Name: Springlake Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2021-03-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-03-20

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 94, Holstein Steers 99, Heifers 165, Bulls 86)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $129.45/cwt on 146 head.

Average price

$129.45

146 head · 485 lb average

Value per head Derived

$628

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$73

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

$3.44/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+6.31

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	488	130.57	638	84
Medium and Large 1	501	128.36	644	40
Medium and Large 3	444	127.14	565	22

One grade step is worth $3.44/cwt here — about $73 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 sale146 hd

129.45

—

VA average12 barns · 2,997 hd

123.14

+6.31

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

43 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	468	131.32/cwt	130.00–131.50	615	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	431	130.50/cwt	130.50–130.50	562	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	647	143.28/cwt	134.00–147.00	927	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	710	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	987	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	720	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	965	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	628	120.50/cwt	120.50–120.50	757	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	375	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	626	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	545	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	796	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	549	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	878	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	340	165.64/cwt	157.00–167.00	563	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	718	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	811	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	475	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	656	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	610	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	714	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	555	124.56/cwt	122.00–124.75	691	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	462	155.50/cwt	155.50–155.50	718	13
Dairy Steers	Large 2-3	—	856	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	822	11
Dairy Steers	Large 2-3	—	349	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	419	10
Dairy Steers	Large 2-3	—	743	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	795	19
Dairy Steers	Large 2-3	—	462	121.41/cwt	116.00–124.50	561	17
Dairy Steers	Large 2-3	—	648	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	739	16
Dairy Steers	Large 2-3	—	560	123.94/cwt	116.00–125.00	694	26
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	466	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	732	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	540	126.25/cwt	126.25–126.25	682	29
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	373	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	604	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	583	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	787	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	665	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	745	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	416	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	649	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	452	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	588	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	451	134.75/cwt	134.75–134.75	608	34
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	640	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	947	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	513	142.57/cwt	129.00–145.00	731	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	494	145.63/cwt	140.00–146.00	719	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	346	139.76/cwt	135.00–140.50	484	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	432	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	639	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	537	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	628	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	563	165.50/cwt	165.50–165.50	932	16
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	520	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	733	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	366	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	501	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	346	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	446	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	320	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	522	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	560	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	750	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	654	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	752	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	417	159.50/cwt	159.50–159.50	665	11

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 20, 2021

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

Receipts 444Last week 925Year ago 176

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 94, Holstein Steers 99, Heifers 165, Bulls 86)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	468	130.00–131.50	131.32
2	—	718	113.00	113.00
1	—	610	117.00	117.00
15	—	555	122.00–124.75	124.56
6	—	366	137.00	137.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	431	130.50	130.50
8	—	628	120.50	120.50
29	—	540	126.25	126.25
34	—	451	134.75	134.75
7	—	346	135.00–140.50	139.76
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	665	112.00	112.00
12	—	452	130.00	130.00
3	—	537	117.00	117.00
6	—	346	129.00	129.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	647	134.00–147.00	143.28
4	—	720	134.00	134.00
3	—	375	167.00	167.00
10	—	549	160.00	160.00
13	—	462	155.50	155.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	710	139.00	139.00
1	—	545	146.00	146.00
12	—	466	157.00	157.00
4	—	373	162.00	162.00
7	—	640	148.00	148.00
16	—	563	165.50	165.50
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	520	141.00	141.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	340	157.00–167.00	165.64
1	—	475	138.00	138.00
10	—	583	135.00	135.00
5	—	416	156.00	156.00
7	—	513	129.00–145.00	142.57
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	494	140.00–146.00	145.63
1	—	320	163.00	163.00
2	—	560	134.00	134.00
4	—	654	115.00	115.00
11	—	417	159.50	159.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	432	148.00	148.00
Dairy Steers — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	856	96.00	96.00
10	—	349	120.00	120.00
19	—	743	107.00	107.00
17	—	462	116.00–124.50	121.41
16	—	648	114.00	114.00
26	—	560	116.00–125.00	123.94

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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