Sale reports / Virginia / Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. / 2022-12-07

Southside Livestock Markets, Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Blackstone, Virginia · Wed, Dec 7
● Final54 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2183
Receipts
164 head
▲ 24 vs last sale 140▼ 14 vs year ago 178 · −7.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 43, Heifers 84, Bulls 37)

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $119.78/cwt on 82 head.
Average price
$119.78
82 head · 604 lb average
Value per head Derived
$723
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$27
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$19.14/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−18.56
vs VA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2504125.6463325
Medium and Large 1671121.0481241
Small 1569107.9661410thin
Medium and Large 3620106.506606thin
One grade step is worth $19.14/cwt here — about −$27 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 sale82 hd
119.78
—
VA average10 barns · 2,304 hd
138.35
−18.56
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

54 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 · Steers16 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2325171.00/cwt171.00–171.005561
Steers—Medium and Large 1420167.94/cwt163.00–173.007052
Steers—Medium and Large 2435157.89/cwt145.00–164.006873
Steers—Small 1445110.00/cwt110.00–110.004901
Steers—Medium and Large 3453159.00/cwt159.00–159.007202
Steers—Medium and Large 3515127.00/cwt127.00–127.006541
Steers—Medium and Large 1538156.50/cwt156.50–156.508422
Steers—Medium and Large 2540157.00/cwt157.00–157.008483
Steers—Small 1543132.00/cwt132.00–132.007173
Steers—Small 1635113.00/cwt113.00–113.007181
Steers—Medium and Large 2645131.00/cwt131.00–131.008451
Steers—Medium and Large 2655132.00/cwt132.00–132.008653
Steers—Medium and Large 1685142.18/cwt141.00–144.009745
Steers—Medium and Large 1735136.00/cwt136.00–136.001,0001
Steers—Medium and Large 1815143.00/cwt143.00–143.001,16512
Steers—Medium and Large 11,030118.00/cwt118.00–118.001,2152
Feeder Cattle · Heifers25 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1368131.80/cwt126.00–138.004852
Heifers—Small 1370110.00/cwt110.00–110.004071
Heifers—Medium and Large 2387140.00/cwt140.00–140.005426
Heifers—Medium and Large 2400115.00/cwt115.00–115.004601
Heifers—Medium and Large 3450102.00/cwt102.00–102.004591
Heifers—Medium and Large 2454126.00/cwt126.00–126.005727
Heifers—Medium and Large 1454124.50/cwt124.50–124.505655
Heifers—Small 1465102.00/cwt102.00–102.004742
Heifers—Small 1532117.88/cwt99.00–127.006273
Heifers—Medium and Large 1541127.50/cwt127.50–127.506904
Heifers—Medium and Large 2563122.00/cwt122.00–122.006875
Heifers—Medium and Large 1590122.00/cwt122.00–122.007201
Heifers—Medium and Large 359598.00/cwt98.00–98.005831
Heifers—Medium and Large 3610111.00/cwt111.00–111.006771
Heifers—Medium and Large 1610107.00/cwt107.00–107.006531
Heifers—Medium and Large 2629119.00/cwt119.00–119.007495
Heifers—Medium and Large 1665114.00/cwt114.00–114.0075810
Heifers—Small 1682105.00/cwt105.00–105.007163
Heifers—Medium and Large 3683115.00/cwt115.00–115.007852
Heifers—Medium and Large 370098.00/cwt98.00–98.006861
Heifers—Medium and Large 1720118.49/cwt106.00–125.008533
Heifers—Medium and Large 274599.00/cwt99.00–99.007381
Heifers—Small 174597.00/cwt97.00–97.007231
Heifers—Medium and Large 1809124.50/cwt124.50–124.501,00712
Heifers—Medium and Large 1868116.00/cwt116.00–116.001,0073
Feeder Cattle · Bulls13 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2300162.00/cwt162.00–162.004861
Bulls—Medium and Large 1338168.00/cwt168.00–168.005682
Bulls—Medium and Large 2355145.00/cwt145.00–145.005151
Bulls—Medium and Large 1412161.43/cwt150.00–167.006656
Bulls—Small 1420116.00/cwt116.00–116.004874
Bulls—Medium and Large 2428159.00/cwt159.00–159.006812
Bulls—Medium and Large 2471159.00/cwt159.00–159.007494
Bulls—Medium and Large 1493151.00/cwt151.00–151.007442
Bulls—Small 1524116.10/cwt105.00–122.006083
Bulls—Medium and Large 2562143.00/cwt143.00–143.008043
Bulls—Medium and Large 1580141.00/cwt141.00–141.008183
Bulls—Medium and Large 1653137.00/cwt137.00–137.008953
Bulls—Medium and Large 1758125.00/cwt125.00–125.009483

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.