Sale reports / Virginia / Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. / 2023-03-08

Southside Livestock Markets, Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Blackstone, Virginia · Wed, Mar 8
● Final40 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2183
Receipts
119 head
56 vs last sale 175 10 vs year ago 109 · +9.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 29, Heifers 62, Bulls 28)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $172.12/cwt on 61 head.
Average price
$172.12
61 head · 505 lb average
Value per head Derived
$870
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$60
per head · Medium and Large 3 over Small 1
$6.63/cwt at this weight
vs the market
4.05
vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 3463173.6380423
Medium and Large 2504173.3387421
Medium and Large 1570168.7896215thin
Small 1518167.008642thin
One grade step is worth $6.63/cwt here — about −$60 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
172.12
VA average11 barns · 1,988 hd
176.17
−4.05
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 1495203.00/cwt203.00–203.001,0051
BullsMedium and Large 1535196.00/cwt196.00–196.001,0492
BullsMedium and Large 1413203.00/cwt203.00–203.008384
BullsMedium and Large 1370216.00/cwt216.00–216.007991
BullsSmall 1470199.00/cwt199.00–199.009351
BullsSmall 1620170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,0541
SteersMedium and Large 1413215.00/cwt215.00–215.008882
SteersMedium and Large 1723185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,3382
SteersMedium and Large 1455142.00/cwt142.00–142.006461
SteersMedium and Large 1820170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,3941
SteersMedium and Large 2537217.44/cwt212.00–218.501,1688
SteersMedium and Large 2455210.00/cwt210.00–210.009561
HeifersMedium and Large 2352176.00/cwt176.00–176.006205
HeifersMedium and Large 2565172.00/cwt172.00–172.009722
SteersMedium and Large 1546216.00/cwt216.00–216.001,1794
SteersMedium and Large 1607212.11/cwt207.00–215.001,2887
HeifersMedium and Large 1740155.00/cwt155.00–155.001,1471
HeifersMedium and Large 1505176.50/cwt176.50–176.508913
HeifersMedium and Large 3332169.00/cwt169.00–169.005613
HeifersMedium and Large 3432174.50/cwt174.50–174.507545
SteersMedium and Large 3505201.00/cwt201.00–201.001,0151
SteersMedium and Large 2643208.00/cwt208.00–208.001,3372
HeifersMedium and Large 2549175.00/cwt175.00–175.009616
HeifersMedium and Large 3525171.00/cwt171.00–171.008981
HeifersSmall 1445171.00/cwt171.00–171.007611
HeifersMedium and Large 1584173.00/cwt173.00–173.001,0104
HeifersMedium and Large 1370177.00/cwt177.00–177.006551
HeifersMedium and Large 1415175.00/cwt175.00–175.007261
HeifersMedium and Large 3478182.00/cwt182.00–182.008708
HeifersMedium and Large 3380127.00/cwt127.00–127.004831
BullsMedium and Large 2345214.00/cwt214.00–214.007382
BullsMedium and Large 2420214.00/cwt214.00–214.008992
HeifersMedium and Large 2630162.00/cwt162.00–162.001,0214
HeifersMedium and Large 2470179.50/cwt179.50–179.508444
BullsMedium and Large 2485211.00/cwt211.00–211.001,0233
BullsMedium and Large 2534197.87/cwt190.50–205.001,05710
BullsMedium and Large 2655191.00/cwt191.00–191.001,2511
HeifersSmall 1590163.00/cwt163.00–163.009621
HeifersMedium and Large 1635160.64/cwt155.00–162.001,0205
HeifersMedium and Large 3553172.00/cwt172.00–172.009515

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.