Name: Springlake Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2021-05-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-05-08

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 145, Heifers 234, Bulls 154)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $123.13/cwt on 216 head.

Average price

$123.13

216 head · 496 lb average

Value per head Derived

$611

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$64

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 1

$6.31/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.22

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	461	126.12	582	104
Medium and Large 3	473	123.41	583	17thin
Medium and Large 1	539	119.80	645	95

One grade step is worth $6.31/cwt here — about −$64 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 sale216 hd

123.13

—

VA average9 barns · 1,570 hd

122.91

+0.22

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

46 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 2	—	653	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	816	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	723	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	730	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	540	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	648	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	486	131.29/cwt	126.00–132.50	638	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	408	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	583	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	331	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	553	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	635	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	692	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	453	127.69/cwt	120.00–128.00	578	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	641	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	718	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	377	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	505	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	743	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	750	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	627	139.43/cwt	120.00–141.00	874	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	467	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	691	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	550	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	743	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	546	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	764	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	388	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	598	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	720	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	871	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	552	118.23/cwt	105.00–118.50	653	50
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	491	129.50/cwt	129.50–129.50	636	19
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	653	109.50/cwt	109.50–109.50	715	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	581	122.42/cwt	115.00–123.00	711	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	407	143.45/cwt	120.00–146.00	584	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	505	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	621	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	355	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	586	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	543	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	755	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	351	133.50/cwt	133.50–133.50	469	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	524	124.75/cwt	122.00–125.00	654	24
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	462	148.25/cwt	141.00–149.00	685	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	645	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	755	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	570	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	741	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	475	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	594	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	336	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	403	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	568	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	693	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	633	109.76/cwt	108.00–110.00	695	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	441	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	569	39
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	700	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	826	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	520	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	655	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	448	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	591	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	340	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	425	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	460	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	580	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	544	114.42/cwt	110.00–115.00	622	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	464	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	552	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	430	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	542	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	505	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	611	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	620	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	663	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	605	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	635	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 May 8, 2021

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

Receipts 533Last week 481Year ago 385

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 145, Heifers 234, Bulls 154)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	653	125.00	125.00
6	—	355	165.00	165.00
9	—	543	139.00	139.00
11	—	462	141.00–149.00	148.25
1	—	645	117.00	117.00
2	—	570	130.00	130.00
1	—	700	118.00	118.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	627	120.00–141.00	139.43
11	—	467	148.00	148.00
4	—	550	135.00	135.00
45	—	546	140.00	140.00
2	—	388	154.00	154.00
1	—	720	121.00	121.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	520	126.00	126.00
6	—	448	132.00	132.00
2	—	605	105.00	105.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	723	101.00	101.00
24	—	351	133.50	133.50
24	—	524	122.00–125.00	124.75
1	—	475	125.00	125.00
4	—	336	120.00	120.00
8	—	633	108.00–110.00	109.76
39	—	441	129.00	129.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	453	120.00–128.00	127.69
12	—	641	112.00	112.00
3	—	377	134.00	134.00
4	—	743	101.00	101.00
50	—	552	105.00–118.50	118.23
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	340	125.00	125.00
12	—	460	126.00	126.00
1	—	430	126.00	126.00
1	—	505	121.00	121.00
2	—	620	107.00	107.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	540	120.00	120.00
16	—	486	126.00–132.50	131.29
14	—	408	143.00	143.00
6	—	331	167.00	167.00
1	—	635	109.00	109.00
5	—	568	122.00	122.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	491	129.50	129.50
14	—	653	109.50	109.50
14	—	581	115.00–123.00	122.42
10	—	407	120.00–146.00	143.45
2	—	505	123.00	123.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	544	110.00–115.00	114.42
7	—	464	119.00	119.00

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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