Name: Springlake Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2021-03-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-03-27

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 127, Heifers 224, Bulls 152)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $130.25/cwt on 187 head.

Average price

$130.25

187 head · 484 lb average

Value per head Derived

$630

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$82

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

$14.64/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.88

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	475	135.45	644	73
Medium and Large 1	507	131.53	667	65
Medium and Large 3	465	120.81	561	49

One grade step is worth $14.64/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 sale187 hd

130.25

—

VA average7 barns · 1,345 hd

126.37

+3.88

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 2	—	492	139.50/cwt	139.50–139.50	686	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	422	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	650	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	351	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	586	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	652	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	848	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	562	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	776	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	645	144.75/cwt	144.75–144.75	934	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	541	131.90/cwt	126.00–132.50	714	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	456	136.75/cwt	136.75–136.75	624	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	630	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	737	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	361	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	502	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	753	108.01/cwt	105.00–111.00	813	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	451	152.06/cwt	142.00–153.00	686	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	363	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	595	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	745	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	939	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	545	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	877	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	345	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	486	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	493	138.50/cwt	138.50–138.50	683	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	415	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	668	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	572	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	795	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	342	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	581	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	645	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	813	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	405	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	514	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	630	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	888	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	344	168.31/cwt	163.00–170.00	579	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	440	153.69/cwt	150.00–154.00	676	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	631	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	732	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	352	140.50/cwt	140.50–140.50	495	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	545	133.15/cwt	120.00–133.75	726	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	461	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	641	26
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	531	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	876	16
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	742	127.37/cwt	123.00–129.50	945	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	534	128.98/cwt	125.00–130.00	689	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	472	148.95/cwt	143.00–150.00	703	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	360	124.24/cwt	124.00–127.00	447	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	537	116.03/cwt	113.00–116.50	623	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	441	125.50/cwt	125.50–125.50	553	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	654	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	706	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	400	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	580	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	640	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	858	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	725	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	841	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	463	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	676	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	523	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	680	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 Mar 27, 2021

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

Receipts 503Last week 444Year ago 267

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 127, Heifers 224, Bulls 152)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	492	139.50	139.50
11	—	422	154.00	154.00
7	—	351	167.00	167.00
5	—	652	130.00	130.00
5	—	562	138.00	138.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	493	138.50	138.50
11	—	415	161.00	161.00
10	—	572	139.00	139.00
5	—	342	170.00	170.00
1	—	645	126.00	126.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	534	125.00–130.00	128.98
14	—	472	143.00–150.00	148.95
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	645	144.75	144.75
12	—	451	142.00–153.00	152.06
2	—	363	164.00	164.00
1	—	745	126.00	126.00
23	—	545	161.00	161.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	630	141.00	141.00
8	—	344	163.00–170.00	168.31
12	—	440	150.00–154.00	153.69
16	—	531	165.00	165.00
3	—	742	123.00–129.50	127.37
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	400	145.00	145.00
1	—	640	134.00	134.00
1	—	725	116.00	116.00
3	—	463	146.00	146.00
3	—	523	130.00	130.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	541	126.00–132.50	131.90
22	—	456	136.75	136.75
10	—	630	117.00	117.00
8	—	361	139.00	139.00
2	—	753	105.00–111.00	108.01
1	—	345	141.00	141.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	405	127.00	127.00
6	—	631	116.00	116.00
17	—	352	140.50	140.50
23	—	545	120.00–133.75	133.15
26	—	461	139.00	139.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	360	124.00–127.00	124.24
15	—	537	113.00–116.50	116.03
16	—	441	125.50	125.50
4	—	654	108.00	108.00

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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