Name: Springlake Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2021-02-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-02-13

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 61, Heifers 39, Bulls 2)

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $131.19/cwt on 61 head.

Average price

$131.19

61 head · 712 lb average

Value per head Derived

$934

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$369

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

$13.38/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−8.34

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 3	465	140.00	651	1thin
Medium and Large 2	486	138.44	673	8thin
Medium and Large 1-2	619	138.00	854	15thin
Medium and Large 1	806	126.62	1,020	37

One grade step is worth $13.38/cwt here — about −$369 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 sale61 hd

131.19

—

VA average6 barns · 489 hd

139.53

−8.34

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

19 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	500	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	635	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	620	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	732	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	635	122.15/cwt	106.00–125.00	776	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	798	128.25/cwt	128.25–128.25	1,023	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	719	116.50/cwt	116.50–116.50	838	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	563	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	614	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	410	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	541	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	894	116.50/cwt	116.50–116.50	1,042	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	445	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	490	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	574	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	712	6
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	465	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	651	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	545	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	632	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	795	87.50/cwt	87.50–87.50	696	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	590	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	802	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	495	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	708	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	619	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	854	15
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	510	117.50/cwt	117.50–117.50	599	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	810	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	964	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	470	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	559	1

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 Feb 13, 2021

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

Receipts 102Last week 308Year ago 463

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 61, Heifers 39, Bulls 2)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	500	127.00	127.00
1	—	620	118.00	118.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	635	106.00–125.00	122.15
7	—	719	116.50	116.50
2	—	563	109.00	109.00
1	—	470	119.00	119.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	445	110.00	110.00
1	—	545	116.00	116.00
1	—	795	87.50	87.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	574	124.00	124.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	798	128.25	128.25
5	—	894	116.50	116.50
1	—	590	136.00	136.00
1	—	810	119.00	119.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	410	132.00	132.00
6	—	495	143.00	143.00
1	—	510	117.50	117.50
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	465	140.00	140.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	619	138.00	138.00

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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