Name: Springlake Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2021-09-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-09-17

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Springlake Weaned and Vaccinated Sale

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 259, Heifers 140)

Value Added Cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $155.09/cwt on 259 head.

Average price

$155.09

259 head · 632 lb average

Value per head Derived

$981

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$211

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

$5.76/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+6.39

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	542	158.38	858	111
Medium and Large 1	700	152.62	1,069	148

One grade step is worth $5.76/cwt here — about −$211 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 sale259 hd

155.09

—

VA average9 barns · 1,477 hd

148.70

+6.39

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

11 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	764	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	1,016	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	701	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	925	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	654	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	883	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	610	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	817	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	551	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	755	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	478	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	621	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	914	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,097	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	740	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	1,147	68
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	639	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	984	72
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	468	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	777	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	560	156.50/cwt	156.50–156.50	876	89

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

Fri Sep 17, 2021

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

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Springlake Weaned and Vaccinated Sale

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 259, Heifers 140)

Value Added Cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	764	133.00	133.00
22	—	701	132.00	132.00
23	—	654	135.00	135.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	610	134.00	134.00
27	—	551	137.00	137.00
30	—	478	130.00	130.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	914	120.00	120.00
68	—	740	155.00	155.00
72	—	639	154.00	154.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	468	166.00	166.00
89	—	560	156.50	156.50

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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