Sale reports / Virginia / Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. / 2024-01-10

Southside Livestock Markets, Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Blackstone, Virginia · Wed, Jan 10
● Final16 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2183
Receipts
21 head
▼ 40 vs last sale 61▼ 204 vs year ago 225 · −90.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 2, Heifers 16, Bulls 3)

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $178.93/cwt on 16 head.
Average price
$178.93
16 head · 531 lb average
Value per head Derived
$950
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$86
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$19.83/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−11.62
vs VA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2486185.839036thin
Medium and Large 1574176.991,0178thin
Medium and Large 3493166.008182thin
One grade step is worth $19.83/cwt here — about $86 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 sale16 hd
178.93
—
VA average8 barns · 1,172 hd
190.55
−11.62
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

16 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 · Steers1 lot · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2583185.06/cwt170.00–200.001,0792
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2323207.00/cwt207.00–207.006692
Heifers—Medium and Large 3370177.00/cwt177.00–177.006551
Heifers—Medium and Large 1400204.00/cwt204.00–204.008161
Heifers—Medium and Large 2480180.00/cwt180.00–180.008641
Heifers—Medium and Large 1495182.00/cwt182.00–182.009011
Heifers—Medium and Large 2525192.00/cwt192.00–192.001,0081
Heifers—Medium and Large 1560180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,0082
Heifers—Medium and Large 2570167.00/cwt167.00–167.009521
Heifers—Medium and Large 1600172.00/cwt172.00–172.001,0321
Heifers—Medium and Large 3615155.00/cwt155.00–155.009531
Heifers—Medium and Large 1660165.98/cwt160.00–173.001,0953
Heifers—Medium and Large 2695162.00/cwt162.00–162.001,1261
Feeder Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2330190.00/cwt190.00–190.006271
Bulls—Medium and Large 1490213.00/cwt213.00–213.001,0441
Bulls—Medium and Large 1545205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,1171

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.