Sale reports / Virginia / Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. / 2022-01-05

Southside Livestock Markets, Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Blackstone, Virginia · Wed, Jan 5
● Final24 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2183
Receipts
49 head
117 vs last sale 166 57 vs year ago 106 · 53.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 11, Heifers 17, Bulls 21)

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $124.08/cwt on 21 head.
Average price
$124.08
21 head · 706 lb average
Value per head Derived
$876
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$176
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 1
$4.84/cwt at this weight
vs the market
20.80
vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2610126.847739thin
Medium and Large 1778122.0095012thin
One grade step is worth $4.84/cwt here — about −$176 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 sale21 hd
124.08
VA average4 barns · 206 hd
144.87
−20.80
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot, as filed

24 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
BullsMedium and Large 1575147.00/cwt147.00–147.008451
BullsMedium and Large 1805115.00/cwt115.00–115.009261
BullsMedium and Large 1508149.00/cwt149.00–149.007572
BullsMedium and Large 1868113.00/cwt113.00–113.009818
BullsMedium and Large 2490148.00/cwt148.00–148.007251
BullsMedium and Large 2540139.00/cwt139.00–139.007511
HeifersMedium and Large 2523123.00/cwt123.00–123.006432
SteersMedium and Large 1515155.00/cwt155.00–155.007981
SteersMedium and Large 1400153.00/cwt153.00–153.006122
SteersMedium and Large 1574146.04/cwt145.00–147.008384
SteersMedium and Large 1355140.00/cwt140.00–140.004971
SteersMedium and Large 2415156.00/cwt156.00–156.006473
HeifersMedium and Large 3695104.00/cwt104.00–104.007231
HeifersMedium and Large 3483117.00/cwt117.00–117.005652
HeifersMedium and Large 1555120.00/cwt120.00–120.006661
HeifersMedium and Large 1483127.03/cwt125.00–128.006143
HeifersMedium and Large 2325130.00/cwt130.00–130.004231
HeifersMedium and Large 2443125.00/cwt125.00–125.005544
BullsMedium and Large 2680120.00/cwt120.00–120.008161
BullsMedium and Large 2363146.31/cwt137.00–155.005312
BullsMedium and Large 2763110.49/cwt109.00–111.008434
HeifersSmall 1440117.00/cwt117.00–117.005151
HeifersMedium and Large 1300133.00/cwt133.00–133.003991
HeifersMedium and Large 3380123.00/cwt123.00–123.004671

How this sale compares

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.