Sale reports / Virginia / Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. / 2022-06-01

Southside Livestock Markets, Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Blackstone, Virginia · Wed, Jun 1
● Final25 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2183
Receipts
67 head
▼ 38 vs last sale 105▼ 95 vs year ago 162 · −58.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 17, Heifers 35, Bulls 15)

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $131.61/cwt on 35 head.
Average price
$131.61
35 head · 572 lb average
Value per head Derived
$752
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$44
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$13.38/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−7.95
vs VA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2481134.3864612thin
Medium and Large 1624131.0581721
Medium and Large 3570121.006902thin
One grade step is worth $13.38/cwt here — about −$44 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 sale35 hd
131.61
—
VA average6 barns · 653 hd
139.56
−7.95
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

25 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 · Steers7 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1455141.00/cwt141.00–141.006421
Steers—Medium and Large 2495158.00/cwt158.00–158.007821
Steers—Medium and Large 1503163.00/cwt163.00–163.008203
Steers—Medium and Large 1550164.00/cwt164.00–164.009023
Steers—Medium and Large 3570143.00/cwt143.00–143.008151
Steers—Medium and Large 1614155.50/cwt155.50–155.509557
Steers—Medium and Large 1690142.00/cwt142.00–142.009801
Feeder Cattle · Heifers8 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2335132.00/cwt132.00–132.004421
Heifers—Medium and Large 2439133.50/cwt133.50–133.505865
Heifers—Medium and Large 2540135.50/cwt135.50–135.507326
Heifers—Medium and Large 1556137.00/cwt137.00–137.007629
Heifers—Medium and Large 3570121.00/cwt121.00–121.006902
Heifers—Medium and Large 1630129.62/cwt120.00–135.508178
Heifers—Medium and Large 1728126.00/cwt126.00–126.009172
Heifers—Medium and Large 1798115.00/cwt115.00–115.009182
Feeder Cattle · Bulls10 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Small 1375135.00/cwt135.00–135.005061
Bulls—Medium and Large 1380151.00/cwt151.00–151.005741
Bulls—Small 1405138.00/cwt138.00–138.005592
Bulls—Medium and Large 2435150.00/cwt150.00–150.006532
Bulls—Medium and Large 2483145.00/cwt145.00–145.007002
Bulls—Medium and Large 1530143.00/cwt143.00–143.007581
Bulls—Medium and Large 2563143.00/cwt143.00–143.008052
Bulls—Medium and Large 2600137.00/cwt137.00–137.008221
Bulls—Medium and Large 1640136.00/cwt136.00–136.008702
Bulls—Medium and Large 2650136.00/cwt136.00–136.008841

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.