Sale reports / Virginia / Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. / 2023-12-20

Southside Livestock Markets, Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Blackstone, Virginia · Wed, Dec 20
● Final23 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2183
Receipts
55 head
21 vs last sale 76 113 vs year ago 168 · 67.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 5, Heifers 16, Bulls 34)

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $227.30/cwt on 34 head.
Average price
$227.30
34 head · 427 lb average
Value per head Derived
$970
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$86
per head · Small 1 over Medium and Large 1
$16.70/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+16.07
vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Small 1435243.001,0571thin
Medium and Large 2398232.009243thin
Medium and Large 1429226.3097130
One grade step is worth $16.70/cwt here — about $86 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 sale34 hd
227.30
VA average9 barns · 454 hd
211.23
+16.07
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

23 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
HeifersMedium and Large 2665142.00/cwt142.00–142.009441
HeifersMedium and Large 1525185.00/cwt185.00–185.009712
HeifersMedium and Large 3590165.00/cwt165.00–165.009741
HeifersMedium and Large 1450199.00/cwt199.00–199.008962
BullsMedium and Large 2505219.00/cwt219.00–219.001,1061
BullsMedium and Large 2300238.00/cwt238.00–238.007141
HeifersSmall 1505170.00/cwt170.00–170.008591
BullsMedium and Large 2390239.00/cwt239.00–239.009321
HeifersMedium and Large 3430192.00/cwt192.00–192.008261
HeifersSmall 1475170.00/cwt170.00–170.008081
HeifersMedium and Large 2338210.00/cwt210.00–210.007103
HeifersMedium and Large 2440203.00/cwt203.00–203.008932
HeifersMedium and Large 2520185.00/cwt185.00–185.009621
SteersMedium and Large 1580195.00/cwt195.00–195.001,1312
SteersMedium and Large 1615190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,1691
SteersMedium and Large 2758179.00/cwt179.00–179.001,3572
HeifersSmall 1335200.00/cwt200.00–200.006701
BullsSmall 1435243.00/cwt243.00–243.001,0571
BullsMedium and Large 1412228.67/cwt226.00–237.0094221
BullsMedium and Large 1345238.00/cwt238.00–238.008214
BullsMedium and Large 1472225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,0623
BullsMedium and Large 1795190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,5111
BullsMedium and Large 1630170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,0711

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.