Sale reports / Virginia / Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. / 2024-01-17

Southside Livestock Markets, Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Blackstone, Virginia · Wed, Jan 17
● Final27 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2183
Receipts
50 head
29 vs last sale 21 123 vs year ago 173 · 71.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 14, Heifers 19, Bulls 17)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $185.84/cwt on 19 head.
Average price
$185.84
19 head · 484 lb average
Value per head Derived
$900
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$201
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 1
$28.75/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.97
vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2515187.759678thin
Medium and Large 3435187.0081310thin
Medium and Large 1735159.001,1691thin
One grade step is worth $28.75/cwt here — about −$201 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 sale19 hd
185.84
VA average8 barns · 919 hd
184.87
+0.97
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

27 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 1490237.00/cwt237.00–237.001,1611
BullsMedium and Large 1668157.72/cwt138.00–177.001,0542
BullsMedium and Large 1746169.00/cwt169.00–169.001,2614
BullsMedium and Large 2400225.00/cwt225.00–225.009001
BullsMedium and Large 2500232.00/cwt232.00–232.001,1601
BullsMedium and Large 2315220.00/cwt220.00–220.006931
HeifersMedium and Large 3353175.00/cwt175.00–175.006182
SteersMedium and Large 1613237.00/cwt237.00–237.001,4532
SteersMedium and Large 1468254.00/cwt254.00–254.001,1893
HeifersMedium and Large 2380175.00/cwt175.00–175.006651
HeifersMedium and Large 2453197.00/cwt197.00–197.008922
HeifersMedium and Large 3538180.00/cwt180.00–180.009682
SteersMedium and Large 2640230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,4723
SteersMedium and Large 1395220.00/cwt220.00–220.008691
SteersMedium and Large 1510250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,2751
BullsMedium and Large 2649180.50/cwt180.50–180.501,1714
BullsMedium and Large 2595223.00/cwt223.00–223.001,3271
BullsMedium and Large 2670180.50/cwt180.50–180.501,2091
SteersMedium and Large 2735212.00/cwt212.00–212.001,5581
SteersMedium and Large 2548249.00/cwt249.00–249.001,3652
SteersMedium and Large 3405240.00/cwt240.00–240.009721
BullsMedium and Large 2760169.00/cwt169.00–169.001,2841
HeifersMedium and Large 1735159.00/cwt159.00–159.001,1691
HeifersMedium and Large 2554192.00/cwt192.00–192.001,0644
HeifersMedium and Large 3420195.00/cwt195.00–195.008195
HeifersMedium and Large 2620165.00/cwt165.00–165.001,0231
HeifersMedium and Large 3465185.00/cwt185.00–185.008601

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.