Sale reports / Virginia / Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. / 2023-08-24

Southside Livestock Markets, Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Blackstone, Virginia · Thu, Aug 24
● Final35 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2183
Receipts
99 head
37 vs last sale 136 41 vs year ago 140 · 29.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 31, Heifers 45, Bulls 23)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $191.84/cwt on 45 head.
Average price
$191.84
45 head · 590 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,132
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$121
per head · Medium and Large 3 over Small 1
$25.00/cwt at this weight
vs the market
18.17
vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 3455196.008921thin
Medium and Large 2597194.351,16018thin
Medium and Large 1590192.411,13523
Small 1592171.001,0123thin
One grade step is worth $25.00/cwt here — about −$121 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 sale45 hd
191.84
VA average9 barns · 1,469 hd
210.01
−18.17
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

35 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 1723178.86/cwt167.00–185.001,2933
BullsMedium and Large 1563199.30/cwt180.00–206.001,1224
BullsMedium and Large 1654182.60/cwt127.00–190.001,1949
BullsMedium and Large 2645185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,1931
BullsSmall 1480172.00/cwt172.00–172.008261
BullsMedium and Large 2540200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,0801
SteersMedium and Large 2610226.00/cwt226.00–226.001,3792
SteersMedium and Large 1650217.00/cwt217.00–217.001,4111
SteersMedium and Large 1702217.00/cwt215.00–218.001,5233
SteersSmall 1450212.00/cwt212.00–212.009541
SteersMedium and Large 1751218.00/cwt218.00–218.001,6376
SteersMedium and Large 2705216.00/cwt216.00–216.001,5232
SteersMedium and Large 1590233.00/cwt233.00–233.001,3753
SteersMedium and Large 1823197.00/cwt197.00–197.001,6214
SteersMedium and Large 2815197.00/cwt197.00–197.001,6061
HeifersMedium and Large 2541202.00/cwt202.00–202.001,0934
SteersMedium and Large 1936199.00/cwt197.00–199.501,8635
HeifersMedium and Large 1380205.00/cwt205.00–205.007791
HeifersMedium and Large 1623187.00/cwt187.00–187.001,1653
HeifersMedium and Large 1727176.00/cwt176.00–176.001,2803
SteersSmall 1543165.00/cwt165.00–165.008962
HeifersMedium and Large 2705180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,2692
SteersMedium and Large 1405237.00/cwt237.00–237.009601
HeifersMedium and Large 2667184.25/cwt181.00–191.001,2293
HeifersMedium and Large 1459208.00/cwt208.00–208.009555
HeifersMedium and Large 3455196.00/cwt196.00–196.008921
HeifersMedium and Large 1815175.00/cwt175.00–175.001,4263
BullsMedium and Large 2570202.40/cwt197.00–208.001,1542
HeifersMedium and Large 1665187.00/cwt187.00–187.001,2442
BullsMedium and Large 2430192.35/cwt165.00–221.008272
HeifersSmall 1480175.00/cwt175.00–175.008401
HeifersSmall 1648169.00/cwt169.00–169.001,0952
HeifersMedium and Large 1512198.74/cwt197.00–202.001,0186
HeifersMedium and Large 2638191.00/cwt191.00–191.001,2196
HeifersMedium and Large 2448210.50/cwt210.50–210.509433

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.