Sale reports / Virginia / Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. / 2023-08-16

Southside Livestock Markets, Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Blackstone, Virginia · Wed, Aug 16
● Final43 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2183
Receipts
136 head
10 vs last sale 146 58 vs year ago 194 · 29.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 47, Heifers 46, Bulls 43)

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $217.17/cwt on 46 head.
Average price
$217.17
46 head · 630 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,368
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$439
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 1
$19.45/cwt at this weight
vs the market
15.90
vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1665219.451,45931
Medium and Large 2576215.571,24112thin
Medium and Large 3445200.008901thin
Small 1510200.001,0202thin
One grade step is worth $19.45/cwt here — about $439 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 sale46 hd
217.17
VA average10 barns · 1,385 hd
233.06
−15.90
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

43 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 1481227.00/cwt227.00–227.001,0925
BullsMedium and Large 1666196.78/cwt194.00–197.001,31114
BullsMedium and Large 1420230.00/cwt230.00–230.009662
BullsMedium and Large 1568219.31/cwt218.00–220.001,2463
BullsMedium and Large 1845175.00/cwt175.00–175.001,4794
BullsMedium and Large 1610180.30/cwt172.00–186.001,1003
SteersMedium and Large 2570190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,0831
SteersMedium and Large 3445200.00/cwt200.00–200.008901
SteersSmall 1485202.00/cwt202.00–202.009801
SteersMedium and Large 1668226.19/cwt218.00–228.501,5119
SteersMedium and Large 1910190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,7291
SteersMedium and Large 2360222.40/cwt217.00–227.508012
SteersMedium and Large 1565229.00/cwt229.00–229.001,2941
SteersMedium and Large 1720218.50/cwt218.50–218.501,5737
SteersMedium and Large 1632218.00/cwt218.00–218.001,3783
SteersMedium and Large 2515230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,1851
SteersMedium and Large 2460230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,0582
SteersMedium and Large 2628217.00/cwt217.00–217.001,3634
SteersMedium and Large 1785206.00/cwt206.00–206.001,6172
HeifersMedium and Large 1517195.00/cwt195.00–195.001,0083
SteersMedium and Large 1480226.88/cwt195.00–240.001,0894
HeifersMedium and Large 1642189.00/cwt189.00–189.001,2133
SteersMedium and Large 1835195.00/cwt195.00–195.001,6282
SteersSmall 1535198.00/cwt198.00–198.001,0591
SteersMedium and Large 1515227.55/cwt225.00–230.001,1722
HeifersMedium and Large 2565187.00/cwt187.00–187.001,0571
SteersMedium and Large 2835197.00/cwt197.00–197.001,6452
HeifersMedium and Large 2373187.00/cwt187.00–187.006982
HeifersMedium and Large 1571200.10/cwt198.00–201.001,1437
HeifersMedium and Large 1420190.00/cwt190.00–190.007981
HeifersMedium and Large 2648184.00/cwt184.00–184.001,1928
BullsMedium and Large 2605196.00/cwt196.00–196.001,1862
HeifersMedium and Large 1490172.00/cwt172.00–172.008431
HeifersMedium and Large 1665189.00/cwt189.00–189.001,2576
HeifersMedium and Large 1731165.75/cwt165.75–165.751,2128
HeifersMedium and Large 2463195.00/cwt195.00–195.009032
HeifersMedium and Large 2712165.75/cwt165.75–165.751,1803
BullsMedium and Large 2545220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,1993
HeifersMedium and Large 2415160.00/cwt160.00–160.006641
BullsMedium and Large 2340212.00/cwt212.00–212.007211
BullsMedium and Large 2735192.00/cwt192.00–192.001,4111
BullsMedium and Large 1723191.75/cwt191.75–191.751,3864
BullsMedium and Large 2440216.00/cwt216.00–216.009501

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.