Sale reports / Virginia / Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. / 2023-01-18

Southside Livestock Markets, Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Blackstone, Virginia · Wed, Jan 18
● Final50 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2183
Receipts
173 head
▼ 52 vs last sale 225▲ 99 vs year ago 74 · +133.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 42, Heifers 85, Bulls 46)

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $140.27/cwt on 85 head.
Average price
$140.27
85 head · 545 lb average
Value per head Derived
$764
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$269
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 1
$17.60/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−10.20
vs VA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1596142.6085042
Medium and Large 2502140.3670434
Medium and Large 3470129.506088thin
Small 1465125.005811thin
One grade step is worth $17.60/cwt here — about $269 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 sale85 hd
140.27
—
VA average10 barns · 1,655 hd
150.47
−10.20
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

50 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 1385181.00/cwt181.00–181.006971
Steers—Medium and Large 2395145.00/cwt145.00–145.005731
Steers—Medium and Large 2445176.00/cwt176.00–176.007831
Steers—Medium and Large 3460165.00/cwt165.00–165.007591
Steers—Medium and Large 2470143.00/cwt143.00–143.006721
Steers—Medium and Large 1475179.00/cwt179.00–179.008501
Steers—Medium and Large 1501150.25/cwt141.00–155.007534
Steers—Medium and Large 2533187.00/cwt187.00–187.009976
Steers—Medium and Large 1561181.00/cwt181.00–181.001,0154
Steers—Medium and Large 2575159.00/cwt159.00–159.009144
Steers—Medium and Large 2623171.29/cwt169.00–174.001,0674
Steers—Medium and Large 1632170.41/cwt157.00–177.001,0779
Steers—Medium and Large 1665165.00/cwt165.00–165.001,0972
Steers—Medium and Large 1730161.00/cwt161.00–161.001,1751
Steers—Medium and Large 1750155.00/cwt155.00–155.001,1632
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2343145.00/cwt145.00–145.004979
Heifers—Medium and Large 1355163.00/cwt163.00–163.005791
Heifers—Medium and Large 3380146.00/cwt146.00–146.005553
Heifers—Medium and Large 3435110.00/cwt110.00–110.004792
Heifers—Medium and Large 1455144.23/cwt134.00–146.006567
Heifers—Medium and Large 2464140.00/cwt140.00–140.006507
Heifers—Small 1465125.00/cwt125.00–125.005811
Heifers—Medium and Large 1535140.23/cwt140.00–141.007504
Heifers—Medium and Large 1562139.46/cwt132.00–140.507848
Heifers—Medium and Large 2570138.00/cwt138.00–138.0078712
Heifers—Medium and Large 3582126.00/cwt126.00–126.007333
Heifers—Medium and Large 1606143.78/cwt134.00–147.008714
Heifers—Medium and Large 2633137.85/cwt131.00–140.008734
Heifers—Medium and Large 1661143.99/cwt140.00–146.0095212
Heifers—Medium and Large 2673140.00/cwt140.00–140.009422
Heifers—Medium and Large 1743131.00/cwt131.00–131.009733
Heifers—Medium and Large 1758148.00/cwt148.00–148.001,1223
Feeder Cattle · Bulls18 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2325155.00/cwt155.00–155.005041
Bulls—Medium and Large 1360181.00/cwt181.00–181.006522
Bulls—Medium and Large 2364161.75/cwt125.00–181.005893
Bulls—Medium and Large 2411180.50/cwt180.50–180.507426
Bulls—Medium and Large 1427177.50/cwt177.50–177.507583
Bulls—Small 1430159.83/cwt145.00–175.006872
Bulls—Medium and Large 2486176.00/cwt176.00–176.008555
Bulls—Medium and Large 1488169.50/cwt169.50–169.508273
Bulls—Small 1488154.00/cwt154.00–154.007522
Bulls—Medium and Large 1545152.00/cwt152.00–152.008281
Bulls—Medium and Large 1565165.00/cwt165.00–165.009323
Bulls—Medium and Large 2580156.00/cwt156.00–156.009051
Bulls—Medium and Large 1641145.00/cwt145.00–145.009294
Bulls—Medium and Large 2673139.00/cwt139.00–139.009354
Bulls—Small 1680103.00/cwt103.00–103.007001
Bulls—Medium and Large 1739126.70/cwt124.00–128.009363
Bulls—Medium and Large 2745124.00/cwt124.00–124.009241
Bulls—Medium and Large 2840110.00/cwt110.00–110.009241

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.