Sale reports / Virginia / Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. / 2023-11-08

Southside Livestock Markets, Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Blackstone, Virginia · Wed, Nov 8
● Final50 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2183
Receipts
191 head
▼ 4 vs last sale 195▼ 90 vs year ago 281 · −32.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 50, Heifers 98, Bulls 43)

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $170.73/cwt on 95 head.
Average price
$170.73
95 head · 527 lb average
Value per head Derived
$900
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$350
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 1
$45.41/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−24.55
vs VA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1558180.811,00928
Medium and Large 2526177.4893443
Medium and Large 3496155.0776914thin
Small 1487135.4066010thin
One grade step is worth $45.41/cwt here — about $350 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 sale95 hd
170.73
—
VA average11 barns · 2,143 hd
195.28
−24.55
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

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 · Steers16 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 3528198.00/cwt198.00–198.001,0452
Steers—Medium and Large 1534215.32/cwt213.00–216.001,1509
Steers—Medium and Large 2568211.50/cwt211.50–211.501,2014
Steers—Medium and Large 1605216.74/cwt216.00–219.001,3114
Steers—Medium and Large 1665209.00/cwt209.00–209.001,3905
Steers—Medium and Large 3678181.90/cwt173.00–191.001,2332
Steers—Medium and Large 2695207.00/cwt207.00–207.001,4391
Steers—Medium and Large 2720196.00/cwt196.00–196.001,4113
Steers—Medium and Large 1729200.18/cwt197.00–203.001,45910
Steers—Medium and Large 3730180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,3141
Steers—Small 1730168.00/cwt168.00–168.001,2261
Steers—Medium and Large 1753203.00/cwt203.00–203.001,5292
Steers—Medium and Large 1815186.33/cwt186.00–187.001,5193
Steers—Medium and Large 3830160.00/cwt160.00–160.001,3281
Steers—Medium and Large 1880169.00/cwt169.00–169.001,4871
Steers—Medium and Large 1915170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,5561
Feeder Cattle · Heifers21 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1348186.00/cwt186.00–186.006472
Heifers—Medium and Large 2353184.50/cwt184.50–184.506515
Heifers—Small 1375156.00/cwt156.00–156.005851
Heifers—Medium and Large 1380180.00/cwt180.00–180.006841
Heifers—Medium and Large 3384158.39/cwt140.00–168.006083
Heifers—Medium and Large 2448178.50/cwt178.50–178.5080012
Heifers—Small 1454130.00/cwt130.00–130.005905
Heifers—Medium and Large 3459160.57/cwt155.00–162.007375
Heifers—Medium and Large 1474192.00/cwt192.00–192.009104
Heifers—Small 1524135.66/cwt127.00–140.007113
Heifers—Medium and Large 1538191.00/cwt191.00–191.001,0284
Heifers—Medium and Large 2546185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,01011
Heifers—Medium and Large 1553178.50/cwt178.50–178.509874
Heifers—Medium and Large 3572148.00/cwt148.00–148.008475
Heifers—Medium and Large 2576187.00/cwt187.00–187.001,0777
Heifers—Medium and Large 2625150.00/cwt150.00–150.009381
Heifers—Medium and Large 3635153.00/cwt153.00–153.009721
Heifers—Medium and Large 1638174.21/cwt169.00–175.501,11113
Heifers—Small 1655141.00/cwt141.00–141.009241
Heifers—Medium and Large 2661158.00/cwt158.00–158.001,0444
Heifers—Medium and Large 2728147.00/cwt147.00–147.001,0703
Feeder Cattle · Bulls13 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2417238.50/cwt238.50–238.5099510
Bulls—Medium and Large 1435220.00/cwt220.00–220.009573
Bulls—Medium and Large 2465216.00/cwt216.00–216.001,0042
Bulls—Small 1478170.00/cwt170.00–170.008134
Bulls—Medium and Large 1489202.83/cwt194.00–207.009923
Bulls—Medium and Large 1505198.00/cwt198.00–198.001,0001
Bulls—Small 1540170.00/cwt170.00–170.009182
Bulls—Medium and Large 2554200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,1084
Bulls—Medium and Large 1571205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,1715
Bulls—Medium and Large 1608181.00/cwt181.00–181.001,1002
Bulls—Medium and Large 2665170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,1312
Bulls—Medium and Large 1675169.45/cwt166.00–173.001,1442
Bulls—Medium and Large 1753167.00/cwt167.00–167.001,2582

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.