Sale reports / Virginia / Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. / 2023-09-27

Southside Livestock Markets, Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Blackstone, Virginia · Wed, Sep 27
● Final58 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2183
Receipts
339 head
▲ 113 vs last sale 226▲ 151 vs year ago 188 · +80.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 69, Heifers 173, Bulls 97)

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $199.30/cwt on 173 head.
Average price
$199.30
173 head · 544 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,083
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$238
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Small 1
$49.26/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−17.71
vs VA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2519209.971,09070
Medium and Large 1578199.581,15467
Medium and Large 3525191.881,00820
Small 1530160.7185216thin
One grade step is worth $49.26/cwt here — about $238 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 sale173 hd
199.30
—
VA average10 barns · 1,668 hd
217.01
−17.71
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

58 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 3390212.00/cwt212.00–212.008271
Steers—Medium and Large 1445238.00/cwt238.00–238.001,0594
Steers—Medium and Large 3450219.00/cwt219.00–219.009861
Steers—Medium and Large 2485235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,1401
Steers—Medium and Large 2523218.36/cwt175.00–232.001,1424
Steers—Small 1530224.00/cwt224.00–224.001,1872
Steers—Medium and Large 1553231.50/cwt231.50–231.501,2805
Steers—Small 1576214.00/cwt214.00–214.001,2339
Steers—Small 1610185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,1291
Steers—Medium and Large 2620228.00/cwt228.00–228.001,4141
Steers—Medium and Large 1639226.07/cwt225.00–228.001,44517
Steers—Small 1705186.00/cwt186.00–186.001,3111
Steers—Medium and Large 1733218.85/cwt216.00–219.001,60419
Steers—Medium and Large 2750212.00/cwt212.00–212.001,5901
Steers—Medium and Large 1770206.00/cwt206.00–206.001,5862
Feeder Cattle · Heifers24 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2330172.50/cwt160.00–185.005692
Heifers—Medium and Large 1370190.00/cwt190.00–190.007031
Heifers—Medium and Large 2371207.00/cwt207.00–207.007688
Heifers—Small 1385175.00/cwt175.00–175.006741
Heifers—Medium and Large 2420211.00/cwt211.00–211.008863
Heifers—Small 1420132.50/cwt132.50–132.505571
Heifers—Medium and Large 3431202.53/cwt135.00–216.008736
Heifers—Medium and Large 1455206.00/cwt206.00–206.0093718
Heifers—Medium and Large 2464220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,02120
Heifers—Small 1465170.91/cwt120.00–199.007953
Heifers—Medium and Large 3495162.00/cwt162.00–162.008021
Heifers—Small 1517152.36/cwt145.00–155.007884
Heifers—Medium and Large 2543217.00/cwt217.00–217.001,17812
Heifers—Medium and Large 3543190.54/cwt142.00–197.501,03510
Heifers—Medium and Large 1565204.94/cwt160.00–208.001,15820
Heifers—Small 1567157.19/cwt105.00–197.008914
Heifers—Medium and Large 2620202.50/cwt202.50–202.501,25620
Heifers—Small 1620170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,0542
Heifers—Medium and Large 1636197.75/cwt197.75–197.751,25815
Heifers—Medium and Large 2650202.00/cwt202.00–202.001,3135
Heifers—Medium and Large 1650197.75/cwt197.75–197.751,2851
Heifers—Medium and Large 3665185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,2303
Heifers—Small 1705173.00/cwt173.00–173.001,2201
Heifers—Medium and Large 1723184.27/cwt173.00–188.001,33212
Feeder Cattle · Bulls19 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1343227.00/cwt227.00–227.007792
Bulls—Medium and Large 2346229.00/cwt229.00–229.007926
Bulls—Small 1380133.00/cwt133.00–133.005051
Bulls—Medium and Large 1399223.00/cwt223.00–223.008904
Bulls—Medium and Large 2425221.12/cwt201.00–223.0094011
Bulls—Medium and Large 1486231.00/cwt231.00–231.001,1238
Bulls—Medium and Large 2488227.00/cwt227.00–227.001,10810
Bulls—Small 1490176.14/cwt137.00–189.008634
Bulls—Medium and Large 2528220.49/cwt220.00–221.001,1642
Bulls—Medium and Large 1540216.00/cwt216.00–216.001,1661
Bulls—Medium and Large 2563204.00/cwt204.00–204.001,1492
Bulls—Medium and Large 1569225.19/cwt217.00–226.001,28111
Bulls—Small 1579201.90/cwt162.00–212.001,1695
Bulls—Medium and Large 2639206.05/cwt201.00–207.001,3176
Bulls—Small 1640191.00/cwt191.00–191.001,2221
Bulls—Medium and Large 1649207.50/cwt207.50–207.501,34713
Bulls—Medium and Large 1675201.00/cwt201.00–201.001,3571
Bulls—Medium and Large 1732193.28/cwt181.00–195.001,4158
Bulls—Medium and Large 1820185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,5171

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.