Sale reports / Virginia / Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. / 2022-05-25

Southside Livestock Markets, Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Blackstone, Virginia · Wed, May 25
● Final40 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2183
Receipts
105 head
49 vs last sale 154 84 vs year ago 189 · 44.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 30, Heifers 61, Bulls 14)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $134.72/cwt on 61 head.
Average price
$134.72
61 head · 547 lb average
Value per head Derived
$737
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$115
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Small 1
$28.20/cwt at this weight
vs the market
6.37
vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2519140.2072819thin
Medium and Large 1567138.7778730
Medium and Large 3539119.836466thin
Small 1547112.006126thin
One grade step is worth $28.20/cwt here — about $115 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 sale61 hd
134.72
VA average8 barns · 1,359 hd
141.09
−6.37
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

40 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 1435163.00/cwt163.00–163.007091
BullsMedium and Large 1590141.00/cwt141.00–141.008321
BullsMedium and Large 1513153.50/cwt153.50–153.507873
BullsMedium and Large 1668140.00/cwt140.00–140.009354
BullsSmall 1615133.00/cwt133.00–133.008181
BullsSmall 1735120.00/cwt120.00–120.008821
SteersMedium and Large 1730133.00/cwt133.00–133.009712
SteersMedium and Large 1668153.00/cwt153.00–153.001,0222
SteersMedium and Large 2830127.00/cwt127.00–127.001,0541
SteersSmall 1465151.00/cwt151.00–151.007021
SteersMedium and Large 2465145.00/cwt145.00–145.006741
SteersMedium and Large 2730141.00/cwt141.00–141.001,0291
SteersMedium and Large 1629154.94/cwt153.00–157.009754
SteersMedium and Large 1572165.00/cwt165.00–165.009446
SteersSmall 1615127.00/cwt127.00–127.007811
SteersMedium and Large 1520158.00/cwt158.00–158.008221
SteersMedium and Large 1765141.00/cwt141.00–141.001,0791
SteersMedium and Large 2442160.00/cwt160.00–160.007073
HeifersMedium and Large 3345130.00/cwt130.00–130.004491
HeifersMedium and Large 2461144.18/cwt140.00–145.006656
SteersMedium and Large 1430163.00/cwt163.00–163.007011
SteersMedium and Large 2655149.00/cwt149.00–149.009761
HeifersMedium and Large 1365135.00/cwt135.00–135.004931
HeifersSmall 1450107.00/cwt107.00–107.004821
HeifersMedium and Large 1559143.00/cwt143.00–143.0079917
HeifersMedium and Large 349593.00/cwt93.00–93.004601
SteersMedium and Large 2530165.00/cwt165.00–165.008751
SteersSmall 1555154.00/cwt154.00–154.008553
HeifersMedium and Large 3690130.00/cwt130.00–130.008971
HeifersMedium and Large 3568122.00/cwt122.00–122.006933
BullsMedium and Large 2420155.00/cwt155.00–155.006511
BullsMedium and Large 2570145.00/cwt145.00–145.008271
HeifersMedium and Large 2541139.27/cwt136.00–141.5075310
HeifersSmall 1566113.00/cwt113.00–113.006405
BullsMedium and Large 2450145.00/cwt145.00–145.006531
HeifersMedium and Large 1728126.00/cwt126.00–126.009172
HeifersMedium and Large 1638136.50/cwt136.50–136.508716
HeifersMedium and Large 1463131.51/cwt131.00–133.006094
HeifersMedium and Large 2355134.00/cwt134.00–134.004761
HeifersMedium and Large 2665136.00/cwt136.00–136.009042

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.