Sale reports / Virginia / Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. / 2022-02-09

Southside Livestock Markets, Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Blackstone, Virginia · Wed, Feb 9
● Final41 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2183
Receipts
128 head
40 vs last sale 168 40 vs year ago 88 · +45.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 43, Heifers 64, Bulls 21)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $140.42/cwt on 64 head.
Average price
$140.42
64 head · 485 lb average
Value per head Derived
$680
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$195
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Small 1
$31.49/cwt at this weight
vs the market
6.00
vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2465143.9967024
Medium and Large 3444140.0762220
Medium and Large 1562139.1778218thin
Small 1423112.504752thin
One grade step is worth $31.49/cwt here — about $195 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 sale64 hd
140.42
VA average9 barns · 1,584 hd
146.43
−6.00
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 1413170.00/cwt170.00–170.007022
BullsMedium and Large 1515142.28/cwt135.00–150.007332
BullsMedium and Large 1470157.37/cwt149.00–160.007404
BullsSmall 1385137.00/cwt137.00–137.005271
BullsSmall 1555135.00/cwt135.00–135.007491
BullsMedium and Large 2620148.00/cwt148.00–148.009181
SteersSmall 1470130.00/cwt130.00–130.006111
SteersMedium and Large 1773156.00/cwt156.00–156.001,2062
SteersMedium and Large 2435162.00/cwt162.00–162.007051
SteersMedium and Large 1618166.00/cwt166.00–166.001,0263
SteersMedium and Large 1576169.39/cwt163.00–176.009768
SteersMedium and Large 3420153.00/cwt153.00–153.006431
SteersMedium and Large 2690163.00/cwt163.00–163.001,1251
SteersMedium and Large 3518146.05/cwt135.00–157.007572
SteersMedium and Large 1720157.00/cwt157.00–157.001,1303
HeifersMedium and Large 1435149.00/cwt149.00–149.006482
SteersMedium and Large 1390176.00/cwt176.00–176.006861
SteersMedium and Large 1523171.00/cwt171.00–171.008943
SteersMedium and Large 1653165.80/cwt165.00–166.001,0835
SteersMedium and Large 2370181.00/cwt181.00–181.006701
SteersMedium and Large 2537177.00/cwt177.00–177.009505
HeifersMedium and Large 1555139.00/cwt139.00–139.007713
SteersMedium and Large 2453179.00/cwt179.00–179.008116
HeifersMedium and Large 2558135.00/cwt135.00–135.007532
HeifersMedium and Large 1355153.00/cwt153.00–153.005432
HeifersMedium and Large 2484146.61/cwt132.00–150.007105
HeifersMedium and Large 2432147.00/cwt147.00–147.006357
HeifersMedium and Large 1669132.00/cwt132.00–132.008836
HeifersMedium and Large 1620136.00/cwt136.00–136.008432
HeifersMedium and Large 3531133.00/cwt133.00–133.007065
HeifersMedium and Large 3442139.64/cwt117.50–142.0061710
HeifersMedium and Large 2335153.44/cwt137.00–156.505146
HeifersMedium and Large 2700113.00/cwt113.00–113.007911
BullsMedium and Large 2400173.00/cwt173.00–173.006924
HeifersMedium and Large 2633130.00/cwt130.00–130.008233
BullsMedium and Large 2564151.50/cwt151.50–151.508544
BullsMedium and Large 2508157.00/cwt157.00–157.007982
HeifersSmall 1340120.00/cwt120.00–120.004081
HeifersSmall 1505105.00/cwt105.00–105.005301
HeifersMedium and Large 1537140.00/cwt140.00–140.007523
HeifersMedium and Large 3362148.00/cwt148.00–148.005365

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.