Sale reports / Virginia / Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. / 2022-05-04

Southside Livestock Markets, Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Blackstone, Virginia · Wed, May 4
● Final45 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2183
Receipts
194 head
▲ 50 vs last sale 144▲ 94 vs year ago 100 · +94.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 49, Heifers 97, Bulls 48)

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $136.68/cwt on 96 head.
Average price
$136.68
96 head · 489 lb average
Value per head Derived
$668
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$75
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 1
$22.18/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−5.53
vs VA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1487141.3268932
Medium and Large 2485138.0766947
Medium and Large 3494127.6163010thin
Small 1515119.146137thin
One grade step is worth $22.18/cwt here — about $75 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 sale96 hd
136.68
—
VA average8 barns · 1,833 hd
142.21
−5.53
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

45 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 · Steers9 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2360172.00/cwt172.00–172.006199
Steers—Medium and Large 1380173.00/cwt173.00–173.006572
Steers—Medium and Large 2426162.25/cwt156.00–163.506916
Steers—Medium and Large 1445164.00/cwt164.00–164.0073013
Steers—Medium and Large 1534164.00/cwt164.00–164.008767
Steers—Medium and Large 2555150.00/cwt150.00–150.008332
Steers—Small 1590130.00/cwt130.00–130.007672
Steers—Medium and Large 1685155.00/cwt155.00–155.001,0627
Steers—Medium and Large 1705154.00/cwt154.00–154.001,0861
Feeder Cattle · Heifers22 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 3312138.69/cwt130.00–143.004333
Heifers—Medium and Large 2346144.75/cwt144.75–144.755018
Heifers—Medium and Large 1360142.00/cwt142.00–142.005113
Heifers—Small 1395127.00/cwt127.00–127.005021
Heifers—Small 1415131.00/cwt131.00–131.005441
Heifers—Medium and Large 2423141.50/cwt141.50–141.505993
Heifers—Medium and Large 1453144.67/cwt140.00–145.0065516
Heifers—Medium and Large 2454141.50/cwt141.50–141.5064216
Heifers—Medium and Large 3455126.00/cwt126.00–126.005731
Heifers—Small 1465100.00/cwt100.00–100.004651
Heifers—Medium and Large 3505126.00/cwt126.00–126.006361
Heifers—Medium and Large 1515135.00/cwt135.00–135.006951
Heifers—Medium and Large 2530139.07/cwt138.00–139.2573713
Heifers—Medium and Large 1550137.75/cwt137.75–137.7575810
Heifers—Medium and Large 3553124.00/cwt124.00–124.006862
Heifers—Small 1553121.00/cwt121.00–121.006693
Heifers—Medium and Large 1628134.50/cwt134.50–134.508452
Heifers—Medium and Large 2635121.00/cwt121.00–121.007685
Heifers—Medium and Large 3645120.00/cwt120.00–120.007743
Heifers—Small 1670113.00/cwt113.00–113.007571
Heifers—Medium and Large 2690115.00/cwt115.00–115.007941
Heifers—Medium and Large 2730115.00/cwt115.00–115.008401
Feeder Cattle · Bulls14 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2333171.00/cwt171.00–171.005694
Bulls—Medium and Large 1369165.00/cwt165.00–165.006094
Bulls—Small 1408145.00/cwt145.00–145.005922
Bulls—Medium and Large 1424161.00/cwt161.00–161.006836
Bulls—Medium and Large 2450146.00/cwt146.00–146.006571
Bulls—Medium and Large 1487152.50/cwt152.50–152.507436
Bulls—Medium and Large 1505144.00/cwt144.00–144.007271
Bulls—Medium and Large 2517151.00/cwt151.00–151.007813
Bulls—Small 1527130.06/cwt120.00–137.006857
Bulls—Medium and Large 1555152.00/cwt152.00–152.008441
Bulls—Medium and Large 2560152.00/cwt152.00–152.008514
Bulls—Medium and Large 1640136.50/cwt136.50–136.508744
Bulls—Small 1750109.00/cwt109.00–109.008181
Bulls—Medium and Large 2770115.00/cwt115.00–115.008862

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.