Name: Springlake Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2021-08-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-08-28

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 71, Heifers 105, Bulls 124)

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb bulls averaged $148.45/cwt on 96 head.

Average price

$148.45

96 head · 478 lb average

Value per head Derived

$710

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$4

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

$21.90/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.66

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	450	152.70	687	42
Medium and Large 1	498	146.60	730	49
Medium and Large 3	528	130.80	691	5thin

One grade step is worth $21.90/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 sale96 hd

148.45

—

VA average8 barns · 524 hd

146.79

+1.66

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	—	358	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	580	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	633	130.34/cwt	127.00–131.00	825	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	414	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	654	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	574	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	804	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	494	144.62/cwt	139.00–145.00	714	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	700	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	847	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	650	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	852	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	535	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	738	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	535	150.79/cwt	141.00–151.50	807	14
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	355	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	564	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	560	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	818	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	443	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	727	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	370	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	533	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	639	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	792	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	456	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	730	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	390	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	608	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	715	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	944	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	623	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	878	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	465	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	591	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	705	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	846	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	439	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	601	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	363	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	523	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	500	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	620	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	625	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	769	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	463	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	630	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	547	132.28/cwt	132.00–132.50	724	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	360	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	464	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	546	118.50/cwt	118.50–118.50	647	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	605	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	708	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	735	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	786	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	413	158.95/cwt	142.00–160.00	656	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	575	140.50/cwt	140.50–140.50	808	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	344	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	564	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	487	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	711	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	400	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	520	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	560	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	734	4

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 28, 2021

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

Receipts 300Last week 302Year ago 193

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 71, Heifers 105, Bulls 124)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	358	162.00	162.00
6	—	633	127.00–131.00	130.34
10	—	414	158.00	158.00
12	—	574	140.00	140.00
15	—	494	139.00–145.00	144.62
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	700	121.00	121.00
18	—	413	142.00–160.00	158.95
3	—	575	140.50	140.50
5	—	344	164.00	164.00
15	—	487	146.00	146.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	400	130.00	130.00
4	—	560	131.00	131.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	650	131.00	131.00
1	—	535	138.00	138.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	535	141.00–151.50	150.79
17	—	456	160.00	160.00
1	—	390	156.00	156.00
3	—	715	132.00	132.00
5	—	623	141.00	141.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	355	159.00	159.00
2	—	560	146.00	146.00
9	—	443	164.00	164.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	370	144.00	144.00
8	—	639	124.00	124.00
9	—	463	136.00	136.00
16	—	547	132.00–132.50	132.28
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	465	127.00	127.00
6	—	360	129.00	129.00
6	—	546	118.50	118.50
1	—	605	117.00	117.00
1	—	735	107.00	107.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	705	120.00	120.00
9	—	439	137.00	137.00
10	—	363	144.00	144.00
1	—	500	124.00	124.00
1	—	625	123.00	123.00

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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