Name: Springlake Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2021-03-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-03-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 206, Heifers 329, Bulls 253)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $130.55/cwt on 289 head.

Average price

$130.55

289 head · 491 lb average

Value per head Derived

$641

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$63

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

$6.01/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+6.10

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	473	133.95	633	122
Medium and Large 1	523	128.11	670	126
Medium and Large 3	446	127.94	571	41

One grade step is worth $6.01/cwt here — about $63 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 sale289 hd

130.55

—

VA average9 barns · 1,342 hd

124.45

+6.10

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

42 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	—	513	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	775	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	368	157.74/cwt	150.00–169.00	580	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	428	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	672	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	655	129.50/cwt	129.50–129.50	848	21
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	577	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	825	26
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	495	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	792	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	540	163.50/cwt	163.50–163.50	883	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	370	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	607	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	580	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	858	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	736	131.52/cwt	124.00–133.00	968	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	461	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	756	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	740	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	799	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	346	145.50/cwt	145.50–145.50	503	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	636	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	750	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	455	131.34/cwt	126.00–131.50	598	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	547	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	697	54
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	646	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	956	22
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	658	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	855	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	338	176.41/cwt	169.00–177.00	596	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	575	143.39/cwt	132.00–144.00	824	19
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	503	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	815	23
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	423	156.13/cwt	143.00–157.00	660	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	710	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	802	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	614	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	982	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	357	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	585	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	454	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	767	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	543	160.44/cwt	148.00–166.00	871	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	613	122.75/cwt	122.75–122.75	752	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	364	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	499	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	536	129.71/cwt	125.00–130.00	695	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	447	137.82/cwt	133.00–138.00	616	55
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	651	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	990	18
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	734	135.27/cwt	124.00–137.50	993	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	442	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	601	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	544	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	702	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	345	128.82/cwt	128.00–129.00	444	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	438	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	580	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	630	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	699	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	546	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	661	9
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	645	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	774	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	445	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	605	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	549	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	851	8

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 Mar 6, 2021

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

Receipts 788Last week 248Year ago 471

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 206, Heifers 329, Bulls 253)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	513	151.00	151.00
5	—	368	150.00–169.00	157.74
14	—	428	157.00	157.00
21	—	655	129.50	129.50
26	—	577	143.00	143.00
29	—	495	160.00	160.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	658	130.00	130.00
12	—	338	169.00–177.00	176.41
19	—	575	132.00–144.00	143.39
23	—	503	162.00	162.00
33	—	423	143.00–157.00	156.13
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	442	136.00	136.00
4	—	544	129.00	129.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
45	—	540	163.50	163.50
1	—	370	164.00	164.00
1	—	580	148.00	148.00
6	—	736	124.00–133.00	131.52
21	—	461	164.00	164.00
22	—	646	148.00	148.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	614	160.00	160.00
8	—	357	164.00	164.00
11	—	454	169.00	169.00
13	—	543	148.00–166.00	160.44
18	—	651	152.00	152.00
18	—	734	124.00–137.50	135.27
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	645	120.00	120.00
3	—	445	136.00	136.00
8	—	549	155.00	155.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	740	108.00	108.00
13	—	346	145.50	145.50
20	—	636	118.00	118.00
34	—	455	126.00–131.50	131.34
54	—	547	127.50	127.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	710	113.00	113.00
8	—	613	122.75	122.75
22	—	364	137.00	137.00
35	—	536	125.00–130.00	129.71
55	—	447	133.00–138.00	137.82
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	345	128.00–129.00	128.82
19	—	438	132.50	132.50
2	—	630	111.00	111.00
9	—	546	121.00	121.00

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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