Sale reports / Virginia / Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. / 2023-02-01

Southside Livestock Markets, Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Blackstone, Virginia · Wed, Feb 1
● Final21 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2183
Receipts
39 head
72 vs last sale 111 129 vs year ago 168 · 76.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 5, Heifers 16, Bulls 18)

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $165.01/cwt on 18 head.
Average price
$165.01
18 head · 494 lb average
Value per head Derived
$815
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$76
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 1
$8.72/cwt at this weight
vs the market
12.84
vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2470167.9278912thin
Medium and Large 1543159.208656thin
One grade step is worth $8.72/cwt here — about −$76 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 sale18 hd
165.01
VA average6 barns · 500 hd
177.85
−12.84
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

21 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 1670136.00/cwt136.00–136.009111
BullsMedium and Large 1420186.00/cwt186.00–186.007812
BullsMedium and Large 1583149.06/cwt141.00–153.008693
BullsMedium and Large 2653136.00/cwt136.00–136.008882
BullsMedium and Large 2315190.00/cwt190.00–190.005992
BullsMedium and Large 2483173.00/cwt173.00–173.008362
HeifersMedium and Large 1534135.50/cwt135.50–135.507244
HeifersMedium and Large 2468138.00/cwt138.00–138.006462
HeifersSmall 1640124.00/cwt124.00–124.007941
BullsMedium and Large 2545142.50/cwt142.50–142.507772
BullsMedium and Large 2411183.00/cwt183.00–183.007524
HeifersMedium and Large 1400139.00/cwt139.00–139.005561
SteersMedium and Large 1510171.00/cwt171.00–171.008721
SteersMedium and Large 3470178.00/cwt178.00–178.008371
SteersMedium and Large 2430175.00/cwt175.00–175.007531
HeifersMedium and Large 1670131.00/cwt131.00–131.008781
HeifersMedium and Large 2710125.00/cwt125.00–125.008881
HeifersMedium and Large 2523134.50/cwt134.50–134.507033
HeifersMedium and Large 3615128.00/cwt128.00–128.007872
HeifersMedium and Large 3475132.00/cwt132.00–132.006271
SteersMedium and Large 1623155.04/cwt154.00–156.009662

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.