Name: Springlake Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2021-06-26
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-06-26

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 79, Heifers 138, Bulls 140)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $127.07/cwt on 124 head.

Average price

$127.07

124 head · 505 lb average

Value per head Derived

$642

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$143

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3

$14.75/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.98

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	539	128.98	695	55
Medium and Large 2	478	128.18	612	56
Medium and Large 3	483	114.23	551	13thin

One grade step is worth $14.75/cwt here — about $143 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 sale124 hd

127.07

—

VA average6 barns · 951 hd

124.09

+2.98

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

35 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	—	533	123.42/cwt	120.00–127.00	658	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	390	138.05/cwt	128.00–140.00	538	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	496	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	689	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	592	125.50/cwt	125.50–125.50	743	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	643	118.90/cwt	114.00–119.50	765	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	395	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	474	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	466	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	643	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	540	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	689	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	330	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	508	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	733	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	953	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	370	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	518	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	613	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	772	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	552	141.50/cwt	141.50–141.50	781	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	510	133.50/cwt	133.50–133.50	681	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	625	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	925	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	545	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	692	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	728	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	757	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	566	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	804	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	466	145.31/cwt	139.50–146.50	677	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	559	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	727	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	629	124.50/cwt	124.50–124.50	783	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	441	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	648	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	630	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	756	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	370	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	407	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	450	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	596	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	428	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	488	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	423	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	588	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	452	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	560	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	358	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	537	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	448	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	600	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	315	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	328	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	710	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	753	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	357	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	428	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	635	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	876	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	548	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	652	5

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 Jun 26, 2021

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

Receipts 357Last week 537Year ago 376

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 79, Heifers 138, Bulls 140)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	533	120.00–127.00	123.42
6	—	390	128.00–140.00	138.05
9	—	496	139.00	139.00
14	—	592	125.50	125.50
18	—	643	114.00–119.50	118.90
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	370	140.00	140.00
12	—	510	133.50	133.50
7	—	559	130.00	130.00
5	—	630	120.00	120.00
13	—	423	139.00	139.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	452	124.00	124.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	395	120.00	120.00
20	—	466	138.00	138.00
21	—	540	127.50	127.50
4	—	728	104.00	104.00
9	—	629	124.50	124.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	613	126.00	126.00
20	—	545	127.00	127.00
24	—	450	132.50	132.50
9	—	357	120.00	120.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	370	110.00	110.00
5	—	428	114.00	114.00
1	—	315	104.00	104.00
1	—	710	106.00	106.00
5	—	548	119.00	119.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	330	154.00	154.00
6	—	733	130.00	130.00
10	—	552	141.50	141.50
10	—	625	148.00	148.00
6	—	466	139.50–146.50	145.31
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	566	142.00	142.00
10	—	441	147.00	147.00
2	—	358	150.00	150.00
5	—	635	138.00	138.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	448	134.00	134.00

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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