Name: Springlake Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2021-02-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-02-20

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 17, Heifers 50, Bulls 26)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $120.18/cwt on 42 head.

Average price

$120.18

42 head · 499 lb average

Value per head Derived

$600

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$26

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3

$8.94/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.72

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	466	122.74	571	24
Medium and Large 1	569	117.92	671	13thin
Medium and Large 3	479	113.80	545	5thin

One grade step is worth $8.94/cwt here — about $26 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 sale42 hd

120.18

—

VA average8 barns · 332 hd

116.47

+3.72

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

24 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	—	375	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	548	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	430	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	624	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	658	119.50/cwt	119.50–119.50	786	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	494	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	672	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	725	102.50/cwt	102.50–102.50	743	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	472	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	581	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	648	114.75/cwt	114.75–114.75	744	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	533	120.50/cwt	120.50–120.50	642	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	740	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	925	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	458	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	692	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	545	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	790	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	623	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	835	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	468	136.50/cwt	136.50–136.50	639	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	683	114.50/cwt	114.50–114.50	782	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	585	129.50/cwt	129.50–129.50	758	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	418	145.90/cwt	136.00–150.00	610	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	623	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	704	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	359	124.99/cwt	120.00–130.00	449	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	544	120.25/cwt	120.25–120.25	654	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	444	124.50/cwt	124.50–124.50	553	13
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	538	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	775	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	620	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	825	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	535	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	615	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	442	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	499	3

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 20, 2021

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

Receipts 93Last week 102Year ago 522

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 17, Heifers 50, Bulls 26)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	375	146.00	146.00
2	—	430	145.00	145.00
2	—	658	119.50	119.50
5	—	494	136.00	136.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	468	136.50	136.50
2	—	683	114.50	114.50
3	—	585	129.50	129.50
7	—	418	136.00–150.00	145.90
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	725	102.50	102.50
3	—	472	123.00	123.00
4	—	648	114.75	114.75
5	—	533	120.50	120.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	623	113.00	113.00
4	—	359	120.00–130.00	124.99
5	—	544	120.25	120.25
13	—	444	124.50	124.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	535	115.00	115.00
3	—	442	113.00	113.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	740	125.00	125.00
5	—	458	151.00	151.00
2	—	545	145.00	145.00
2	—	623	134.00	134.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	538	144.00	144.00
2	—	620	133.00	133.00

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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