Name: Springlake Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2021-05-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-05-29

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 74, Heifers 117, Bulls 70)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $125.42/cwt on 109 head.

Average price

$125.42

109 head · 514 lb average

Value per head Derived

$645

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$27

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

$12.02/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.52

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	447	130.00	582	32
Medium and Large 1	547	124.54	681	65
Medium and Large 3	516	117.98	608	12thin

One grade step is worth $12.02/cwt here — about −$27 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 sale109 hd

125.42

—

VA average7 barns · 971 hd

121.90

+3.52

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

36 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	—	505	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	621	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	588	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	700	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	680	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	802	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	480	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	672	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	415	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	598	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	372	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	510	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	735	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	941	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	463	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	690	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	647	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	899	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	554	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	809	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	725	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	732	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	622	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	734	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	458	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	614	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	548	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	685	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	535	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	669	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	363	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	588	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	330	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	541	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	673	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	821	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	484	138.34/cwt	133.00–140.00	670	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	578	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	717	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	429	139.69/cwt	137.00–140.00	599	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	605	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	720	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	368	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	585	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	466	146.50/cwt	146.50–146.50	683	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	523	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	664	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	366	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	487	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	450	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	590	15
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	400	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	552	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	520	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	660	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	550	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	765	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	525	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	630	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	465	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	628	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	630	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	699	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	425	123.19/cwt	122.00–127.00	524	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	551	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	639	7
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	515	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	628	1

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 29, 2021

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

Receipts 261Last week 306Year ago 298

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 74, Heifers 117, Bulls 70)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	505	123.00	123.00
3	—	588	119.00	119.00
3	—	680	118.00	118.00
7	—	480	140.00	140.00
10	—	415	144.00	144.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	330	164.00	164.00
2	—	673	122.00	122.00
4	—	484	133.00–140.00	138.34
5	—	578	124.00	124.00
10	—	429	137.00–140.00	139.69
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	525	120.00	120.00
6	—	465	135.00	135.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	372	137.00	137.00
4	—	725	101.00	101.00
6	—	622	118.00	118.00
8	—	458	134.00	134.00
44	—	548	125.00	125.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	605	119.00	119.00
4	—	523	127.00	127.00
10	—	366	133.00	133.00
15	—	450	131.00	131.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	630	111.00	111.00
4	—	425	122.00–127.00	123.19
7	—	551	116.00	116.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	735	128.00	128.00
9	—	463	149.00	149.00
14	—	647	139.00	139.00
19	—	554	146.00	146.00
1	—	535	125.00	125.00
2	—	363	162.00	162.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	368	159.00	159.00
10	—	466	146.50	146.50
1	—	400	138.00	138.00
1	—	520	127.00	127.00
1	—	550	139.00	139.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	515	122.00	122.00

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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