Sale reports / Virginia / Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. / 2023-04-26

Southside Livestock Markets, Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Blackstone, Virginia · Wed, Apr 26
● Final50 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2183
Receipts
179 head
▲ 66 vs last sale 113▲ 35 vs year ago 144 · +24.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 23, Heifers 94, Bulls 62)

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $172.56/cwt on 94 head.
Average price
$172.56
94 head · 495 lb average
Value per head Derived
$854
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$17
per head · Medium and Large 3 over Small 1
$25.05/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−13.45
vs VA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 3423178.2375320
Medium and Large 2479176.0484336
Medium and Large 1566169.7996230
Small 1481153.187378thin
One grade step is worth $25.05/cwt here — about $17 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 sale94 hd
172.56
—
VA average10 barns · 1,903 hd
186.01
−13.45
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 · Steers12 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1380228.00/cwt228.00–228.008661
Steers—Medium and Large 1449230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,0336
Steers—Medium and Large 2460220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,0121
Steers—Medium and Large 1490200.00/cwt200.00–200.009801
Steers—Medium and Large 1520223.00/cwt223.00–223.001,1602
Steers—Medium and Large 2553223.00/cwt223.00–223.001,2333
Steers—Medium and Large 1613217.50/cwt217.50–217.501,3334
Steers—Medium and Large 2625197.00/cwt197.00–197.001,2311
Steers—Medium and Large 2680209.00/cwt209.00–209.001,4211
Steers—Medium and Large 1690198.00/cwt198.00–198.001,3661
Steers—Medium and Large 1830170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,4111
Steers—Medium and Large 2855169.00/cwt169.00–169.001,4451
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 3320140.00/cwt140.00–140.004481
Heifers—Medium and Large 2348180.50/cwt180.50–180.506287
Heifers—Medium and Large 3361182.50/cwt182.50–182.506597
Heifers—Medium and Large 1363162.30/cwt140.00–185.005894
Heifers—Small 1385158.00/cwt158.00–158.006082
Heifers—Medium and Large 1410176.00/cwt176.00–176.007221
Heifers—Medium and Large 2435178.05/cwt161.00–179.5077512
Heifers—Medium and Large 3462181.00/cwt181.00–181.0083611
Heifers—Small 1473146.71/cwt120.00–171.006942
Heifers—Medium and Large 1523177.10/cwt169.00–181.009263
Heifers—Medium and Large 3525156.00/cwt156.00–156.008191
Heifers—Medium and Large 2532175.47/cwt165.00–180.2593411
Heifers—Small 1533154.00/cwt154.00–154.008214
Heifers—Medium and Large 2558180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,0042
Heifers—Medium and Large 1559179.50/cwt179.50–179.501,00310
Heifers—Medium and Large 2640160.70/cwt157.00–162.501,0283
Heifers—Medium and Large 1658162.10/cwt158.00–162.501,06711
Heifers—Medium and Large 2705165.00/cwt165.00–165.001,1631
Heifers—Medium and Large 1735159.00/cwt159.00–159.001,1691
Feeder Cattle · Bulls19 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2344226.00/cwt226.00–226.007775
Bulls—Medium and Large 1360226.00/cwt226.00–226.008142
Bulls—Small 1370157.43/cwt155.00–160.005822
Bulls—Medium and Large 2414217.50/cwt217.50–217.5090010
Bulls—Medium and Large 1418222.00/cwt222.00–222.009282
Bulls—Small 1420196.00/cwt196.00–196.008232
Bulls—Medium and Large 1482205.00/cwt205.00–205.009883
Bulls—Small 1485193.50/cwt193.50–193.509384
Bulls—Small 1535171.00/cwt171.00–171.009151
Bulls—Medium and Large 2555209.50/cwt209.50–209.501,1635
Bulls—Medium and Large 1560207.00/cwt207.00–207.001,1593
Bulls—Medium and Large 1635189.41/cwt189.00–192.001,2037
Bulls—Medium and Large 2659199.00/cwt199.00–199.001,3114
Bulls—Medium and Large 1693189.00/cwt189.00–189.001,3102
Bulls—Medium and Large 1733172.26/cwt170.00–173.001,2634
Bulls—Medium and Large 1754169.00/cwt169.00–169.001,2743
Bulls—Medium and Large 2770158.00/cwt158.00–158.001,2171
Bulls—Small 1800151.00/cwt151.00–151.001,2081
Bulls—Medium and Large 1810164.00/cwt164.00–164.001,3281

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.