Name: Springlake Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2021-07-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-07-24

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 59, Heifers 197, Bulls 134)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $133.71/cwt on 172 head.

Average price

$133.71

172 head · 513 lb average

Value per head Derived

$686

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

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

$9.20/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+6.36

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	484	136.68	661	79
Medium and Large 1	548	133.03	728	62
Medium and Large 3	518	127.48	660	31

One grade step is worth $9.20/cwt here — about $1 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 sale172 hd

133.71

—

VA average8 barns · 1,255 hd

127.35

+6.36

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

42 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	—	315	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	583	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	627	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	784	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	415	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	639	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	575	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	762	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	500	148.77/cwt	128.00–151.50	744	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	320	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	512	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	637	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	936	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	450	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	684	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	732	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	842	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	453	133.62/cwt	128.00–134.00	605	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	642	124.90/cwt	123.00–125.00	802	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	535	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	744	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	724	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	992	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	548	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	833	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	465	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	586	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	680	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	918	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	336	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	622	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	588	137.50/cwt	137.50–137.50	809	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	500	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	720	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	420	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	634	19
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	633	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	918	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	458	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	687	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	559	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	866	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	340	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	588	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	358	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	623	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	738	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	1,004	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	593	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	723	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	718	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	833	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	628	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	791	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	364	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	531	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	446	136.50/cwt	136.50–136.50	609	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	539	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	733	24
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	455	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	637	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	510	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	663	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	475	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	608	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	553	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	686	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	549	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	697	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	624	121.50/cwt	121.50–121.50	758	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	439	133.50/cwt	133.50–133.50	586	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	385	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	485	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	440	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	594	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	513	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	616	3

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 24, 2021

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

Receipts 390Last week 358Year ago 476

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 59, Heifers 197, Bulls 134)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	315	185.00	185.00
5	—	627	125.00	125.00
13	—	415	154.00	154.00
16	—	575	132.50	132.50
26	—	500	128.00–151.50	148.77
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	465	126.00	126.00
1	—	680	135.00	135.00
4	—	336	185.00	185.00
6	—	588	137.50	137.50
9	—	500	144.00	144.00
19	—	420	151.00	151.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	455	140.00	140.00
1	—	510	130.00	130.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	320	160.00	160.00
3	—	732	115.00	115.00
16	—	453	128.00–134.00	133.62
18	—	642	123.00–125.00	124.90
23	—	535	139.00	139.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	593	122.00	122.00
2	—	718	116.00	116.00
8	—	628	126.00	126.00
19	—	364	146.00	146.00
24	—	446	136.50	136.50
24	—	539	136.00	136.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	475	128.00	128.00
2	—	553	124.00	124.00
7	—	549	127.00	127.00
8	—	624	121.50	121.50
10	—	439	133.50	133.50
2	—	385	126.00	126.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	637	147.00	147.00
1	—	450	152.00	152.00
4	—	724	137.00	137.00
8	—	548	152.00	152.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	633	145.00	145.00
5	—	458	150.00	150.00
10	—	559	155.00	155.00
1	—	340	173.00	173.00
2	—	358	174.00	174.00
2	—	738	136.00	136.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	440	135.00	135.00
3	—	513	120.00	120.00

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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