Sale reports / Virginia / Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. / 2023-08-02

Southside Livestock Markets, Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Blackstone, Virginia · Wed, Aug 2
● Final37 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2183
Receipts
158 head
87 vs last sale 245 101 vs year ago 259 · 39.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 31, Heifers 77, Bulls 50)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $193.88/cwt on 77 head.
Average price
$193.88
77 head · 595 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,153
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$213
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Small 1
$45.93/cwt at this weight
vs the market
5.75
vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2552199.681,10133
Medium and Large 1634193.891,23039
Medium and Large 3560162.009071thin
Small 1578153.758884thin
One grade step is worth $45.93/cwt here — about $213 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 sale77 hd
193.88
VA average7 barns · 923 hd
199.63
−5.75
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

37 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 1410245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,0051
BullsMedium and Large 1470232.00/cwt232.00–232.001,0902
BullsMedium and Large 1535205.32/cwt196.00–215.001,0982
BullsMedium and Large 1865170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,4712
BullsMedium and Large 1757183.50/cwt183.50–183.501,3893
BullsMedium and Large 1730188.50/cwt188.50–188.501,3764
SteersMedium and Large 2520232.00/cwt232.00–232.001,2062
SteersMedium and Large 1485243.00/cwt243.00–243.001,1791
SteersMedium and Large 1771210.23/cwt209.00–211.001,6218
SteersMedium and Large 1628235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,4764
SteersMedium and Large 1660227.52/cwt221.00–229.501,5029
SteersMedium and Large 2585237.00/cwt237.00–237.001,3861
SteersMedium and Large 2660216.00/cwt216.00–216.001,4262
HeifersMedium and Large 1570202.00/cwt202.00–202.001,1511
SteersMedium and Large 1558237.00/cwt237.00–237.001,3223
HeifersSmall 1745150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,1181
HeifersMedium and Large 1710182.38/cwt180.00–183.001,2955
HeifersMedium and Large 1544205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,1159
HeifersSmall 1545149.00/cwt149.00–149.008122
HeifersMedium and Large 2575200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,1502
SteersMedium and Large 1825199.00/cwt199.00–199.001,6421
HeifersMedium and Large 2543201.22/cwt177.00–204.001,09321
HeifersMedium and Large 2670185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,2401
HeifersMedium and Large 1656190.47/cwt190.00–191.001,24917
HeifersMedium and Large 2458209.00/cwt209.00–209.009574
BullsSmall 1720154.00/cwt154.00–154.001,1091
HeifersMedium and Large 3560162.00/cwt162.00–162.009071
BullsMedium and Large 2525215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,1291
HeifersMedium and Large 1477211.00/cwt211.00–211.001,0063
HeifersSmall 1475167.00/cwt167.00–167.007931
HeifersMedium and Large 1785183.00/cwt183.00–183.001,4374
BullsMedium and Large 2348250.00/cwt250.00–250.008702
HeifersMedium and Large 2629188.58/cwt185.00–194.001,1865
BullsMedium and Large 2723182.00/cwt182.00–182.001,3163
BullsMedium and Large 1663192.30/cwt191.00–193.001,27514
BullsMedium and Large 1556214.00/cwt214.00–214.001,19010
BullsMedium and Large 2638185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,1804

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.