Name: Springlake Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2021-04-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-04-10

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 90, Heifers 231, Bulls 113)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $134.53/cwt on 196 head.

Average price

$134.53

196 head · 500 lb average

Value per head Derived

$672

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$44

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

$9.20/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.33

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	481	137.12	659	95
Medium and Large 1	529	133.38	706	77
Medium and Large 3	481	127.92	615	24

One grade step is worth $9.20/cwt here — about $44 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 sale196 hd

134.53

—

VA average10 barns · 2,574 hd

133.20

+1.33

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

38 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	—	635	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	826	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	346	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	640	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	506	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	703	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	425	159.50/cwt	159.50–159.50	678	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	571	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	742	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	745	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	894	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	495	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	653	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	541	134.75/cwt	134.75–134.75	729	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	743	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	1,018	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	344	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	623	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	442	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	592	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	630	146.52/cwt	143.00–147.00	923	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	447	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	729	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	535	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	851	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	356	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	506	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	643	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	823	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	375	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	604	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	630	130.50/cwt	130.00–131.00	822	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	494	147.50/cwt	147.50–147.50	729	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	563	143.67/cwt	142.00–144.00	809	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	434	163.33/cwt	154.00–164.50	709	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	540	137.68/cwt	131.00–138.25	743	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	465	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	618	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	445	161.33/cwt	153.00–162.00	718	13
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	745	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	1,028	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	539	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	889	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	700	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	847	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	449	136.75/cwt	136.75–136.75	614	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	654	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	844	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	355	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	511	15
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	628	150.50/cwt	150.50–150.50	945	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	355	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	639	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	544	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	675	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	351	135.57/cwt	135.00–140.00	476	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	745	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	834	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	635	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	730	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	441	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	679	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	455	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	601	4

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 10, 2021

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

Receipts 434Last week 366Year ago 191

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 90, Heifers 231, Bulls 113)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	635	130.00	130.00
6	—	346	185.00	185.00
8	—	506	139.00	139.00
11	—	425	159.50	159.50
14	—	571	130.00	130.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	375	161.00	161.00
2	—	630	130.00–131.00	130.50
9	—	494	147.50	147.50
6	—	563	142.00–144.00	143.67
9	—	434	154.00–164.50	163.33
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	441	154.00	154.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	745	120.00	120.00
1	—	495	132.00	132.00
38	—	541	134.75	134.75
18	—	442	134.00	134.00
5	—	356	142.00	142.00
12	—	643	128.00	128.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	540	131.00–138.25	137.68
3	—	465	133.00	133.00
1	—	700	121.00	121.00
42	—	449	136.75	136.75
9	—	654	129.00	129.00
15	—	355	144.00	144.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	544	124.00	124.00
9	—	351	135.00–140.00	135.57
2	—	745	112.00	112.00
2	—	635	115.00	115.00
4	—	455	132.00	132.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	743	137.00	137.00
4	—	344	181.00	181.00
8	—	630	143.00–147.00	146.52
10	—	447	163.00	163.00
18	—	535	159.00	159.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	445	153.00–162.00	161.33
2	—	745	138.00	138.00
9	—	539	165.00	165.00
3	—	628	150.50	150.50
4	—	355	180.00	180.00

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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