Sale reports / Virginia / Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. / 2022-08-24

Southside Livestock Markets, Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Blackstone, Virginia · Wed, Aug 24
● Final47 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2183
Receipts
140 head
▼ 54 vs last sale 194▲ 26 vs year ago 114 · +22.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 44, Heifers 66, Bulls 30)

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $148.00/cwt on 66 head.
Average price
$148.00
66 head · 559 lb average
Value per head Derived
$828
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$185
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$8.37/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−9.87
vs VA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1603150.6590822
Medium and Large 2558147.8982524
Small 1516146.8175813thin
Medium and Large 3508142.297237thin
One grade step is worth $8.37/cwt here — about $185 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 sale66 hd
148.00
—
VA average9 barns · 1,239 hd
157.88
−9.87
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 · Steers14 lots · lightest first
Steers—Small 1484164.00/cwt164.00–164.007945
Steers—Medium and Large 3545143.00/cwt143.00–143.007791
Steers—Medium and Large 2559159.26/cwt152.00–163.008903
Steers—Small 1570154.00/cwt154.00–154.008784
Steers—Medium and Large 2632155.65/cwt147.00–164.009844
Steers—Medium and Large 2655154.00/cwt154.00–154.001,0091
Steers—Medium and Large 2728139.00/cwt139.00–139.001,0122
Steers—Medium and Large 1741156.06/cwt149.00–163.001,1566
Steers—Medium and Large 1750149.00/cwt149.00–149.001,1181
Steers—Medium and Large 2760147.00/cwt147.00–147.001,1172
Steers—Medium and Large 1800150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,2001
Steers—Medium and Large 1863159.00/cwt159.00–159.001,3725
Steers—Medium and Large 2898163.00/cwt163.00–163.001,4646
Steers—Medium and Large 1925157.50/cwt157.50–157.501,4573
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1345153.00/cwt153.00–153.005281
Heifers—Medium and Large 2362151.50/cwt151.50–151.505483
Heifers—Medium and Large 3395149.00/cwt149.00–149.005891
Heifers—Medium and Large 2447163.00/cwt163.00–163.007293
Heifers—Small 1449151.00/cwt151.00–151.006784
Heifers—Medium and Large 1450163.00/cwt163.00–163.007343
Heifers—Medium and Large 3467140.00/cwt140.00–140.006543
Heifers—Small 1503143.00/cwt143.00–143.007193
Heifers—Medium and Large 1534155.97/cwt153.00–158.008335
Heifers—Medium and Large 3543144.00/cwt144.00–144.007822
Heifers—Small 1550148.50/cwt148.50–148.508175
Heifers—Medium and Large 2553154.00/cwt154.00–154.008526
Heifers—Medium and Large 2625141.39/cwt140.00–143.5088410
Heifers—Medium and Large 1629147.40/cwt147.00–147.5092710
Heifers—Small 1655133.00/cwt133.00–133.008711
Heifers—Medium and Large 3675139.00/cwt139.00–139.009381
Heifers—Medium and Large 2693134.00/cwt134.00–134.009292
Heifers—Medium and Large 1867139.50/cwt139.50–139.501,2093
Feeder Cattle · Bulls15 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Small 1350146.00/cwt146.00–146.005111
Bulls—Medium and Large 1365171.78/cwt155.00–178.006274
Bulls—Medium and Large 2365170.00/cwt170.00–170.006211
Bulls—Medium and Large 2410169.00/cwt169.00–169.006931
Bulls—Medium and Large 1416172.50/cwt172.50–172.5071810
Bulls—Small 1438155.00/cwt155.00–155.006792
Bulls—Small 1485143.00/cwt143.00–143.006941
Bulls—Medium and Large 1493169.00/cwt169.00–169.008332
Bulls—Medium and Large 2500163.00/cwt163.00–163.008152
Bulls—Medium and Large 1545162.00/cwt162.00–162.008831
Bulls—Medium and Large 2630150.00/cwt150.00–150.009451
Bulls—Medium and Large 1650153.00/cwt153.00–153.009951
Bulls—Medium and Large 2735139.00/cwt139.00–139.001,0221
Bulls—Medium and Large 1770140.00/cwt140.00–140.001,0781
Bulls—Medium and Large 1855129.00/cwt129.00–129.001,1031

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.