Sale reports / Virginia / Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. / 2022-01-26

Southside Livestock Markets, Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Blackstone, Virginia · Wed, Jan 26
● Final41 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2183
Receipts
107 head
33 vs last sale 74 75 vs year ago 32 · +234.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 26, Heifers 60, Bulls 21)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $138.87/cwt on 60 head.
Average price
$138.87
60 head · 509 lb average
Value per head Derived
$707
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$146
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$7.82/cwt at this weight
vs the market
1.73
vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2514141.5272731
Medium and Large 1541137.2674319thin
Medium and Large 3434133.7058010thin
One grade step is worth $7.82/cwt here — about $146 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 sale60 hd
138.87
VA average6 barns · 1,138 hd
140.59
−1.73
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

41 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 1540148.00/cwt148.00–148.007991
BullsMedium and Large 1353174.00/cwt174.00–174.006142
BullsMedium and Large 1403166.00/cwt166.00–166.006692
BullsMedium and Large 1568156.00/cwt156.00–156.008862
BullsMedium and Large 1663148.00/cwt148.00–148.009812
BullsMedium and Large 1720137.01/cwt136.00–138.009862
SteersMedium and Large 1695150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,0431
SteersMedium and Large 2538154.18/cwt147.00–155.508296
SteersMedium and Large 1720148.00/cwt148.00–148.001,0661
SteersMedium and Large 2720148.00/cwt148.00–148.001,0661
SteersSmall 1508130.00/cwt130.00–130.006602
SteersMedium and Large 2635152.00/cwt152.00–152.009651
SteersMedium and Large 1335122.00/cwt122.00–122.004091
SteersMedium and Large 2351161.00/cwt161.00–161.005654
SteersMedium and Large 3345135.00/cwt135.00–135.004661
HeifersMedium and Large 1558136.00/cwt136.00–136.007597
SteersSmall 1325152.00/cwt152.00–152.004941
HeifersMedium and Large 1455138.00/cwt138.00–138.006281
HeifersMedium and Large 2430142.00/cwt142.00–142.006111
SteersMedium and Large 1526154.19/cwt153.00–158.008114
SteersMedium and Large 1480161.00/cwt161.00–161.007731
HeifersMedium and Large 3550128.00/cwt128.00–128.007043
SteersMedium and Large 2415137.00/cwt137.00–137.005691
HeifersMedium and Large 3468126.00/cwt126.00–126.005902
HeifersMedium and Large 2537140.40/cwt140.00–140.507545
HeifersMedium and Large 1637133.32/cwt133.00–134.008493
HeifersMedium and Large 2381150.95/cwt150.00–153.005759
HeifersMedium and Large 1373149.00/cwt149.00–149.005563
HeifersMedium and Large 2455153.00/cwt153.00–153.006964
HeifersMedium and Large 1536137.00/cwt137.00–137.007344
HeifersMedium and Large 3335139.00/cwt139.00–139.004664
HeifersMedium and Large 2660135.00/cwt135.00–135.008911
HeifersMedium and Large 2627130.69/cwt126.00–133.0081911
BullsSmall 1630125.00/cwt125.00–125.007881
HeifersMedium and Large 3415145.00/cwt145.00–145.006021
BullsMedium and Large 1487159.00/cwt159.00–159.007743
BullsMedium and Large 2560154.00/cwt154.00–154.008621
BullsMedium and Large 2477161.00/cwt161.00–161.007683
BullsMedium and Large 2360171.00/cwt171.00–171.006161
BullsSmall 1565143.00/cwt143.00–143.008081
HeifersMedium and Large 1750123.00/cwt123.00–123.009231

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.