Name: Springlake Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2021-08-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-08-21

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 60, Heifers 160, Bulls 82)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $135.72/cwt on 139 head.

Average price

$135.72

139 head · 514 lb average

Value per head Derived

$697

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$151

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

$6.81/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.54

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	425	140.42	597	36
Medium and Large 3	498	135.59	675	25
Medium and Large 1	560	133.60	748	78

One grade step is worth $6.81/cwt here — about −$151 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 sale139 hd

135.72

—

VA average11 barns · 1,745 hd

131.19

+4.54

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

36 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	—	422	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	641	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	667	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	854	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	509	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	713	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	568	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	761	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	357	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	536	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	409	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	634	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	743	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,003	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	455	168.50/cwt	168.50–168.50	767	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	550	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	853	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	535	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	749	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	561	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	864	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	633	149.50/cwt	149.50–149.50	946	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	430	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	598	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	775	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	1,023	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	475	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	779	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	540	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	767	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	363	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	581	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	680	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	1,027	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	458	139.81/cwt	128.00–147.00	640	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	625	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	738	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	551	130.50/cwt	130.50–130.50	719	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	613	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	779	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	544	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	762	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	395	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	521	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	738	113.02/cwt	110.00–114.00	834	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	463	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	667	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	550	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	754	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	631	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	757	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	359	134.68/cwt	134.00–144.00	484	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	457	146.36/cwt	137.00–147.50	669	19
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	487	145.68/cwt	143.00–146.00	709	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	561	139.50/cwt	139.50–139.50	783	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	630	136.83/cwt	132.00–138.00	862	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	405	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	571	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	565	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	735	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	544	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	740	6

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 21, 2021

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

Receipts 302Last week 465Year ago 402

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 60, Heifers 160, Bulls 82)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	422	152.00	152.00
6	—	667	128.00	128.00
8	—	509	140.00	140.00
11	—	568	134.00	134.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	357	150.00	150.00
4	—	409	155.00	155.00
9	—	487	143.00–146.00	145.68
5	—	561	139.50	139.50
5	—	630	132.00–138.00	136.83
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	405	141.00	141.00
1	—	565	130.00	130.00
6	—	544	136.00	136.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	743	135.00	135.00
4	—	455	168.50	168.50
9	—	550	155.00	155.00
2	—	363	160.00	160.00
3	—	680	151.00	151.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	535	140.00	140.00
7	—	561	154.00	154.00
9	—	633	149.50	149.50
1	—	775	132.00	132.00
3	—	475	164.00	164.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	540	142.00	142.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	430	139.00	139.00
22	—	544	140.00	140.00
1	—	395	132.00	132.00
4	—	738	110.00–114.00	113.02
13	—	463	144.00	144.00
18	—	550	137.00	137.00
19	—	631	120.00	120.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	458	128.00–147.00	139.81
1	—	625	118.00	118.00
9	—	551	130.50	130.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	613	127.00	127.00
15	—	359	134.00–144.00	134.68
19	—	457	137.00–147.50	146.36

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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