Sale reports / Virginia / Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. / 2022-08-17

Southside Livestock Markets, Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Blackstone, Virginia · Wed, Aug 17
● Final47 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2183
Receipts
194 head
▲ 99 vs last sale 95▲ 27 vs year ago 167 · +16.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 47, Heifers 83, Bulls 64)

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $146.88/cwt on 81 head.
Average price
$146.88
81 head · 498 lb average
Value per head Derived
$731
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$33
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Small 1
$17.14/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−6.00
vs VA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2492149.6473735
Medium and Large 1524149.5078427
Medium and Large 3425142.1460411thin
Small 1531132.507048thin
One grade step is worth $17.14/cwt here — about $33 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 sale81 hd
146.88
—
VA average10 barns · 1,359 hd
152.88
−6.00
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

47 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 · Steers13 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2320171.00/cwt171.00–171.005471
Steers—Medium and Large 3375160.00/cwt160.00–160.006002
Steers—Medium and Large 1453183.00/cwt183.00–183.008292
Steers—Small 1460150.00/cwt150.00–150.006901
Steers—Medium and Large 3463178.00/cwt178.00–178.008242
Steers—Medium and Large 2469183.87/cwt176.00–185.008628
Steers—Small 1505152.00/cwt152.00–152.007681
Steers—Medium and Large 1541180.50/cwt180.50–180.5097714
Steers—Medium and Large 2557176.50/cwt176.50–176.509839
Steers—Small 1575148.00/cwt148.00–148.008511
Steers—Small 1605145.00/cwt145.00–145.008771
Steers—Medium and Large 3620158.00/cwt158.00–158.009801
Steers—Medium and Large 1633164.12/cwt160.00–165.501,0394
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 3342138.00/cwt138.00–138.004723
Heifers—Medium and Large 2370147.50/cwt147.50–147.505468
Heifers—Medium and Large 1383139.87/cwt135.00–147.005363
Heifers—Small 1400141.00/cwt141.00–141.005641
Heifers—Medium and Large 1420143.00/cwt143.00–143.006011
Heifers—Medium and Large 3437143.50/cwt143.50–143.506277
Heifers—Medium and Large 2443145.00/cwt145.00–145.006423
Heifers—Small 1450140.00/cwt140.00–140.006301
Heifers—Medium and Large 2458149.50/cwt149.50–149.506859
Heifers—Medium and Large 1469148.50/cwt148.50–148.506968
Heifers—Medium and Large 1543156.00/cwt156.00–156.008477
Heifers—Medium and Large 2547155.50/cwt155.50–155.508518
Heifers—Small 1560130.00/cwt130.00–130.007285
Heifers—Medium and Large 1575151.00/cwt151.00–151.008681
Heifers—Medium and Large 3590145.00/cwt145.00–145.008561
Heifers—Small 1600129.00/cwt129.00–129.007741
Heifers—Medium and Large 2619151.00/cwt151.00–151.009356
Heifers—Medium and Large 1637149.00/cwt149.00–149.009497
Heifers—Medium and Large 2735127.00/cwt127.00–127.009331
Feeder Cattle · Bulls15 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1328179.00/cwt179.00–179.005873
Bulls—Medium and Large 2365166.13/cwt148.00–175.006063
Bulls—Medium and Large 1402175.00/cwt175.00–175.007043
Bulls—Medium and Large 2431170.92/cwt168.00–174.007376
Bulls—Small 1477154.72/cwt150.00–165.007383
Bulls—Medium and Large 2488162.26/cwt151.00–168.007923
Bulls—Medium and Large 1491171.28/cwt137.00–175.0084113
Bulls—Medium and Large 1567157.99/cwt140.00–161.2589613
Bulls—Medium and Large 2588151.00/cwt151.00–151.008883
Bulls—Small 1595149.00/cwt149.00–149.008871
Bulls—Medium and Large 2615154.00/cwt154.00–154.009471
Bulls—Small 1648140.00/cwt140.00–140.009072
Bulls—Medium and Large 1654154.50/cwt154.50–154.501,0107
Bulls—Medium and Large 1743142.00/cwt142.00–142.001,0552
Bulls—Medium and Large 1855119.00/cwt119.00–119.001,0171

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.