Sale reports / Virginia / Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. / 2022-04-20

Southside Livestock Markets, Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Blackstone, Virginia · Wed, Apr 20
● Final46 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2183
Receipts
165 head
▲ 21 vs last sale 144▲ 49 vs year ago 116 · +42.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 30, Heifers 85, Bulls 50)

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $137.56/cwt on 85 head.
Average price
$137.56
85 head · 513 lb average
Value per head Derived
$706
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$220
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 1
$15.84/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−4.23
vs VA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1574140.0580426
Medium and Large 3477139.4566525
Medium and Large 2503137.8869325
Small 1470124.215849thin
One grade step is worth $15.84/cwt here — about $220 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 sale85 hd
137.56
—
VA average9 barns · 1,448 hd
141.79
−4.23
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

46 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 2355166.00/cwt166.00–166.005892
Steers—Medium and Large 3440148.00/cwt148.00–148.006511
Steers—Medium and Large 2480150.00/cwt150.00–150.007201
Steers—Medium and Large 2530154.00/cwt154.00–154.008162
Steers—Medium and Large 1540158.35/cwt156.00–159.008559
Steers—Small 1563142.00/cwt142.00–142.007992
Steers—Medium and Large 2565164.00/cwt164.00–164.009272
Steers—Medium and Large 1615155.00/cwt155.00–155.009532
Steers—Medium and Large 2620145.00/cwt145.00–145.008991
Steers—Medium and Large 1688150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,0322
Steers—Medium and Large 2740140.00/cwt140.00–140.001,0361
Steers—Medium and Large 1783138.50/cwt138.50–138.501,0844
Steers—Medium and Large 3865110.00/cwt110.00–110.009521
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2361146.00/cwt146.00–146.005275
Heifers—Small 1370123.95/cwt120.00–126.004593
Heifers—Medium and Large 3375135.00/cwt135.00–135.005061
Heifers—Small 1415125.00/cwt125.00–125.005191
Heifers—Medium and Large 3434146.17/cwt142.00–146.5063413
Heifers—Medium and Large 1463147.00/cwt147.00–147.006816
Heifers—Medium and Large 2465142.00/cwt142.00–142.006608
Heifers—Small 1515130.00/cwt130.00–130.006704
Heifers—Medium and Large 2525137.68/cwt136.00–139.507234
Heifers—Medium and Large 3526134.00/cwt134.00–134.0070510
Heifers—Medium and Large 1543140.00/cwt140.00–140.007605
Heifers—Medium and Large 2568137.08/cwt127.50–143.507795
Heifers—Medium and Large 1622137.45/cwt130.00–139.0085514
Heifers—Medium and Large 3640111.00/cwt111.00–111.007101
Heifers—Small 1645101.00/cwt101.00–101.006511
Heifers—Medium and Large 2670115.00/cwt115.00–115.007711
Heifers—Medium and Large 2718115.00/cwt115.00–115.008262
Heifers—Medium and Large 1725135.00/cwt135.00–135.009791
Feeder Cattle · Bulls15 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Small 1310142.00/cwt142.00–142.004401
Bulls—Medium and Large 1360166.00/cwt166.00–166.005981
Bulls—Medium and Large 2363166.00/cwt166.00–166.006032
Bulls—Medium and Large 1411164.00/cwt164.00–164.006744
Bulls—Medium and Large 2437140.00/cwt140.00–140.006123
Bulls—Small 1484134.00/cwt134.00–134.006495
Bulls—Medium and Large 2495156.00/cwt156.00–156.007721
Bulls—Medium and Large 1516154.89/cwt153.50–156.007997
Bulls—Medium and Large 2520141.00/cwt141.00–141.007331
Bulls—Small 1560141.00/cwt141.00–141.007902
Bulls—Medium and Large 1575145.00/cwt145.00–145.008341
Bulls—Medium and Large 2610130.00/cwt130.00–130.007931
Bulls—Medium and Large 1618148.23/cwt147.50–149.0091616
Bulls—Small 1638116.00/cwt116.00–116.007402
Bulls—Medium and Large 1750118.00/cwt118.00–118.008851

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.