Name: Springlake Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2021-04-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-04-17

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 152, Heifers 199, Bulls 191)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $133.35/cwt on 182 head.

Average price

$133.35

182 head · 495 lb average

Value per head Derived

$660

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$63

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

$3.02/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.34

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	478	134.73	644	70
Medium and Large 1	514	132.60	682	98
Medium and Large 3	441	131.71	581	14thin

One grade step is worth $3.02/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 sale182 hd

133.35

—

VA average10 barns · 2,479 hd

131.01

+2.34

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

41 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	—	654	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	870	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	347	177.50/cwt	177.50–177.50	616	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	500	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	690	19
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	415	161.94/cwt	151.00–163.00	672	23
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	574	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	804	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	375	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	529	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	551	158.50/cwt	158.50–158.50	873	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	476	164.59/cwt	152.00–166.00	783	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	345	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	538	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	715	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	822	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	540	132.11/cwt	127.50–132.50	713	38
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	505	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	651	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	372	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	610	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	339	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	607	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	762	123.21/cwt	122.00–124.00	939	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	570	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	798	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	626	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	914	26
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	645	134.50/cwt	134.50–134.50	868	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	454	131.48/cwt	131.00–131.50	597	34
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	708	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	927	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	637	128.50/cwt	128.50–128.50	819	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	440	133.99/cwt	131.50–134.50	590	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	528	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	744	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	442	162.66/cwt	154.00–164.00	719	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	498	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	687	17
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	369	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	598	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	625	117.43/cwt	117.00–121.00	734	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	541	162.50/cwt	162.50–162.50	879	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	550	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	729	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	469	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	605	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	510	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	643	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	553	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	675	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	647	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	951	9
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	453	146.99/cwt	141.00–149.00	666	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	414	164.22/cwt	145.00–167.00	680	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	445	142.59/cwt	138.00–143.00	635	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	348	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	487	6
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	510	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	724	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	555	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	783	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	355	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	529	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	515	125.02/cwt	123.00–127.00	644	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 17, 2021

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

Receipts 542Last week 434Year ago 512

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 152, Heifers 199, Bulls 191)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	654	133.00	133.00
10	—	347	177.50	177.50
19	—	500	138.00	138.00
23	—	415	151.00–163.00	161.94
26	—	574	140.00	140.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	505	129.00	129.00
9	—	339	179.00	179.00
11	—	570	140.00	140.00
5	—	645	134.50	134.50
17	—	498	138.00	138.00
16	—	414	145.00–167.00	164.22
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	445	138.00–143.00	142.59
2	—	515	123.00–127.00	125.02
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	375	141.00	141.00
6	—	345	156.00	156.00
2	—	715	115.00	115.00
38	—	540	127.50–132.50	132.11
34	—	454	131.00–131.50	131.48
16	—	637	128.50	128.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	440	131.50–134.50	133.99
9	—	625	117.00–121.00	117.43
21	—	550	132.50	132.50
1	—	510	126.00	126.00
16	—	355	149.00	149.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	469	129.00	129.00
4	—	553	122.00	122.00
6	—	348	140.00	140.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	551	158.50	158.50
10	—	476	152.00–166.00	164.59
5	—	372	164.00	164.00
5	—	762	122.00–124.00	123.21
26	—	626	146.00	146.00
2	—	528	141.00	141.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	708	131.00	131.00
15	—	442	154.00–164.00	162.66
7	—	369	162.00	162.00
14	—	541	162.50	162.50
9	—	647	147.00	147.00
1	—	555	141.00	141.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	453	141.00–149.00	146.99
1	—	510	142.00	142.00

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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