Name: Springlake Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2021-04-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-04-03

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 91, Heifers 168, Bulls 107)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $134.30/cwt on 144 head.

Average price

$134.30

144 head · 502 lb average

Value per head Derived

$674

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$70

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

$12.75/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+6.30

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	504	137.19	691	65
Medium and Large 1	500	133.81	669	63
Medium and Large 3	499	124.44	621	16thin

One grade step is worth $12.75/cwt here — about $70 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 sale144 hd

134.30

—

VA average7 barns · 1,405 hd

127.99

+6.30

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
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	708	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	956	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	642	148.89/cwt	147.50–149.00	956	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	468	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	753	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	645	126.40/cwt	124.00–127.00	815	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	716	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	881	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	370	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	507	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	563	134.75/cwt	134.75–134.75	759	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	358	159.81/cwt	148.00–164.00	572	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	669	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	856	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	480	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	682	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	567	141.39/cwt	137.00–142.00	802	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	426	155.50/cwt	155.50–155.50	662	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	410	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	541	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	325	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	566	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	405	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	583	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	578	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	913	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	372	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	610	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	453	135.50/cwt	135.50–135.50	614	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	546	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	890	28
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	651	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	846	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	413	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	681	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	584	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	812	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	340	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	612	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	493	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	695	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	460	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	603	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	419	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	691	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	547	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	892	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	735	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	875	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	343	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	489	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	623	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	797	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	448	139.75/cwt	139.75–139.75	626	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	545	139.50/cwt	139.50–139.50	760	21
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	390	156.00/cwt	150.00–162.00	608	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	445	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	672	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	568	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	744	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	695	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	806	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	790	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	845	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	358	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	490	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	436	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	558	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	528	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	639	6
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	415	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	635	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	520	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	707	2

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 Apr 3, 2021

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

Receipts 366Last week 503Year ago 391

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 91, Heifers 168, Bulls 107)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	708	135.00	135.00
13	—	642	147.50–149.00	148.89
17	—	468	161.00	161.00
1	—	325	174.00	174.00
1	—	405	144.00	144.00
2	—	578	158.00	158.00
3	—	372	164.00	164.00
28	—	546	163.00	163.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	419	165.00	165.00
6	—	547	163.00	163.00
2	—	390	150.00–162.00	156.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	415	153.00	153.00
2	—	520	136.00	136.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	645	124.00–127.00	126.40
5	—	716	123.00	123.00
11	—	370	137.00	137.00
15	—	563	134.75	134.75
1	—	410	132.00	132.00
26	—	453	135.50	135.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	460	131.00	131.00
3	—	735	119.00	119.00
10	—	343	142.50	142.50
10	—	623	128.00	128.00
20	—	448	139.75	139.75
21	—	545	139.50	139.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	695	116.00	116.00
1	—	790	107.00	107.00
2	—	358	137.00	137.00
6	—	436	128.00	128.00
6	—	528	121.00	121.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	358	148.00–164.00	159.81
5	—	669	128.00	128.00
8	—	480	142.00	142.00
8	—	567	137.00–142.00	141.39
9	—	426	155.50	155.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	651	130.00	130.00
9	—	413	165.00	165.00
9	—	584	139.00	139.00
11	—	340	180.00	180.00
11	—	493	141.00	141.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	445	151.00	151.00
2	—	568	131.00	131.00

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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