Sale reports / Virginia / Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. / 2022-06-01

Southside Livestock Markets, Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Blackstone, Virginia · Wed, Jun 1
● Final25 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2183
Receipts
67 head
38 vs last sale 105 95 vs year ago 162 · 58.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 17, Heifers 35, Bulls 15)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $131.61/cwt on 35 head.
Average price
$131.61
35 head · 572 lb average
Value per head Derived
$752
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$44
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$13.38/cwt at this weight
vs the market
7.95
vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2481134.3864612thin
Medium and Large 1624131.0581721
Medium and Large 3570121.006902thin
One grade step is worth $13.38/cwt here — about −$44 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 sale35 hd
131.61
VA average6 barns · 653 hd
139.56
−7.95
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

25 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 1380151.00/cwt151.00–151.005741
BullsMedium and Large 1530143.00/cwt143.00–143.007581
BullsMedium and Large 1640136.00/cwt136.00–136.008702
BullsSmall 1405138.00/cwt138.00–138.005592
BullsMedium and Large 2650136.00/cwt136.00–136.008841
BullsMedium and Large 2483145.00/cwt145.00–145.007002
SteersMedium and Large 2495158.00/cwt158.00–158.007821
HeifersMedium and Large 1556137.00/cwt137.00–137.007629
SteersMedium and Large 1690142.00/cwt142.00–142.009801
SteersMedium and Large 1614155.50/cwt155.50–155.509557
SteersMedium and Large 1455141.00/cwt141.00–141.006421
SteersMedium and Large 3570143.00/cwt143.00–143.008151
SteersMedium and Large 1550164.00/cwt164.00–164.009023
HeifersMedium and Large 2540135.50/cwt135.50–135.507326
SteersMedium and Large 1503163.00/cwt163.00–163.008203
HeifersMedium and Large 1630129.62/cwt120.00–135.508178
HeifersMedium and Large 2335132.00/cwt132.00–132.004421
HeifersMedium and Large 1798115.00/cwt115.00–115.009182
HeifersMedium and Large 3570121.00/cwt121.00–121.006902
HeifersMedium and Large 1728126.00/cwt126.00–126.009172
HeifersMedium and Large 2439133.50/cwt133.50–133.505865
BullsSmall 1375135.00/cwt135.00–135.005061
BullsMedium and Large 2600137.00/cwt137.00–137.008221
BullsMedium and Large 2563143.00/cwt143.00–143.008052
BullsMedium and Large 2435150.00/cwt150.00–150.006532

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.