Sale reports / Virginia / Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. / 2022-08-03

Southside Livestock Markets, Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Blackstone, Virginia · Wed, Aug 3
● Final56 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2183
Receipts
259 head
▲ 57 vs last sale 202▲ 58 vs year ago 201 · +28.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 44, Heifers 170, Bulls 45)

Value Added cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $154.04/cwt on 170 head.
Average price
$154.04
170 head · 589 lb average
Value per head Derived
$907
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$264
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Small 1
$31.17/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.85
vs VA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2631162.541,026104
Medium and Large 2494142.5370433
Medium and Large 1566142.4880620
Medium and Large 3446135.606055thin
Small 1580131.387628thin
One grade step is worth $31.17/cwt here — about $264 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 sale170 hd
154.04
—
VA average7 barns · 1,427 hd
151.19
+2.85
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

56 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 · Steers16 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2358168.00/cwt168.00–168.006012
Steers—Small 1373146.00/cwt146.00–146.005452
Steers—Medium and Large 1385167.00/cwt167.00–167.006431
Steers—Medium and Large 1472172.25/cwt172.25–172.258136
Steers—Small 1500166.00/cwt166.00–166.008301
Steers—Medium and Large 3510153.00/cwt153.00–153.007801
Steers—Medium and Large 1534171.50/cwt171.50–171.509164
Steers—Medium and Large 2547171.34/cwt167.00–173.509373
Steers—Medium and Large 2580138.00/cwt138.00–138.008001
Steers—Small 1608142.00/cwt142.00–142.008632
Steers—Medium and Large 2637157.44/cwt157.00–157.501,0038
Steers—Medium and Large 1643161.00/cwt161.00–161.001,0354
Steers—Medium and Large 1665162.00/cwt162.00–162.001,0771
Steers—Medium and Large 2732146.00/cwt146.00–146.001,0693
Steers—Medium and Large 1751159.00/cwt159.00–159.001,1944
Steers—Medium and Large 1855147.00/cwt147.00–147.001,2571
Feeder Cattle · Heifers23 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2320130.00/cwt130.00–130.004161
Heifers—Medium and Large 1345136.00/cwt136.00–136.004691
Heifers—Medium and Large 2356146.50/cwt146.50–146.505228
Heifers—Medium and Large 3360127.00/cwt127.00–127.004571
Heifers—Medium and Large 2442144.62/cwt138.00–145.506398
Heifers—Medium and Large 1443144.50/cwt144.50–144.506405
Heifers—Medium and Large 3445131.00/cwt131.00–131.005831
Heifers—Medium and Large 3450143.00/cwt143.00–143.006442
Heifers—Small 1470135.00/cwt135.00–135.006351
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added523165.50/cwt165.50–165.5086629
Heifers—Medium and Large 3525134.00/cwt134.00–134.007041
Heifers—Medium and Large 2533146.67/cwt127.00–150.007827
Heifers—Medium and Large 1536148.00/cwt148.00–148.007934
Heifers—Small 1565136.00/cwt136.00–136.007684
Heifers—Medium and Large 2595143.00/cwt143.00–143.008511
Heifers—Medium and Large 2610134.00/cwt134.00–134.008171
Heifers—Small 1637124.00/cwt124.00–124.007903
Heifers—Medium and Large 1646139.50/cwt139.50–139.509016
Heifers—Medium and Large 2653136.00/cwt136.00–136.008886
Heifers—Medium and Large 1672145.00/cwt145.00–145.009743
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added673161.40/cwt161.40–161.401,08675
Heifers—Medium and Large 1715127.00/cwt127.00–127.009081
Heifers—Medium and Large 2745125.00/cwt125.00–125.009311
Feeder Cattle · Bulls17 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2348166.00/cwt166.00–166.005782
Bulls—Medium and Large 2360165.00/cwt165.00–165.005941
Bulls—Small 1368150.00/cwt150.00–150.005522
Bulls—Small 1425145.00/cwt145.00–145.006161
Bulls—Medium and Large 2438156.02/cwt153.00–157.006834
Bulls—Medium and Large 2483156.50/cwt156.50–156.507564
Bulls—Medium and Large 1500155.50/cwt155.50–155.507783
Bulls—Small 1500131.00/cwt131.00–131.006551
Bulls—Medium and Large 2564131.17/cwt127.00–132.007406
Bulls—Small 1565130.00/cwt130.00–130.007351
Bulls—Medium and Large 1570150.50/cwt150.50–150.508583
Bulls—Medium and Large 1635124.00/cwt124.00–124.007871
Bulls—Medium and Large 2647141.00/cwt141.00–141.009125
Bulls—Medium and Large 1652141.40/cwt136.00–145.009225
Bulls—Medium and Large 2725127.04/cwt124.00–130.009212
Bulls—Medium and Large 1727126.70/cwt105.00–137.509213
Bulls—Medium and Large 2775133.00/cwt133.00–133.001,0311

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.