Sale reports / Virginia / Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. / 2022-11-30

Southside Livestock Markets, Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Blackstone, Virginia · Wed, Nov 30
● Final34 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2183
Receipts
140 head
▼ 74 vs last sale 214▼ 77 vs year ago 217 · −35.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 7, Heifers 75, Bulls 58)

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $126.55/cwt on 75 head.
Average price
$126.55
75 head · 487 lb average
Value per head Derived
$616
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$122
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 1
$26.27/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−13.23
vs VA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1491131.6764727
Medium and Large 2504126.9364032
Medium and Large 3417122.4551111thin
Small 1498105.405255thin
One grade step is worth $26.27/cwt here — about $122 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 sale75 hd
126.55
—
VA average6 barns · 1,177 hd
139.78
−13.23
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

34 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 · Steers5 lots · lightest first
Steers—Small 1445155.00/cwt155.00–155.006901
Steers—Medium and Large 1490180.00/cwt180.00–180.008821
Steers—Small 1510137.00/cwt137.00–137.006991
Steers—Medium and Large 1540163.00/cwt163.00–163.008803
Steers—Medium and Large 2580150.00/cwt150.00–150.008701
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 3338129.00/cwt129.00–129.004365
Heifers—Medium and Large 1357130.00/cwt130.00–130.004645
Heifers—Medium and Large 2359130.00/cwt130.00–130.004676
Heifers—Medium and Large 2415100.00/cwt100.00–100.004151
Heifers—Medium and Large 1448140.00/cwt140.00–140.006275
Heifers—Small 1448100.00/cwt100.00–100.004482
Heifers—Medium and Large 3455120.00/cwt120.00–120.005464
Heifers—Medium and Large 2458130.35/cwt126.00–131.005978
Heifers—Medium and Large 1521130.94/cwt128.00–134.0068214
Heifers—Small 1532109.00/cwt109.00–109.005803
Heifers—Medium and Large 2536128.09/cwt127.00–129.006879
Heifers—Medium and Large 3540111.00/cwt111.00–111.005992
Heifers—Medium and Large 2622125.59/cwt125.00–127.007817
Heifers—Medium and Large 1623126.00/cwt126.00–126.007852
Heifers—Medium and Large 1705120.00/cwt120.00–120.008461
Heifers—Medium and Large 2730107.00/cwt107.00–107.007811
Feeder Cattle · Bulls13 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2331161.00/cwt161.00–161.005335
Bulls—Small 1338157.00/cwt157.00–157.005312
Bulls—Medium and Large 1355162.00/cwt162.00–162.005751
Bulls—Medium and Large 1405166.00/cwt166.00–166.006722
Bulls—Medium and Large 2414175.50/cwt175.50–175.5072711
Bulls—Medium and Large 1487162.00/cwt162.00–162.007896
Bulls—Small 1500110.00/cwt110.00–110.005501
Bulls—Medium and Large 2533149.01/cwt145.50–156.507946
Bulls—Small 1560129.00/cwt129.00–129.007221
Bulls—Medium and Large 1561146.00/cwt146.00–146.008198
Bulls—Medium and Large 2625134.00/cwt134.00–134.008383
Bulls—Small 163590.00/cwt90.00–90.005722
Bulls—Medium and Large 1636138.50/cwt138.50–138.508817

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.