Sale reports / Virginia / Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. / 2022-05-11

Southside Livestock Markets, Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Blackstone, Virginia · Wed, May 11
● Final49 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2183
Receipts
140 head
▼ 54 vs last sale 194▲ 30 vs year ago 110 · +27.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 23, Heifers 73, 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 $136.95/cwt on 73 head.
Average price
$136.95
73 head · 518 lb average
Value per head Derived
$710
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$79
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Small 1
$17.20/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−6.46
vs VA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2482139.7067329
Medium and Large 1581136.8479426
Medium and Large 3489133.9765516thin
Small 1485122.505942thin
One grade step is worth $17.20/cwt here — about $79 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 sale73 hd
136.95
—
VA average10 barns · 1,211 hd
143.41
−6.46
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

49 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 · Steers14 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2383160.00/cwt160.00–160.006132
Steers—Medium and Large 1420153.00/cwt153.00–153.006431
Steers—Medium and Large 2450157.00/cwt157.00–157.007071
Steers—Medium and Large 3488142.00/cwt142.00–142.006932
Steers—Medium and Large 2510149.00/cwt149.00–149.007601
Steers—Medium and Large 3545126.00/cwt126.00–126.006871
Steers—Medium and Large 1560155.00/cwt155.00–155.008682
Steers—Medium and Large 2590154.00/cwt154.00–154.009092
Steers—Medium and Large 2609140.57/cwt130.00–146.008563
Steers—Medium and Large 1645147.50/cwt147.50–147.509512
Steers—Medium and Large 1650149.50/cwt149.50–149.509722
Steers—Small 1665124.00/cwt124.00–124.008252
Steers—Medium and Large 1720148.00/cwt148.00–148.001,0661
Steers—Medium and Large 2775134.00/cwt134.00–134.001,0391
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 3337142.00/cwt142.00–142.004793
Heifers—Medium and Large 2358142.00/cwt142.00–142.005086
Heifers—Medium and Large 3390134.00/cwt134.00–134.005231
Heifers—Medium and Large 2440141.32/cwt141.00–141.506228
Heifers—Medium and Large 1459138.06/cwt129.00–141.006344
Heifers—Medium and Large 3460137.50/cwt137.50–137.506335
Heifers—Small 1465135.00/cwt135.00–135.006281
Heifers—Small 1505110.00/cwt110.00–110.005561
Heifers—Medium and Large 2517137.00/cwt137.00–137.007086
Heifers—Medium and Large 1527139.50/cwt139.50–139.507355
Heifers—Medium and Large 3548131.00/cwt131.00–131.007184
Heifers—Medium and Large 2565142.38/cwt137.00–144.508047
Heifers—Medium and Large 1585140.12/cwt138.50–140.5082010
Heifers—Medium and Large 2620125.00/cwt125.00–125.007752
Heifers—Medium and Large 1627137.00/cwt137.00–137.008593
Heifers—Medium and Large 3642124.00/cwt124.00–124.007963
Heifers—Medium and Large 1723123.98/cwt118.00–126.008964
Feeder Cattle · Bulls18 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2348166.00/cwt166.00–166.005784
Bulls—Medium and Large 2360154.00/cwt154.00–154.005541
Bulls—Small 1365150.00/cwt150.00–150.005481
Bulls—Medium and Large 2405164.00/cwt164.00–164.006643
Bulls—Medium and Large 1440155.00/cwt155.00–155.006821
Bulls—Small 1480120.00/cwt120.00–120.005761
Bulls—Medium and Large 2486149.89/cwt141.00–152.007285
Bulls—Medium and Large 1500152.00/cwt152.00–152.007608
Bulls—Medium and Large 2530145.00/cwt145.00–145.007691
Bulls—Medium and Large 1568143.38/cwt126.00–149.008144
Bulls—Small 1595132.00/cwt132.00–132.007851
Bulls—Medium and Large 1636143.00/cwt143.00–143.009094
Bulls—Medium and Large 2644136.50/cwt136.50–136.508794
Bulls—Medium and Large 2675128.00/cwt128.00–128.008641
Bulls—Small 1725112.00/cwt112.00–112.008121
Bulls—Medium and Large 1800101.00/cwt101.00–101.008081
Bulls—Medium and Large 1868104.50/cwt104.50–104.509072
Bulls—Medium and Large 290091.00/cwt91.00–91.008191

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.