Sale reports / Virginia / Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. / 2024-01-24

Southside Livestock Markets, Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Blackstone, Virginia · Wed, Jan 24
● Final46 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2183
Receipts
140 head
90 vs last sale 50 29 vs year ago 111 · +26.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 43, Heifers 62, Bulls 35)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $203.55/cwt on 62 head.
Average price
$203.55
62 head · 523 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,066
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$126
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Small 1
$21.83/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.23
vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2496212.581,05422
Medium and Large 1594202.061,20024
Medium and Large 3446194.2586612thin
Small 1487190.759284thin
One grade step is worth $21.83/cwt here — about $126 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 sale62 hd
203.55
VA average8 barns · 883 hd
203.32
+0.23
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

46 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 1559217.36/cwt215.00–218.751,2158
SteersMedium and Large 2656241.20/cwt240.00–242.001,5825
SteersMedium and Large 2469271.59/cwt271.00–272.001,2745
HeifersMedium and Large 1811167.00/cwt167.00–167.001,3545
HeifersSmall 1595170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,0121
SteersMedium and Large 1645241.00/cwt241.00–241.001,5541
SteersMedium and Large 1530257.00/cwt257.00–257.001,3621
SteersMedium and Large 2644245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,5785
SteersMedium and Large 2805170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,3691
HeifersMedium and Large 2620175.00/cwt175.00–175.001,0851
HeifersMedium and Large 2475218.00/cwt218.00–218.001,0361
SteersMedium and Large 2564255.75/cwt252.00–257.001,4428
SteersMedium and Large 2739227.85/cwt225.00–229.001,6847
SteersMedium and Large 2522250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,3053
SteersSmall 1435197.00/cwt197.00–197.008571
SteersMedium and Large 2355256.00/cwt256.00–256.009092
SteersMedium and Large 2860175.00/cwt175.00–175.001,5051
BullsMedium and Large 1623210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,3083
BullsMedium and Large 1568234.00/cwt234.00–234.001,3293
BullsMedium and Large 1492257.00/cwt257.00–257.001,2643
BullsMedium and Large 1350244.00/cwt244.00–244.008542
BullsMedium and Large 1900140.00/cwt140.00–140.001,2601
BullsMedium and Large 1715155.00/cwt155.00–155.001,1081
HeifersMedium and Large 2522210.39/cwt202.00–218.001,0987
HeifersMedium and Large 2438213.00/cwt213.00–213.009333
HeifersMedium and Large 2368219.00/cwt219.00–219.008064
SteersMedium and Large 1925170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,5731
SteersMedium and Large 1743225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,6722
HeifersSmall 1423205.00/cwt205.00–205.008672
HeifersSmall 1505183.00/cwt183.00–183.009241
BullsMedium and Large 2723149.84/cwt145.00–155.001,0832
BullsMedium and Large 2426271.00/cwt271.00–271.001,1544
HeifersMedium and Large 1451215.50/cwt215.50–215.509727
HeifersMedium and Large 2562216.00/cwt216.00–216.001,2146
HeifersMedium and Large 3522185.00/cwt185.00–185.009663
HeifersMedium and Large 3439189.00/cwt189.00–189.008305
BullsMedium and Large 2490245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,2011
BullsMedium and Large 2820122.00/cwt122.00–122.001,0001
HeifersMedium and Large 1685185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,2671
HeifersMedium and Large 1628194.00/cwt194.00–194.001,2183
BullsMedium and Large 2611170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,0394
BullsMedium and Large 2305235.00/cwt235.00–235.007171
BullsMedium and Large 2565235.13/cwt225.00–238.501,3284
BullsMedium and Large 1421265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,1164
HeifersMedium and Large 3470189.00/cwt189.00–189.008881
HeifersMedium and Large 3373214.00/cwt214.00–214.007983

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.