Name: Springlake Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2021-09-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-09-11

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 131, Heifers 214, Bulls 176)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $137.41/cwt on 198 head.

Average price

$137.41

198 head · 500 lb average

Value per head Derived

$687

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$61

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

$6.96/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.92

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	494	139.63	690	81
Medium and Large 1	524	137.93	723	71
Medium and Large 3	474	132.68	629	46

One grade step is worth $6.96/cwt here — about $61 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 sale198 hd

137.41

—

VA average9 barns · 1,405 hd

135.48

+1.92

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	—	345	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	607	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	365	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	580	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	427	175.75/cwt	155.00–180.00	750	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	503	146.85/cwt	138.00–148.50	739	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	668	122.75/cwt	117.00–123.50	820	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	570	140.44/cwt	130.50–141.50	801	21
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	710	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	966	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	637	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	943	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	644	144.61/cwt	137.00–145.00	931	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	325	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	543	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	371	176.50/cwt	176.50–176.50	655	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	460	160.43/cwt	144.00–161.50	738	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	558	152.42/cwt	137.00–153.50	851	16
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	435	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	613	6
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	515	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	675	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	633	133.50/cwt	133.50–133.50	845	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	543	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	815	20
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	565	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	808	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	446	141.54/cwt	134.00–142.00	631	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	710	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	880	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	583	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	723	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	420	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	559	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	750	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	915	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	748	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	1,002	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	372	137.40/cwt	132.00–138.00	511	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	540	129.43/cwt	115.00–132.00	699	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	453	134.50/cwt	134.50–134.50	609	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	632	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	841	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	361	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	563	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	544	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	740	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	330	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	482	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	643	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	855	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	459	144.13/cwt	139.00–159.50	662	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	546	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	737	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	445	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	587	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	675	120.50/cwt	120.50–120.50	813	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	649	125.50/cwt	125.50–125.50	814	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	571	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	794	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	354	179.99/cwt	153.00–183.00	637	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	422	178.22/cwt	149.00–180.00	752	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	494	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	746	21
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	445	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	627	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 Sep 11, 2021

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

Receipts 521Last week 257Year ago 649

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 131, Heifers 214, Bulls 176)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	345	176.00	176.00
1	—	365	159.00	159.00
12	—	427	155.00–180.00	175.75
13	—	503	138.00–148.50	146.85
17	—	668	117.00–123.50	122.75
21	—	570	130.50–141.50	140.44
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	649	125.50	125.50
5	—	571	139.00	139.00
10	—	354	153.00–183.00	179.99
18	—	422	149.00–180.00	178.22
21	—	494	151.00	151.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	445	141.00	141.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	710	136.00	136.00
3	—	637	148.00	148.00
4	—	371	176.50	176.50
16	—	460	144.00–161.50	160.43
20	—	543	150.00	150.00
1	—	565	143.00	143.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	644	137.00–145.00	144.61
1	—	325	167.00	167.00
16	—	558	137.00–153.50	152.42
6	—	748	134.00	134.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	435	141.00	141.00
1	—	515	131.00	131.00
3	—	633	133.50	133.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
34	—	446	134.00–142.00	141.54
1	—	710	124.00	124.00
2	—	583	124.00	124.00
6	—	632	133.00	133.00
8	—	361	156.00	156.00
30	—	544	136.00	136.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	420	133.00	133.00
1	—	750	122.00	122.00
2	—	330	146.00	146.00
9	—	643	133.00	133.00
24	—	459	139.00–159.50	144.13
34	—	546	135.00	135.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	372	132.00–138.00	137.40
13	—	540	115.00–132.00	129.43
18	—	453	134.50	134.50
2	—	445	132.00	132.00
3	—	675	120.50	120.50

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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