Sale reports / Virginia / Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. / 2022-10-12

Southside Livestock Markets, Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Blackstone, Virginia · Wed, Oct 12
● Final52 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2183
Receipts
180 head
▲ 67 vs last sale 113▼ 54 vs year ago 234 · −23.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 62, Heifers 69, Bulls 49)

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $121.51/cwt on 69 head.
Average price
$121.51
69 head · 544 lb average
Value per head Derived
$661
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$150
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Small 1
$30.18/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−9.13
vs VA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2511131.4667216thin
Medium and Large 1580123.5071737
Medium and Large 3464114.295307thin
Small 1515101.275229thin
One grade step is worth $30.18/cwt here — about $150 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
121.51
—
VA average10 barns · 2,599 hd
130.63
−9.13
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

52 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 · Steers15 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2350156.00/cwt156.00–156.005461
Steers—Medium and Large 2469158.00/cwt158.00–158.007413
Steers—Medium and Large 1475157.00/cwt157.00–157.007463
Steers—Medium and Large 3510133.00/cwt133.00–133.006781
Steers—Small 1535132.00/cwt132.00–132.007062
Steers—Medium and Large 1536155.00/cwt155.00–155.008318
Steers—Medium and Large 2543153.00/cwt153.00–153.008312
Steers—Medium and Large 2569134.09/cwt127.00–136.0076312
Steers—Medium and Large 1570155.00/cwt155.00–155.0088411
Steers—Small 1575132.00/cwt132.00–132.007593
Steers—Medium and Large 1614145.22/cwt143.00–146.008924
Steers—Medium and Large 2620142.00/cwt142.00–142.008803
Steers—Small 1650127.00/cwt127.00–127.008261
Steers—Medium and Large 1668144.16/cwt143.00–145.009637
Steers—Medium and Large 1715138.00/cwt138.00–138.009871
Feeder Cattle · Heifers21 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 3340117.00/cwt117.00–117.003981
Heifers—Medium and Large 3370112.00/cwt112.00–112.004141
Heifers—Medium and Large 2375127.00/cwt127.00–127.004761
Heifers—Medium and Large 1385133.00/cwt133.00–133.005122
Heifers—Small 1403105.00/cwt105.00–105.004232
Heifers—Medium and Large 2420132.00/cwt132.00–132.005543
Heifers—Medium and Large 3420130.00/cwt130.00–130.005462
Heifers—Medium and Large 1445134.00/cwt134.00–134.005961
Heifers—Small 1479101.86/cwt90.00–106.004884
Heifers—Medium and Large 1485125.00/cwt125.00–125.006062
Heifers—Medium and Large 2539133.39/cwt127.00–134.0071911
Heifers—Small 154099.00/cwt99.00–99.005351
Heifers—Medium and Large 3543107.00/cwt107.00–107.005812
Heifers—Medium and Large 1546131.93/cwt116.00–134.7572013
Heifers—Medium and Large 1560112.00/cwt112.00–112.006271
Heifers—Medium and Large 361097.00/cwt97.00–97.005921
Heifers—Medium and Large 2615113.00/cwt113.00–113.006951
Heifers—Medium and Large 1638116.39/cwt112.00–119.5074316
Heifers—Small 164095.00/cwt95.00–95.006081
Heifers—Medium and Large 1710115.00/cwt115.00–115.008172
Heifers—Small 1735100.00/cwt100.00–100.007351
Feeder Cattle · Bulls16 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2340153.00/cwt153.00–153.005202
Bulls—Medium and Large 1409159.00/cwt159.00–159.006505
Bulls—Small 1430120.00/cwt120.00–120.005162
Bulls—Medium and Large 2470157.00/cwt157.00–157.007387
Bulls—Small 1475110.00/cwt110.00–110.005231
Bulls—Medium and Large 1492151.00/cwt151.00–151.007436
Bulls—Small 1500124.00/cwt124.00–124.006201
Bulls—Medium and Large 2560125.82/cwt116.00–136.007052
Bulls—Medium and Large 1564140.11/cwt133.00–141.007909
Bulls—Small 1569115.35/cwt99.00–124.006563
Bulls—Small 162590.00/cwt90.00–90.005632
Bulls—Medium and Large 1629126.00/cwt126.00–126.007934
Bulls—Medium and Large 2660123.00/cwt123.00–123.008121
Bulls—Medium and Large 1770104.00/cwt104.00–104.008011
Bulls—Medium and Large 2770104.00/cwt104.00–104.008011
Bulls—Medium and Large 1815104.00/cwt104.00–104.008481

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.