Sale reports / Virginia / Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. / 2023-01-25

Southside Livestock Markets, Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Blackstone, Virginia · Wed, Jan 25
● Final29 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2183
Receipts
111 head
▼ 62 vs last sale 173▲ 4 vs year ago 107 · +3.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 9, Heifers 60, Bulls 42)

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $135.88/cwt on 59 head.
Average price
$135.88
59 head · 478 lb average
Value per head Derived
$649
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$56
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Small 1
$15.29/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−15.80
vs VA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2433138.2959826
Medium and Large 1528135.9071825
Medium and Large 3428131.005615thin
Small 1532123.006543thin
One grade step is worth $15.29/cwt here — about −$56 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 sale59 hd
135.88
—
VA average8 barns · 925 hd
151.68
−15.80
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

29 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—Medium and Large 1452193.00/cwt193.00–193.008723
Steers—Medium and Large 2455193.00/cwt193.00–193.008781
Steers—Medium and Large 2510188.00/cwt188.00–188.009591
Steers—Medium and Large 1550188.00/cwt188.00–188.001,0343
Steers—Medium and Large 1890147.00/cwt147.00–147.001,3081
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2340125.00/cwt125.00–125.004251
Heifers—Medium and Large 2368138.50/cwt138.50–138.5051010
Heifers—Medium and Large 1368133.50/cwt133.50–133.504912
Heifers—Medium and Large 3428131.00/cwt131.00–131.005615
Heifers—Medium and Large 2449138.50/cwt138.50–138.506229
Heifers—Medium and Large 1460135.00/cwt135.00–135.006219
Heifers—Medium and Large 2485124.00/cwt124.00–124.006011
Heifers—Small 1488132.00/cwt132.00–132.006442
Heifers—Medium and Large 1526137.50/cwt137.50–137.507237
Heifers—Medium and Large 2541143.00/cwt143.00–143.007745
Heifers—Small 1620105.00/cwt105.00–105.006511
Heifers—Medium and Large 1656137.00/cwt137.00–137.008996
Heifers—Medium and Large 1710131.00/cwt131.00–131.009301
Feeder Cattle · Bulls11 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1380130.00/cwt130.00–130.004941
Bulls—Medium and Large 2409187.00/cwt187.00–187.007654
Bulls—Small 1415140.00/cwt140.00–140.005811
Bulls—Medium and Large 1438184.00/cwt184.00–184.008063
Bulls—Small 1485140.00/cwt140.00–140.006791
Bulls—Medium and Large 2486176.00/cwt176.00–176.008557
Bulls—Medium and Large 1495176.50/cwt176.50–176.508747
Bulls—Medium and Large 2563162.50/cwt162.50–162.509153
Bulls—Medium and Large 1568169.00/cwt169.00–169.009605
Bulls—Small 1595152.00/cwt152.00–152.009041
Bulls—Medium and Large 1654149.50/cwt149.50–149.509786

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.