Sale reports / Virginia / Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. / 2024-01-31

Southside Livestock Markets, Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Blackstone, Virginia · Wed, Jan 31
● Final40 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2183
Receipts
122 head
18 vs last sale 140 83 vs year ago 39 · +212.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 39, Heifers 57, Bulls 26)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $206.24/cwt on 55 head.
Average price
$206.24
55 head · 526 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,086
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$702
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 1
$45.01/cwt at this weight
vs the market
16.64
vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1595212.011,26224
Medium and Large 2539205.371,10616thin
Medium and Large 3409200.1481814thin
Small 1335167.005591thin
One grade step is worth $45.01/cwt here — about $702 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 sale55 hd
206.24
VA average6 barns · 758 hd
222.88
−16.64
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

40 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 1430280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,2041
BullsMedium and Large 1550250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,3751
BullsMedium and Large 1755212.00/cwt212.00–212.001,6011
BullsMedium and Large 1740214.00/cwt214.00–214.001,5844
BullsMedium and Large 1630221.00/cwt221.00–221.001,3925
BullsMedium and Large 2494258.00/cwt258.00–258.001,2754
SteersMedium and Large 2690254.00/cwt254.00–254.001,7531
SteersMedium and Large 2626249.00/cwt249.00–249.001,5594
SteersMedium and Large 1474278.50/cwt270.00–285.001,3204
SteersMedium and Large 2545268.00/cwt268.00–268.001,4614
SteersMedium and Large 1385255.00/cwt255.00–255.009822
SteersMedium and Large 2565268.00/cwt268.00–268.001,5141
HeifersMedium and Large 3345180.00/cwt180.00–180.006211
HeifersMedium and Large 1420200.00/cwt200.00–200.008402
SteersMedium and Large 1560265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,4844
SteersMedium and Large 1672254.00/cwt254.00–254.001,7076
SteersMedium and Large 1625254.00/cwt254.00–254.001,5882
SteersMedium and Large 1823218.00/cwt218.00–218.001,7943
HeifersMedium and Large 1551227.50/cwt227.50–227.501,25412
HeifersMedium and Large 1634214.00/cwt214.00–214.001,3574
SteersSmall 1765205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,5681
SteersMedium and Large 1520265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,3782
HeifersMedium and Large 2616208.00/cwt208.00–208.001,2814
HeifersMedium and Large 2378220.00/cwt220.00–220.008322
HeifersMedium and Large 3520150.00/cwt150.00–150.007801
HeifersMedium and Large 3374207.00/cwt207.00–207.007746
SteersMedium and Large 3750200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,5002
SteersSmall 1570220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,2543
HeifersSmall 1335167.00/cwt167.00–167.005591
HeifersMedium and Large 1726180.45/cwt171.00–187.001,3105
BullsMedium and Large 2735210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,5441
BullsMedium and Large 2568250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,4202
HeifersMedium and Large 2439221.00/cwt221.00–221.009704
HeifersMedium and Large 2678130.85/cwt117.00–145.008872
BullsMedium and Large 2417264.52/cwt235.00–280.001,1033
BullsMedium and Large 2665216.00/cwt216.00–216.001,4361
BullsSmall 1495225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,1142
HeifersMedium and Large 1665200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,3301
HeifersMedium and Large 3435205.00/cwt205.00–205.008926
HeifersMedium and Large 2571217.06/cwt200.00–223.001,2394

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.