Sale reports / Virginia / Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. / 2022-12-14

Southside Livestock Markets, Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Blackstone, Virginia · Wed, Dec 14
● Final49 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2183
Receipts
168 head
▲ 4 vs last sale 164▲ 2 vs year ago 166 · +1.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 29, Heifers 76, Bulls 63)

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $115.00/cwt on 74 head.
Average price
$115.00
74 head · 511 lb average
Value per head Derived
$587
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$203
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 1
$34.99/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−26.55
vs VA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1564126.3371221
Medium and Large 2491116.6057335
Medium and Large 3451102.3346112thin
Small 155891.335096thin
One grade step is worth $34.99/cwt here — about $203 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 sale74 hd
115.00
—
VA average8 barns · 1,646 hd
141.55
−26.55
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

49 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 · Steers10 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2390157.00/cwt157.00–157.006121
Steers—Medium and Large 1428172.00/cwt172.00–172.007363
Steers—Medium and Large 3438151.00/cwt151.00–151.006613
Steers—Medium and Large 2457168.00/cwt168.00–168.007686
Steers—Medium and Large 1520153.00/cwt153.00–153.007962
Steers—Medium and Large 2537152.98/cwt149.00–165.008228
Steers—Medium and Large 3585146.00/cwt146.00–146.008541
Steers—Medium and Large 1650155.00/cwt155.00–155.001,0082
Steers—Medium and Large 1750143.00/cwt143.00–143.001,0731
Steers—Medium and Large 2860125.00/cwt125.00–125.001,0752
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2359118.00/cwt118.00–118.004246
Heifers—Medium and Large 1363116.00/cwt116.00–116.004212
Heifers—Medium and Large 3379101.33/cwt100.00–102.003843
Heifers—Medium and Large 243695.00/cwt95.00–95.004144
Heifers—Medium and Large 3438106.00/cwt106.00–106.004646
Heifers—Medium and Large 1450121.00/cwt121.00–121.005451
Heifers—Medium and Large 2469124.50/cwt124.50–124.505846
Heifers—Medium and Large 351889.00/cwt89.00–89.004612
Heifers—Small 152592.00/cwt92.00–92.004834
Heifers—Medium and Large 2537119.00/cwt119.00–119.0063916
Heifers—Medium and Large 1545123.78/cwt122.00–124.006759
Heifers—Medium and Large 2605120.98/cwt118.00–124.007322
Heifers—Medium and Large 3605110.00/cwt110.00–110.006661
Heifers—Small 162390.00/cwt90.00–90.005612
Heifers—Medium and Large 1624133.97/cwt130.00–135.008365
Heifers—Medium and Large 1660129.00/cwt129.00–129.008514
Heifers—Medium and Large 2680100.00/cwt100.00–100.006801
Feeder Cattle · Bulls22 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2327148.00/cwt148.00–148.004843
Bulls—Medium and Large 1330147.00/cwt147.00–147.004851
Bulls—Small 1345130.00/cwt130.00–130.004491
Bulls—Medium and Large 1400145.00/cwt145.00–145.005801
Bulls—Small 1418141.00/cwt141.00–141.005892
Bulls—Medium and Large 2422159.99/cwt141.00–164.0067511
Bulls—Medium and Large 2472159.42/cwt157.00–160.007525
Bulls—Small 1475127.00/cwt127.00–127.006031
Bulls—Medium and Large 1488161.00/cwt161.00–161.007869
Bulls—Medium and Large 1505148.00/cwt148.00–148.007471
Bulls—Medium and Large 2540153.00/cwt153.00–153.008261
Bulls—Small 1545145.00/cwt145.00–145.007901
Bulls—Medium and Large 1553145.50/cwt145.50–145.508054
Bulls—Medium and Large 2568143.50/cwt143.50–143.508157
Bulls—Medium and Large 1615135.00/cwt135.00–135.008304
Bulls—Medium and Large 2628131.63/cwt125.00–135.008273
Bulls—Medium and Large 2650128.00/cwt128.00–128.008321
Bulls—Small 1655114.00/cwt114.00–114.007471
Bulls—Medium and Large 1730120.00/cwt120.00–120.008762
Bulls—Small 173095.00/cwt95.00–95.006941
Bulls—Medium and Large 1770118.00/cwt118.00–118.009091
Bulls—Medium and Large 1865100.00/cwt100.00–100.008651

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.