Sale reports / Virginia / Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. / 2024-01-03

Southside Livestock Markets, Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Blackstone, Virginia · Wed, Jan 3
● Final28 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2183
Receipts
61 head
▲ 6 vs last sale 55▼ 36 vs year ago 97 · −37.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 7, Heifers 27, Bulls 27)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $177.44/cwt on 27 head.
Average price
$177.44
27 head · 510 lb average
Value per head Derived
$906
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$51
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 1
$29.67/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.00
vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1540186.671,00815thin
Medium and Large 3446168.567539thin
Medium and Large 2440160.007041thin
Small 1610157.009582thin
One grade step is worth $29.67/cwt here — about $51 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 sale27 hd
177.44
—
VA average1 barns · 27 hd
177.44
+0.00
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

28 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 3—413168.00/cwt168.00–168.006943
HeifersMedium and Large 3—343175.00/cwt175.00–175.006003
HeifersMedium and Large 1—375175.00/cwt175.00–175.006561
BullsSmall 1—625147.00/cwt147.00–147.009192
BullsMedium and Large 2—670170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,1391
BullsMedium and Large 2—333228.00/cwt228.00–228.007592
HeifersSmall 1—540156.00/cwt156.00–156.008421
HeifersMedium and Large 3—535162.00/cwt162.00–162.008671
BullsMedium and Large 2—530216.00/cwt216.00–216.001,1451
BullsMedium and Large 2—487227.00/cwt227.00–227.001,1053
HeifersMedium and Large 1—558201.00/cwt201.00–201.001,1225
HeifersSmall 1—680158.00/cwt158.00–158.001,0741
SteersMedium and Large 1—663208.00/cwt208.00–208.001,3792
SteersMedium and Large 1—475242.00/cwt242.00–242.001,1502
HeifersMedium and Large 3—660161.00/cwt161.00–161.001,0631
HeifersMedium and Large 3—555165.00/cwt165.00–165.009161
SteersMedium and Large 1—585221.00/cwt221.00–221.001,2931
HeifersMedium and Large 2—440160.00/cwt160.00–160.007041
HeifersMedium and Large 1—443185.00/cwt185.00–185.008204
HeifersMedium and Large 1—633176.00/cwt176.00–176.001,1145
SteersSmall 1—365167.00/cwt167.00–167.006101
SteersMedium and Large 2—420172.00/cwt172.00–172.007221
BullsMedium and Large 2—395225.00/cwt225.00–225.008892
BullsMedium and Large 1—563215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,2105
BullsMedium and Large 1—626183.63/cwt168.00–189.001,1504
BullsMedium and Large 1—381224.68/cwt223.00–228.008564
BullsMedium and Large 1—718156.00/cwt156.00–156.001,1202
BullsMedium and Large 1—465222.00/cwt222.00–222.001,0321

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.