Bulls—Medium and Large 2411162.00/cwt162.00–162.006667
Bulls—Medium and Large 1414158.00/cwt158.00–158.006546
Bulls—Medium and Large 2481151.00/cwt151.00–151.007264
Bulls—Medium and Large 1493149.84/cwt140.50–151.5073913
Bulls—Small 1510133.00/cwt133.00–133.006781
Bulls—Medium and Large 1530134.00/cwt134.00–134.007101
Bulls—Medium and Large 1553140.00/cwt140.00–140.007745
Bulls—Medium and Large 2563144.00/cwt144.00–144.008112
Bulls—Medium and Large 1631141.00/cwt141.00–141.008907
Bulls—Medium and Large 2652140.00/cwt140.00–140.009133
Bulls—Small 1673126.00/cwt126.00–126.008482
Bulls—Medium and Large 1885110.00/cwt110.00–110.009741

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.