Name: Springlake Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2021-09-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-09-04

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 95, Heifers 101, Bulls 61)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $134.05/cwt on 85 head.

Average price

$134.05

85 head · 536 lb average

Value per head Derived

$719

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$49

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

$6.47/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.54

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	519	137.00	710	43
Medium and Large 3	485	132.25	642	12thin
Medium and Large 1	581	130.53	759	30

One grade step is worth $6.47/cwt here — about −$49 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 sale85 hd

134.05

—

VA average7 barns · 749 hd

133.51

+0.54

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

38 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	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	826	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	393	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	652	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	430	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	628	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	563	138.50/cwt	138.50–138.50	780	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	503	144.50/cwt	144.50–144.50	727	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	634	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	840	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	643	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	984	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	730	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	1,044	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	452	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	773	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	542	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	824	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	733	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	1,048	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	330	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	561	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	440	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	616	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	463	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	699	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	358	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	469	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	460	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	612	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	369	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	613	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	445	159.73/cwt	146.00–161.00	711	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	480	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	653	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	534	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	844	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	550	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	743	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	385	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	554	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	643	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	952	9
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	615	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	824	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	620	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	744	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	542	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	753	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	677	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	900	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	375	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	615	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	405	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	555	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	780	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	905	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	628	126.50/cwt	126.50–126.50	794	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	548	134.50/cwt	134.50–134.50	737	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	597	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	824	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	523	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	737	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	633	129.75/cwt	129.75–129.75	821	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	449	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	620	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	442	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	681	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	502	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	743	8

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 Sep 4, 2021

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

Receipts 257Last week 300Year ago 271

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 95, Heifers 101, Bulls 61)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	650	127.00	127.00
2	—	393	166.00	166.00
2	—	430	146.00	146.00
5	—	563	138.50	138.50
6	—	503	144.50	144.50
7	—	634	132.50	132.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	677	133.00	133.00
1	—	375	164.00	164.00
3	—	597	138.00	138.00
3	—	442	154.00	154.00
8	—	502	148.00	148.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	523	141.00	141.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	643	153.00	153.00
2	—	730	143.00	143.00
7	—	452	171.00	171.00
6	—	369	166.00	166.00
9	—	534	158.00	158.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	542	152.00	152.00
12	—	733	143.00	143.00
1	—	330	170.00	170.00
11	—	445	146.00–161.00	159.73
9	—	643	148.00	148.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	440	140.00	140.00
3	—	463	151.00	151.00
3	—	615	134.00	134.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	358	131.00	131.00
3	—	460	133.00	133.00
5	—	550	135.00	135.00
1	—	620	120.00	120.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	480	136.00	136.00
1	—	405	137.00	137.00
3	—	780	116.00	116.00
9	—	628	126.50	126.50
13	—	548	134.50	134.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	385	144.00	144.00
17	—	542	139.00	139.00
8	—	633	129.75	129.75
17	—	449	138.00	138.00

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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