Sale reports / Virginia / Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. / 2024-01-17

Southside Livestock Markets, Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Blackstone, Virginia · Wed, Jan 17
● Final27 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2183
Receipts
50 head
▲ 29 vs last sale 21▼ 123 vs year ago 173 · −71.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 14, Heifers 19, Bulls 17)

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $185.84/cwt on 19 head.
Average price
$185.84
19 head · 484 lb average
Value per head Derived
$900
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$201
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 1
$28.75/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.97
vs VA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2515187.759678thin
Medium and Large 3435187.0081310thin
Medium and Large 1735159.001,1691thin
One grade step is worth $28.75/cwt here — about −$201 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 sale19 hd
185.84
—
VA average8 barns · 919 hd
184.87
+0.97
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

27 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 · Steers8 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1395220.00/cwt220.00–220.008691
Steers—Medium and Large 3405240.00/cwt240.00–240.009721
Steers—Medium and Large 1468254.00/cwt254.00–254.001,1893
Steers—Medium and Large 1510250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,2751
Steers—Medium and Large 2548249.00/cwt249.00–249.001,3652
Steers—Medium and Large 1613237.00/cwt237.00–237.001,4532
Steers—Medium and Large 2640230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,4723
Steers—Medium and Large 2735212.00/cwt212.00–212.001,5581
Feeder Cattle · Heifers9 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 3353175.00/cwt175.00–175.006182
Heifers—Medium and Large 2380175.00/cwt175.00–175.006651
Heifers—Medium and Large 3420195.00/cwt195.00–195.008195
Heifers—Medium and Large 2453197.00/cwt197.00–197.008922
Heifers—Medium and Large 3465185.00/cwt185.00–185.008601
Heifers—Medium and Large 3538180.00/cwt180.00–180.009682
Heifers—Medium and Large 2554192.00/cwt192.00–192.001,0644
Heifers—Medium and Large 2620165.00/cwt165.00–165.001,0231
Heifers—Medium and Large 1735159.00/cwt159.00–159.001,1691
Feeder Cattle · Bulls10 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2315220.00/cwt220.00–220.006931
Bulls—Medium and Large 2400225.00/cwt225.00–225.009001
Bulls—Medium and Large 1490237.00/cwt237.00–237.001,1611
Bulls—Medium and Large 2500232.00/cwt232.00–232.001,1601
Bulls—Medium and Large 2595223.00/cwt223.00–223.001,3271
Bulls—Medium and Large 2649180.50/cwt180.50–180.501,1714
Bulls—Medium and Large 1668157.72/cwt138.00–177.001,0542
Bulls—Medium and Large 2670180.50/cwt180.50–180.501,2091
Bulls—Medium and Large 1746169.00/cwt169.00–169.001,2614
Bulls—Medium and Large 2760169.00/cwt169.00–169.001,2841

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.