Sale reports / Virginia / Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. / 2022-07-20

Southside Livestock Markets, Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Blackstone, Virginia · Wed, Jul 20
● Final44 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2183
Receipts
122 head
▼ 173 vs last sale 295▼ 51 vs year ago 173 · −29.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 13, Heifers 57, Bulls 52)

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $136.73/cwt on 56 head.
Average price
$136.73
56 head · 511 lb average
Value per head Derived
$699
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$96
per head · Medium and Large 3 over Small 1
$21.80/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−8.57
vs VA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 3480145.006962thin
Medium and Large 1541138.6575023
Medium and Large 2492136.9967426
Small 1487123.206005thin
One grade step is worth $21.80/cwt here — about $96 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 sale56 hd
136.73
—
VA average10 barns · 1,396 hd
145.30
−8.57
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 · Steers7 lots · lightest first
Steers—Small 1370140.00/cwt140.00–140.005182
Steers—Medium and Large 3458150.00/cwt150.00–150.006872
Steers—Medium and Large 2465158.00/cwt158.00–158.007351
Steers—Medium and Large 1470163.00/cwt163.00–163.007661
Steers—Medium and Large 1544164.00/cwt164.00–164.008924
Steers—Medium and Large 1610160.00/cwt160.00–160.009762
Steers—Small 1640136.00/cwt136.00–136.008701
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1335134.00/cwt134.00–134.004491
Heifers—Medium and Large 2339135.00/cwt135.00–135.004585
Heifers—Small 1370107.00/cwt107.00–107.003961
Heifers—Medium and Large 2415148.00/cwt148.00–148.006142
Heifers—Small 1425134.00/cwt134.00–134.005701
Heifers—Medium and Large 1428149.00/cwt149.00–149.006385
Heifers—Medium and Large 2457152.00/cwt152.00–152.006956
Heifers—Medium and Large 1467149.66/cwt149.00–150.006993
Heifers—Medium and Large 3480145.00/cwt145.00–145.006962
Heifers—Medium and Large 1542136.42/cwt135.00–137.507397
Heifers—Small 1547125.00/cwt125.00–125.006843
Heifers—Medium and Large 2549134.00/cwt134.00–134.007367
Heifers—Medium and Large 2585119.95/cwt118.00–124.007023
Heifers—Medium and Large 1620120.00/cwt120.00–120.007441
Heifers—Medium and Large 2625127.00/cwt127.00–127.007942
Heifers—Medium and Large 1668129.50/cwt129.50–129.508654
Heifers—Medium and Large 2685127.00/cwt127.00–127.008701
Heifers—Medium and Large 1740134.00/cwt134.00–134.009922
Feeder Cattle · Bulls19 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2345159.00/cwt159.00–159.005494
Bulls—Small 1350120.00/cwt120.00–120.004201
Bulls—Medium and Large 2389148.07/cwt120.00–157.005764
Bulls—Small 1403132.00/cwt132.00–132.005322
Bulls—Medium and Large 1418165.00/cwt165.00–165.006903
Bulls—Medium and Large 2435155.00/cwt155.00–155.006741
Bulls—Medium and Large 2483147.82/cwt147.50–148.507146
Bulls—Small 1483128.00/cwt128.00–128.006182
Bulls—Medium and Large 1487142.08/cwt130.00–148.006923
Bulls—Medium and Large 2540147.00/cwt141.00–153.007942
Bulls—Medium and Large 1558152.50/cwt152.50–152.508516
Bulls—Small 1585146.00/cwt146.00–146.008541
Bulls—Medium and Large 2620117.00/cwt117.00–117.007251
Bulls—Small 1624139.98/cwt138.00–141.008733
Bulls—Medium and Large 2659146.00/cwt146.00–146.009624
Bulls—Medium and Large 1661146.00/cwt146.00–146.009654
Bulls—Medium and Large 1743135.00/cwt135.00–135.001,0032
Bulls—Medium and Large 2775128.00/cwt128.00–128.009921
Bulls—Medium and Large 1845126.00/cwt126.00–126.001,0651

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.