Sale reports / Virginia / Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. / 2022-08-31

Southside Livestock Markets, Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Blackstone, Virginia · Wed, Aug 31
● Final41 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2183
Receipts
144 head
▲ 4 vs last sale 140▲ 58 vs year ago 86 · +67.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 24, Heifers 69, Bulls 51)

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $150.64/cwt on 69 head.
Average price
$150.64
69 head · 547 lb average
Value per head Derived
$823
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$80
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 1
$21.33/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 1560152.9385637
Medium and Large 2520152.0379025
Medium and Large 3528138.507312thin
Small 1590131.607765thin
One grade step is worth $21.33/cwt here — about $80 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 sale69 hd
150.64
—
VA average7 barns · 985 hd
156.64
−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

41 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 · Steers8 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2430180.00/cwt180.00–180.007741
Steers—Medium and Large 1459171.15/cwt155.00–179.007863
Steers—Medium and Large 2548166.50/cwt166.50–166.509122
Steers—Medium and Large 1580166.00/cwt166.00–166.009633
Steers—Medium and Large 1605166.00/cwt166.00–166.001,0041
Steers—Medium and Large 1650167.50/cwt167.50–167.501,08911
Steers—Medium and Large 2658160.00/cwt160.00–160.001,0532
Steers—Medium and Large 1745155.00/cwt155.00–155.001,1551
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1320153.00/cwt153.00–153.004901
Heifers—Medium and Large 2340155.00/cwt155.00–155.005272
Heifers—Medium and Large 1360148.00/cwt148.00–148.005331
Heifers—Medium and Large 2459153.18/cwt138.00–161.007039
Heifers—Medium and Large 1468152.96/cwt143.00–156.0071610
Heifers—Medium and Large 3480136.00/cwt136.00–136.006531
Heifers—Small 1480134.00/cwt134.00–134.006431
Heifers—Medium and Large 2502151.02/cwt139.00–157.007583
Heifers—Medium and Large 2550154.00/cwt154.00–154.008474
Heifers—Medium and Large 1560155.00/cwt155.00–155.0086810
Heifers—Small 1565140.00/cwt140.00–140.007912
Heifers—Medium and Large 3575141.00/cwt141.00–141.008111
Heifers—Medium and Large 1633152.94/cwt152.00–156.0096812
Heifers—Small 1635120.00/cwt120.00–120.007621
Heifers—Medium and Large 2639149.00/cwt149.00–149.009527
Heifers—Small 1705124.00/cwt124.00–124.008741
Heifers—Medium and Large 1720147.50/cwt147.50–147.501,0623
Feeder Cattle · Bulls16 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1340133.00/cwt133.00–133.004521
Bulls—Medium and Large 2348183.00/cwt183.00–183.006372
Bulls—Medium and Large 2408178.00/cwt178.00–178.007266
Bulls—Medium and Large 1410179.00/cwt179.00–179.007342
Bulls—Medium and Large 2475174.00/cwt174.00–174.008272
Bulls—Small 1495163.00/cwt163.00–163.008071
Bulls—Medium and Large 1495145.00/cwt145.00–145.007181
Bulls—Medium and Large 1525161.00/cwt161.00–161.008452
Bulls—Medium and Large 2565155.00/cwt155.00–155.008761
Bulls—Medium and Large 1570154.35/cwt142.00–157.508808
Bulls—Medium and Large 2637141.00/cwt141.00–141.008985
Bulls—Medium and Large 1645150.08/cwt141.00–151.0096815
Bulls—Medium and Large 2735132.00/cwt132.00–132.009701
Bulls—Medium and Large 1740135.00/cwt135.00–135.009991
Bulls—Medium and Large 1773136.00/cwt136.00–136.001,0512
Bulls—Medium and Large 1885124.00/cwt124.00–124.001,0971

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.