Name: Springlake Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2021-07-31
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-07-31

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 88, Heifers 153, Bulls 83)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $129.35/cwt on 122 head.

Average price

$129.35

122 head · 518 lb average

Value per head Derived

$670

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$98

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

$3.67/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.96

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	482	131.51	634	47
Medium and Large 3	496	128.21	636	31
Medium and Large 1	572	127.84	731	44

One grade step is worth $3.67/cwt here — about −$98 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 sale122 hd

129.35

—

VA average6 barns · 1,048 hd

128.39

+0.96

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	—	370	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	603	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	525	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	709	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	603	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	772	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	485	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	723	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	345	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	614	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	597	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	776	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	562	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	725	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	556	149.50/cwt	149.50–149.50	831	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	482	161.00/cwt	150.00–162.00	776	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	647	149.46/cwt	136.00–150.00	967	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	718	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	933	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	660	124.50/cwt	124.50–124.50	822	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	420	159.24/cwt	159.00–160.00	669	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	355	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	522	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	720	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	850	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	458	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	607	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	629	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	780	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	567	132.95/cwt	120.00–135.50	754	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	665	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	851	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	478	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	707	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	419	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	683	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	334	182.50/cwt	182.50–182.50	610	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	755	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	891	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	527	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	791	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	600	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	792	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	705	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	938	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	380	168.65/cwt	166.00–170.00	641	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	642	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	828	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	352	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	521	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	537	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	693	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	451	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	586	26
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	563	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	816	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	450	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	738	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	470	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	649	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	530	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	657	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	388	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	508	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	635	118.50/cwt	118.50–118.50	752	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	551	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	711	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	455	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	592	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	300	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	381	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	445	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	561	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	475	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	651	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 Jul 31, 2021

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

Receipts 324Last week 444Year ago 513

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 88, Heifers 153, Bulls 83)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	370	163.00	163.00
1	—	525	135.00	135.00
2	—	603	128.00	128.00
4	—	485	149.00	149.00
5	—	345	178.00	178.00
5	—	597	130.00	130.00
8	—	660	124.50	124.50
12	—	420	159.00–160.00	159.24
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	567	120.00–135.50	132.95
1	—	665	128.00	128.00
2	—	478	148.00	148.00
4	—	419	163.00	163.00
5	—	334	182.50	182.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	470	138.00	138.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	562	129.00	129.00
2	—	355	147.00	147.00
3	—	720	118.00	118.00
6	—	458	132.50	132.50
15	—	629	124.00	124.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	755	118.00	118.00
3	—	642	129.00	129.00
6	—	352	148.00	148.00
10	—	537	129.00	129.00
26	—	451	130.00	130.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	530	124.00	124.00
2	—	388	131.00	131.00
3	—	635	118.50	118.50
10	—	551	129.00	129.00
13	—	455	130.00	130.00
1	—	300	127.00	127.00
1	—	445	126.00	126.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	556	149.50	149.50
12	—	482	150.00–162.00	161.00
25	—	647	136.00–150.00	149.46
4	—	718	130.00	130.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	527	150.00	150.00
1	—	600	132.00	132.00
1	—	705	133.00	133.00
3	—	380	166.00–170.00	168.65
3	—	563	145.00	145.00
8	—	450	164.00	164.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	475	137.00	137.00

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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