Sale reports / Virginia / Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. / 2023-11-29

Southside Livestock Markets, Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Blackstone, Virginia · Wed, Nov 29
● Final39 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2183
Receipts
89 head
130 vs last sale 219 51 vs year ago 140 · 36.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 14, Heifers 42, Bulls 33)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $172.65/cwt on 42 head.
Average price
$172.65
42 head · 527 lb average
Value per head Derived
$911
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$152
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 1
$22.71/cwt at this weight
vs the market
5.65
vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1558180.211,00620
Medium and Large 2494178.008808thin
Medium and Large 3473159.757568thin
Small 1542157.508546thin
One grade step is worth $22.71/cwt here — about $152 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 sale42 hd
172.65
VA average6 barns · 896 hd
178.29
−5.65
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

39 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 1340210.00/cwt210.00–210.007141
BullsMedium and Large 1600142.00/cwt142.00–142.008521
BullsMedium and Large 1725153.00/cwt153.00–153.001,1091
BullsMedium and Large 1750114.00/cwt114.00–114.008551
BullsMedium and Large 1423204.00/cwt204.00–204.008632
BullsMedium and Large 1560186.00/cwt186.00–186.001,0422
HeifersMedium and Large 1320160.00/cwt160.00–160.005121
HeifersMedium and Large 1370167.00/cwt167.00–167.006181
HeifersMedium and Large 1582174.23/cwt150.00–180.001,0145
HeifersMedium and Large 2451182.00/cwt182.00–182.008214
HeifersMedium and Large 1485160.00/cwt160.00–160.007761
HeifersMedium and Large 1748159.00/cwt159.00–159.001,1892
SteersMedium and Large 1662206.51/cwt205.00–208.001,3674
SteersMedium and Large 1555210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,1662
SteersMedium and Large 1763206.00/cwt206.00–206.001,5724
HeifersMedium and Large 3440150.00/cwt150.00–150.006602
HeifersMedium and Large 3548172.00/cwt172.00–172.009433
HeifersMedium and Large 2610175.00/cwt175.00–175.001,0681
HeifersMedium and Large 1525200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,0507
SteersMedium and Large 1600208.00/cwt208.00–208.001,2481
SteersMedium and Large 1452229.00/cwt229.00–229.001,0353
BullsSmall 1512170.21/cwt165.00–173.008713
BullsMedium and Large 1493199.00/cwt199.00–199.009813
BullsMedium and Large 2649168.00/cwt168.00–168.001,0904
HeifersMedium and Large 1635176.00/cwt176.00–176.001,1183
HeifersMedium and Large 3330157.00/cwt157.00–157.005182
HeifersSmall 1380152.00/cwt152.00–152.005781
BullsMedium and Large 2410210.00/cwt210.00–210.008611
BullsMedium and Large 2553182.00/cwt182.00–182.001,0063
BullsMedium and Large 2502192.75/cwt192.00–193.009684
HeifersMedium and Large 2395167.00/cwt167.00–167.006601
HeifersMedium and Large 3600148.00/cwt148.00–148.008881
HeifersMedium and Large 2573177.00/cwt177.00–177.001,0142
BullsMedium and Large 2328210.00/cwt210.00–210.006892
BullsSmall 1370200.00/cwt200.00–200.007401
BullsSmall 1628123.77/cwt117.50–130.007772
BullsMedium and Large 2718156.00/cwt156.00–156.001,1202
HeifersSmall 1660145.00/cwt145.00–145.009571
HeifersSmall 1553162.00/cwt162.00–162.008964

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.