Sale reports / Virginia / Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. / 2024-02-07

Southside Livestock Markets, Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Blackstone, Virginia · Wed, Feb 7
● Final69 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2183
Receipts
303 head
▲ 181 vs last sale 122▲ 128 vs year ago 175 · +73.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 95, Heifers 143, Bulls 65)

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $197.93/cwt on 135 head.
Average price
$197.93
135 head · 543 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,074
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$201
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Small 1
$32.56/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−28.83
vs VA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2566203.481,15141
Medium and Large 1554203.141,12554
Medium and Large 3473193.7791725
Small 1556170.9295015thin
One grade step is worth $32.56/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 sale135 hd
197.93
—
VA average10 barns · 2,593 hd
226.76
−28.83
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

69 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 · Steers24 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1370232.00/cwt232.00–232.008581
Steers—Small 1370180.00/cwt180.00–180.006661
Steers—Medium and Large 2440287.00/cwt287.00–287.001,2631
Steers—Medium and Large 3466249.48/cwt220.00–270.001,1635
Steers—Medium and Large 1468291.00/cwt291.00–291.001,3623
Steers—Small 1474221.84/cwt187.00–234.001,0524
Steers—Medium and Large 2499278.00/cwt278.00–278.001,3876
Steers—Medium and Large 3500260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,3001
Steers—Medium and Large 1505274.00/cwt274.00–274.001,3841
Steers—Small 1524197.93/cwt180.00–204.001,0374
Steers—Small 1553164.98/cwt160.00–166.009126
Steers—Medium and Large 1559269.71/cwt255.00–271.751,50814
Steers—Medium and Large 2569248.22/cwt202.00–267.001,4125
Steers—Small 1626188.17/cwt147.00–248.001,1785
Steers—Medium and Large 1628258.67/cwt258.00–259.001,6243
Steers—Medium and Large 3635240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,5244
Steers—Medium and Large 2640246.53/cwt230.00–253.001,5787
Steers—Small 1655152.00/cwt152.00–152.009961
Steers—Medium and Large 2660253.00/cwt253.00–253.001,6702
Steers—Medium and Large 1673255.24/cwt250.00–258.001,71811
Steers—Small 1700167.00/cwt167.00–167.001,1691
Steers—Medium and Large 1722226.00/cwt226.00–226.001,6323
Steers—Medium and Large 1782222.36/cwt217.00–226.001,7395
Steers—Medium and Large 1900170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,5301
Feeder Cattle · Heifers26 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2327198.08/cwt190.00–202.006483
Heifers—Medium and Large 1365216.00/cwt216.00–216.007884
Heifers—Medium and Large 3368193.00/cwt193.00–193.007104
Heifers—Medium and Large 1405150.00/cwt150.00–150.006081
Heifers—Medium and Large 3423198.00/cwt198.00–198.008384
Heifers—Medium and Large 2439212.23/cwt205.00–219.509326
Heifers—Medium and Large 3451194.45/cwt175.00–209.008777
Heifers—Small 1460194.00/cwt194.00–194.008925
Heifers—Medium and Large 1470213.23/cwt196.00–217.001,00219
Heifers—Medium and Large 3525195.00/cwt195.00–195.001,0248
Heifers—Medium and Large 2539219.75/cwt219.75–219.751,18410
Heifers—Small 1540152.00/cwt152.00–152.008211
Heifers—Small 1559163.44/cwt160.00–167.009144
Heifers—Medium and Large 2578213.34/cwt210.00–219.751,2333
Heifers—Medium and Large 1580207.70/cwt201.00–215.501,20513
Heifers—Medium and Large 3610180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,0981
Heifers—Medium and Large 2625196.88/cwt187.00–203.501,23112
Heifers—Medium and Large 1634198.50/cwt198.50–198.501,2586
Heifers—Small 1638160.00/cwt160.00–160.001,0214
Heifers—Medium and Large 1662189.46/cwt185.00–194.001,2544
Heifers—Medium and Large 2695181.37/cwt180.00–187.001,2615
Heifers—Medium and Large 3700179.00/cwt179.00–179.001,2531
Heifers—Small 1705148.00/cwt148.00–148.001,0431
Heifers—Medium and Large 1728184.73/cwt177.00–191.001,3456
Heifers—Medium and Large 2738184.00/cwt184.00–184.001,3582
Heifers—Medium and Large 1750147.00/cwt147.00–147.001,1031
Feeder Cattle · Bulls19 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2320200.27/cwt155.00–250.006412
Bulls—Medium and Large 1335157.00/cwt157.00–157.005261
Bulls—Medium and Large 1364241.31/cwt226.00–249.008783
Bulls—Medium and Large 2408289.00/cwt289.00–289.001,1796
Bulls—Medium and Large 1430268.29/cwt220.00–285.001,1548
Bulls—Small 1440227.00/cwt227.00–227.009991
Bulls—Small 1484200.11/cwt152.00–220.009697
Bulls—Medium and Large 2487266.44/cwt260.00–268.001,2985
Bulls—Medium and Large 1490271.00/cwt271.00–271.001,3285
Bulls—Small 1525216.64/cwt202.00–231.001,1372
Bulls—Medium and Large 1533243.61/cwt239.00–248.001,2984
Bulls—Medium and Large 1567228.00/cwt228.00–228.001,2933
Bulls—Medium and Large 2568245.50/cwt245.50–245.501,3944
Bulls—Medium and Large 2625182.00/cwt182.00–182.001,1381
Bulls—Small 1633148.45/cwt137.50–180.009404
Bulls—Medium and Large 1635202.00/cwt202.00–202.001,2831
Bulls—Medium and Large 1673220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,4815
Bulls—Medium and Large 1745175.00/cwt175.00–175.001,3041
Bulls—Medium and Large 2820145.00/cwt145.00–145.001,1891

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.