Name: Springlake Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2021-01-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-01-16

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 102, Heifers 175, Bulls 156)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $114.58/cwt on 144 head.

Average price

$114.58

144 head · 483 lb average

Value per head Derived

$554

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$82

per head · Medium and Large 3 over Medium and Large 1

$2.55/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.13

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 3	411	116.35	478	10thin
Medium and Large 2	484	115.61	559	48
Medium and Large 1	492	113.80	560	86

One grade step is worth $2.55/cwt here — about −$82 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 sale144 hd

114.58

—

VA average8 barns · 2,135 hd

116.72

−2.13

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

45 lots · USDA AMS · Springlake Graded Feeder Cattle Sale - Moneta, VA

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	445	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	570	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	713	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	606	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	583	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	624	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	444	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	528	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	461	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	549	21
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	575	117.50/cwt	117.50–117.50	676	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	328	166.48/cwt	164.00–169.00	546	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	632	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	626	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	385	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	489	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	775	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	853	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	650	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	618	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	342	158.14/cwt	158.00–159.00	541	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	430	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	619	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	529	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	566	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	556	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	584	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	641	121.50/cwt	121.50–121.50	779	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	500	130.25/cwt	130.25–130.25	651	21
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	584	116.09/cwt	111.00–117.50	678	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	424	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	619	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	656	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	748	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	349	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	562	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	493	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	601	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	530	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	625	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	436	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	549	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	755	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	687	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	650	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	618	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	348	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	445	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	360	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	418	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	336	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	420	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	427	116.50/cwt	116.50–116.50	497	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	541	108.50/cwt	108.50–108.50	587	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	373	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	556	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	555	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	699	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	663	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	729	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	515	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	530	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	605	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	575	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	455	144.89/cwt	136.00–147.00	659	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	650	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	728	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	528	140.50/cwt	140.50–140.50	742	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	440	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	497	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	504	128.02/cwt	116.00–129.00	645	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	380	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	464	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	559	126.42/cwt	115.00–132.00	707	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	363	135.77/cwt	134.00–146.00	493	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	440	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	616	2

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.

Virginia feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Springlake Graded Feeder Cattle Sale - Moneta, VA

Sat Jan 16, 2021

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Richmond, VA (LS-RH)

Receipts 433Last week 679Year ago 385

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 102, Heifers 175, Bulls 156)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	445	128.00	128.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	328	164.00–169.00	166.48
3	—	559	115.00–132.00	126.42
2	—	440	140.00	140.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	775	110.00	110.00
15	—	641	121.50	121.50
2	—	373	149.00	149.00
2	—	555	126.00	126.00
11	—	455	136.00–147.00	144.89
6	—	650	112.00	112.00
12	—	528	140.50	140.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	713	85.00	85.00
2	—	583	107.00	107.00
34	—	444	119.00	119.00
6	—	632	99.00	99.00
1	—	385	127.00	127.00
3	—	755	91.00	91.00
1	—	650	95.00	95.00
13	—	348	128.00	128.00
24	—	541	108.50	108.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	461	119.00	119.00
3	—	650	95.00	95.00
11	—	529	107.00	107.00
5	—	556	105.00	105.00
1	—	440	113.00	113.00
7	—	363	134.00–146.00	135.77
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	360	116.00	116.00
4	—	336	125.00	125.00
3	—	427	116.50	116.50
1	—	515	103.00	103.00
1	—	605	95.00	95.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	575	117.50	117.50
7	—	342	158.00–159.00	158.14
11	—	430	144.00	144.00
2	—	663	110.00	110.00
14	—	504	116.00–129.00	128.02
1	—	380	122.00	122.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	500	130.25	130.25
18	—	584	111.00–117.50	116.09
13	—	424	146.00	146.00
12	—	656	114.00	114.00
11	—	349	161.00	161.00
3	—	493	122.00	122.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	530	118.00	118.00
4	—	436	126.00	126.00

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.

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