Name: Springlake Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2021-07-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-07-10

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 97, Heifers 197, Bulls 99)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $133.34/cwt on 197 head.

Average price

$133.34

197 head · 506 lb average

Value per head Derived

$675

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$52

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

$1.94/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.34

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	495	134.47	665	76
Medium and Large 1	525	132.66	697	98
Medium and Large 3	462	132.53	613	23

One grade step is worth $1.94/cwt here — about $52 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 sale197 hd

133.34

—

VA average6 barns · 888 hd

130.00

+3.34

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

43 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	—	578	135.50/cwt	135.50–135.50	783	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	638	120.42/cwt	120.00–124.00	768	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	700	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	784	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	375	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	578	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	452	151.50/cwt	151.50–151.50	685	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	728	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	830	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	345	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	569	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	421	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	606	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	534	135.07/cwt	125.00–136.00	721	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	459	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	638	28
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	713	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	955	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	369	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	568	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	565	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	655	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	728	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	801	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	362	129.36/cwt	113.00–133.00	468	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	626	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	851	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	567	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	723	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	625	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	769	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	456	137.50/cwt	137.50–137.50	627	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	639	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	799	9
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	563	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	676	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	549	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	829	12
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	715	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	815	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	456	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	584	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	460	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	616	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	610	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	744	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	363	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	574	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	375	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	503	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	356	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	502	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	491	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	727	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	495	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	703	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	564	136.50/cwt	136.50–136.50	770	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	437	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	669	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	530	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	721	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	545	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	828	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	450	135.50/cwt	135.50–135.50	610	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	715	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	972	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	631	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	776	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	647	143.10/cwt	131.00–144.00	926	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	542	134.50/cwt	134.50–134.50	729	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	585	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	778	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	418	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	606	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	503	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	734	13

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 Jul 10, 2021

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

Receipts 393Last week 357Year ago 512

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 97, Heifers 197, Bulls 99)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	578	135.50	135.50
9	—	638	120.00–124.00	120.42
1	—	700	112.00	112.00
1	—	375	154.00	154.00
15	—	418	145.00	145.00
13	—	503	146.00	146.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	345	165.00	165.00
14	—	421	144.00	144.00
1	—	625	123.00	123.00
14	—	491	148.00	148.00
5	—	564	136.50	136.50
1	—	530	136.00	136.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	565	116.00	116.00
4	—	456	128.00	128.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	452	151.50	151.50
2	—	713	134.00	134.00
4	—	369	154.00	154.00
4	—	626	136.00	136.00
12	—	549	151.00	151.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	563	120.00	120.00
1	—	715	114.00	114.00
7	—	460	134.00	134.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	363	158.00	158.00
1	—	495	142.00	142.00
13	—	437	153.00	153.00
14	—	545	152.00	152.00
2	—	715	136.00	136.00
14	—	647	131.00–144.00	143.10
2	—	585	133.00	133.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	728	114.00	114.00
11	—	356	141.00	141.00
19	—	450	135.50	135.50
20	—	631	123.00	123.00
46	—	542	134.50	134.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	534	125.00–136.00	135.07
28	—	459	139.00	139.00
2	—	728	110.00	110.00
9	—	639	125.00	125.00
14	—	375	134.00	134.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	362	113.00–133.00	129.36
5	—	567	127.50	127.50
11	—	456	137.50	137.50
1	—	610	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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