Sale reports / Virginia / Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. / 2022-01-19

Southside Livestock Markets, Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Blackstone, Virginia · Wed, Jan 19
● Final36 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2183
Receipts
74 head
78 vs last sale 152 62 vs year ago 136 · 45.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 21, Heifers 32, Bulls 21)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $122.96/cwt on 32 head.
Average price
$122.96
32 head · 546 lb average
Value per head Derived
$671
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$78
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$17.45/cwt at this weight
vs the market
17.87
vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1530129.4568614thin
Small 1520122.006342thin
Medium and Large 2569119.2067812thin
Medium and Large 3543112.006084thin
One grade step is worth $17.45/cwt here — about $78 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 sale32 hd
122.96
VA average5 barns · 659 hd
140.83
−17.87
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

36 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 1440156.00/cwt156.00–156.006861
BullsMedium and Large 1540144.57/cwt140.00–146.007814
BullsMedium and Large 1640135.00/cwt135.00–135.008644
BullsSmall 1305100.00/cwt100.00–100.003051
BullsMedium and Large 2605132.00/cwt132.00–132.007991
BullsMedium and Large 2770108.00/cwt108.00–108.008321
SteersMedium and Large 2465145.00/cwt145.00–145.006742
SteersMedium and Large 2533141.00/cwt141.00–141.007523
SteersMedium and Large 2680141.00/cwt141.00–141.009591
SteersMedium and Large 1585150.00/cwt150.00–150.008781
SteersMedium and Large 1473164.00/cwt164.00–164.007763
SteersMedium and Large 1638145.50/cwt145.50–145.509285
HeifersSmall 1455129.00/cwt129.00–129.005871
SteersMedium and Large 1438158.00/cwt158.00–158.006922
SteersSmall 1570132.00/cwt132.00–132.007521
SteersSmall 1615132.00/cwt132.00–132.008121
SteersMedium and Large 3340155.00/cwt155.00–155.005271
SteersMedium and Large 3640137.00/cwt137.00–137.008771
HeifersMedium and Large 3425107.00/cwt107.00–107.004551
HeifersMedium and Large 2395132.00/cwt132.00–132.005211
HeifersMedium and Large 2630108.47/cwt77.00–124.006833
HeifersMedium and Large 2737118.00/cwt118.00–118.008703
HeifersMedium and Large 1560119.91/cwt115.00–125.006712
HeifersSmall 1585115.00/cwt115.00–115.006731
HeifersMedium and Large 1544130.50/cwt130.50–130.507107
HeifersMedium and Large 3640111.00/cwt111.00–111.007101
HeifersMedium and Large 3553115.00/cwt115.00–115.006362
HeifersMedium and Large 2310132.00/cwt132.00–132.004091
HeifersMedium and Large 2445115.00/cwt115.00–115.005121
HeifersMedium and Large 2525124.00/cwt124.00–124.006513
BullsMedium and Large 2348163.00/cwt163.00–163.005672
BullsMedium and Large 2420158.00/cwt158.00–158.006642
BullsMedium and Large 2488150.00/cwt150.00–150.007322
BullsMedium and Large 2557147.00/cwt147.00–147.008193
HeifersMedium and Large 1725119.00/cwt119.00–119.008631
HeifersMedium and Large 1442135.00/cwt135.00–135.005974

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.