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 3413168.00/cwt168.00–168.006943
HeifersMedium and Large 3343175.00/cwt175.00–175.006003
HeifersMedium and Large 1375175.00/cwt175.00–175.006561
BullsSmall 1625147.00/cwt147.00–147.009192
BullsMedium and Large 2670170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,1391
BullsMedium and Large 2333228.00/cwt228.00–228.007592
HeifersSmall 1540156.00/cwt156.00–156.008421
HeifersMedium and Large 3535162.00/cwt162.00–162.008671
BullsMedium and Large 2530216.00/cwt216.00–216.001,1451
BullsMedium and Large 2487227.00/cwt227.00–227.001,1053
HeifersMedium and Large 1558201.00/cwt201.00–201.001,1225
HeifersSmall 1680158.00/cwt158.00–158.001,0741
SteersMedium and Large 1663208.00/cwt208.00–208.001,3792
SteersMedium and Large 1475242.00/cwt242.00–242.001,1502
HeifersMedium and Large 3660161.00/cwt161.00–161.001,0631
HeifersMedium and Large 3555165.00/cwt165.00–165.009161
SteersMedium and Large 1585221.00/cwt221.00–221.001,2931
HeifersMedium and Large 2440160.00/cwt160.00–160.007041
HeifersMedium and Large 1443185.00/cwt185.00–185.008204
HeifersMedium and Large 1633176.00/cwt176.00–176.001,1145
SteersSmall 1365167.00/cwt167.00–167.006101
SteersMedium and Large 2420172.00/cwt172.00–172.007221
BullsMedium and Large 2395225.00/cwt225.00–225.008892
BullsMedium and Large 1563215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,2105
BullsMedium and Large 1626183.63/cwt168.00–189.001,1504
BullsMedium and Large 1381224.68/cwt223.00–228.008564
BullsMedium and Large 1718156.00/cwt156.00–156.001,1202
BullsMedium and Large 1465222.00/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.