Name: Springlake Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2021-08-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-08-14

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 113, Heifers 198, Bulls 154)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $129.89/cwt on 154 head.

Average price

$129.89

154 head · 493 lb average

Value per head Derived

$641

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$4

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

$3.60/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.43

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	469	131.26	616	72
Medium and Large 1	527	129.15	681	57
Medium and Large 3	486	127.66	620	25

One grade step is worth $3.60/cwt here — about −$4 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 sale154 hd

129.89

—

VA average9 barns · 1,503 hd

127.46

+2.43

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	—	650	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	741	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	373	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	578	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	640	123.50/cwt	123.50–123.50	790	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	423	144.51/cwt	133.00–148.00	611	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	507	133.21/cwt	115.00–135.25	675	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	574	131.25/cwt	131.25–131.25	753	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	365	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	551	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	398	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	553	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	450	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	630	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	540	128.50/cwt	128.50–128.50	694	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	532	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	814	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	560	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	756	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	654	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	929	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	556	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	745	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	632	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	803	14
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	631	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	909	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	448	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	668	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	348	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	539	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	755	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	989	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	347	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	545	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	458	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	600	21
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	785	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	1,044	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	775	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	829	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	444	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	586	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	560	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	678	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	441	149.88/cwt	139.00–151.00	661	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	496	135.50/cwt	135.50–135.50	672	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	539	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	690	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	648	131.50/cwt	131.50–131.50	852	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	444	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	595	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	416	150.66/cwt	134.00–151.50	627	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	461	131.50/cwt	131.50–131.50	606	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	545	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	850	11
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	430	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	503	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	644	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	786	9
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	460	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	621	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	364	137.63/cwt	131.00–138.00	501	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	365	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	475	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	730	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	818	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	537	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	682	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	515	129.28/cwt	124.00–132.00	666	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	745	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	946	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	633	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	734	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 Aug 14, 2021

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

Receipts 465Last week 514Year ago 208

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 113, Heifers 198, Bulls 154)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	650	114.00	114.00
2	—	373	155.00	155.00
6	—	640	123.50	123.50
9	—	423	133.00–148.00	144.51
18	—	507	115.00–135.25	133.21
21	—	574	131.25	131.25
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	556	134.00	134.00
8	—	348	155.00	155.00
11	—	496	135.50	135.50
3	—	648	131.50	131.50
21	—	416	134.00–151.50	150.66
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	444	134.00	134.00
3	—	515	124.00–132.00	129.28
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	365	151.00	151.00
1	—	450	140.00	140.00
13	—	532	153.00	153.00
2	—	560	135.00	135.00
10	—	654	142.00	142.00
9	—	448	149.00	149.00
5	—	755	131.00	131.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	631	144.00	144.00
10	—	347	157.00	157.00
1	—	785	133.00	133.00
10	—	441	139.00–151.00	149.88
11	—	545	156.00	156.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	430	117.00	117.00
2	—	460	135.00	135.00
1	—	745	127.00	127.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	398	139.00	139.00
15	—	540	128.50	128.50
14	—	632	127.00	127.00
21	—	458	131.00	131.00
1	—	775	107.00	107.00
2	—	560	121.00	121.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	444	132.00	132.00
14	—	539	128.00	128.00
9	—	644	122.00	122.00
20	—	364	131.00–138.00	137.63
1	—	730	112.00	112.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	461	131.50	131.50
6	—	365	130.00	130.00
9	—	537	127.00	127.00
3	—	633	116.00	116.00

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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