Name: Springlake Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2021-05-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-05-15

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 64, Heifers 136, Bulls 104)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $128.13/cwt on 130 head.

Average price

$128.13

130 head · 493 lb average

Value per head Derived

$632

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$9

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

$5.75/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.48

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	480	131.45	631	55
Medium and Large 3	485	125.71	610	21
Medium and Large 1	509	125.69	640	54

One grade step is worth $5.75/cwt here — about −$9 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 sale130 hd

128.13

—

VA average10 barns · 1,477 hd

123.65

+4.48

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

39 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	—	350	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	578	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	655	110.70/cwt	104.00–113.00	725	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	581	126.39/cwt	110.00–128.50	734	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	421	136.03/cwt	127.00–137.00	573	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	502	137.50/cwt	137.50–137.50	690	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	449	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	593	21
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	481	132.25/cwt	126.00–133.00	636	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	581	123.04/cwt	115.00–124.00	715	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	534	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	684	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	453	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	600	17
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	549	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	774	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	365	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	562	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	680	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	700	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	375	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	548	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	622	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	809	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	462	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	578	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	438	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	631	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	524	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	655	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	553	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	830	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	456	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	643	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	710	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	817	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	541	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	622	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	441	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	573	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	378	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	499	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	468	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	576	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	369	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	517	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	623	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	729	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	640	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	704	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	650	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	683	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	510	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	673	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	634	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	881	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	534	121.50/cwt	121.50–121.50	649	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	795	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	795	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	427	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	589	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	460	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	644	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	356	143.25/cwt	143.25–143.25	510	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	752	118.01/cwt	110.00–122.00	887	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	420	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	546	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	642	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	745	6

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 15, 2021

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

Receipts 304Last week 533Year ago 439

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 64, Heifers 136, Bulls 104)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	350	165.00	165.00
4	—	655	104.00–113.00	110.70
9	—	581	110.00–128.50	126.39
10	—	421	127.00–137.00	136.03
15	—	502	137.50	137.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	481	126.00–133.00	132.25
9	—	581	115.00–124.00	123.04
2	—	365	154.00	154.00
1	—	680	103.00	103.00
3	—	640	110.00	110.00
7	—	427	138.00	138.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	438	144.00	144.00
7	—	541	115.00	115.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	449	132.00	132.00
2	—	468	123.00	123.00
4	—	369	140.00	140.00
11	—	623	117.00	117.00
15	—	534	121.50	121.50
1	—	795	100.00	100.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	534	128.00	128.00
17	—	453	132.50	132.50
12	—	356	143.25	143.25
1	—	420	130.00	130.00
6	—	642	116.00	116.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	524	125.00	125.00
4	—	441	130.00	130.00
5	—	378	132.00	132.00
2	—	650	105.00	105.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	549	141.00	141.00
2	—	375	146.00	146.00
3	—	622	130.00	130.00
6	—	460	140.00	140.00
3	—	752	110.00–122.00	118.01
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	462	125.00	125.00
1	—	510	132.00	132.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	553	150.00	150.00
7	—	456	141.00	141.00
3	—	710	115.00	115.00
4	—	634	139.00	139.00

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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