Name: Springlake Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2021-04-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-04-24

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 115, Heifers 205, Bulls 169)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $131.27/cwt on 180 head.

Average price

$131.27

180 head · 489 lb average

Value per head Derived

$641

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$29

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

$8.88/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.60

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	464	135.23	628	71
Medium and Large 1	521	129.95	677	71
Medium and Large 3	474	126.36	599	38

One grade step is worth $8.88/cwt here — about $29 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 sale180 hd

131.27

—

VA average10 barns · 2,266 hd

131.88

−0.60

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	—	515	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	659	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	351	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	607	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	653	125.44/cwt	110.00–128.00	819	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	568	137.50/cwt	137.50–137.50	781	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	425	153.16/cwt	135.00–154.00	651	23
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	498	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	682	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	559	146.50/cwt	146.50–146.50	819	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	449	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	718	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	366	140.50/cwt	140.50–140.50	514	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	456	134.51/cwt	121.00–135.00	613	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	650	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	754	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	491	139.50/cwt	139.50–139.50	685	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	384	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	630	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	642	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	751	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	728	125.36/cwt	122.00–126.00	913	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	356	138.60/cwt	132.00–139.00	493	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	629	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	874	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	550	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	693	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	549	130.50/cwt	130.50–130.50	716	20
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	533	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	773	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	547	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	678	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	423	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	668	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	536	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	729	16
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	545	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	758	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	542	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	661	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	680	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	755	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	580	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	818	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	485	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	650	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	452	136.76/cwt	130.00–137.00	618	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	441	128.50/cwt	128.50–128.50	567	17
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	624	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	842	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	379	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	504	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	592	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	799	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	449	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	611	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	628	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	829	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	447	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	697	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	345	174.78/cwt	168.00–177.00	603	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	350	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	595	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	465	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	670	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	398	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	537	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	746	115.50/cwt	115.50–115.50	862	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 24, 2021

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

Receipts 489Last week 542Year ago 376

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 115, Heifers 205, Bulls 169)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	515	128.00	128.00
4	—	351	173.00	173.00
7	—	653	110.00–128.00	125.44
17	—	568	137.50	137.50
23	—	425	135.00–154.00	153.16
24	—	498	137.00	137.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	491	139.50	139.50
17	—	423	158.00	158.00
9	—	592	135.00	135.00
2	—	628	132.00	132.00
12	—	345	168.00–177.00	174.78
2	—	398	135.00	135.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	547	124.00	124.00
9	—	449	136.00	136.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	559	146.50	146.50
4	—	449	160.00	160.00
4	—	384	164.00	164.00
6	—	728	122.00–126.00	125.36
20	—	629	139.00	139.00
1	—	465	144.00	144.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	533	145.00	145.00
1	—	580	141.00	141.00
6	—	624	135.00	135.00
12	—	447	156.00	156.00
8	—	350	170.00	170.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	545	139.00	139.00
3	—	485	134.00	134.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	366	140.50	140.50
30	—	456	121.00–135.00	134.51
11	—	650	116.00	116.00
20	—	549	130.50	130.50
4	—	746	115.50	115.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	642	117.00	117.00
18	—	356	132.00–139.00	138.60
1	—	550	126.00	126.00
16	—	536	136.00	136.00
30	—	452	130.00–137.00	136.76
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	542	122.00	122.00
2	—	680	111.00	111.00
17	—	441	128.50	128.50
7	—	379	133.00	133.00

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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