Sale reports / Virginia / Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. / 2023-12-13

Southside Livestock Markets, Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Blackstone, Virginia · Wed, Dec 13
● Final35 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2183
Receipts
76 head
98 vs last sale 174 92 vs year ago 168 · 54.8%
View

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 11, Heifers 37, Bulls 28)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $167.46/cwt on 37 head.
Average price
$167.46
37 head · 576 lb average
Value per head Derived
$965
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$360
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$63.46/cwt at this weight
vs the market
18.63
vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1534175.4693713thin
Medium and Large 2603165.3599723
Medium and Large 3515112.005771thin
One grade step is worth $63.46/cwt here — about $360 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 sale37 hd
167.46
VA average8 barns · 903 hd
186.10
−18.63
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 1385191.00/cwt191.00–191.007351
BullsMedium and Large 1580196.00/cwt196.00–196.001,1371
BullsMedium and Large 1605177.00/cwt177.00–177.001,0711
BullsMedium and Large 1735160.00/cwt160.00–160.001,1761
BullsMedium and Large 1335231.00/cwt231.00–231.007743
BullsMedium and Large 1490206.00/cwt206.00–206.001,0093
SteersMedium and Large 2740178.00/cwt178.00–178.001,3171
SteersMedium and Large 3315215.00/cwt215.00–215.006771
SteersSmall 1645160.00/cwt160.00–160.001,0321
SteersMedium and Large 3470202.00/cwt202.00–202.009491
HeifersMedium and Large 2569175.51/cwt173.00–178.009998
SteersMedium and Large 1728180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,3102
SteersSmall 1675185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,2491
SteersMedium and Large 2538209.00/cwt209.00–209.001,1242
SteersMedium and Large 2490216.00/cwt216.00–216.001,0581
HeifersMedium and Large 2635161.54/cwt161.00–162.001,02613
SteersMedium and Large 2355220.00/cwt220.00–220.007811
HeifersMedium and Large 1558178.00/cwt178.00–178.009932
HeifersMedium and Large 1633158.02/cwt152.00–164.001,0002
HeifersMedium and Large 2330150.00/cwt150.00–150.004951
HeifersMedium and Large 1723151.00/cwt151.00–151.001,0922
BullsMedium and Large 2540193.00/cwt193.00–193.001,0421
HeifersMedium and Large 1447188.00/cwt188.00–188.008403
BullsMedium and Large 2728160.00/cwt160.00–160.001,1652
HeifersMedium and Large 1372192.98/cwt191.00–194.007183
HeifersMedium and Large 1655164.00/cwt164.00–164.001,0741
HeifersMedium and Large 2735149.00/cwt149.00–149.001,0951
BullsMedium and Large 2580185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,0731
HeifersMedium and Large 3515112.00/cwt112.00–112.005771
BullsMedium and Large 2370231.00/cwt231.00–231.008551
BullsMedium and Large 2445170.00/cwt170.00–170.007571
BullsMedium and Large 1441202.79/cwt160.00–217.008944
BullsMedium and Large 2632173.00/cwt173.00–173.001,0935
BullsMedium and Large 2485212.00/cwt212.00–212.001,0282
BullsSmall 1435186.00/cwt186.00–186.008091

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.