Name: Springlake Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2021-09-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-09-25

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 91, Heifers 194, Bulls 148)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $126.52/cwt on 169 head.

Average price

$126.52

169 head · 533 lb average

Value per head Derived

$674

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$37

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

$7.28/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.70

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	497	128.03	636	53
Medium and Large 1	549	126.01	691	112
Medium and Large 3	558	120.75	673	4thin

One grade step is worth $7.28/cwt here — about −$37 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 sale169 hd

126.52

—

VA average11 barns · 1,827 hd

128.22

−1.70

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	—	649	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	779	20
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	569	138.82/cwt	135.00–139.00	790	21
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	505	138.68/cwt	130.00–139.00	700	29
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	690	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	725	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	313	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	529	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	419	148.51/cwt	135.00–150.00	622	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	632	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	910	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	549	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	807	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	547	147.54/cwt	142.00–149.00	807	24
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	459	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	707	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	467	150.31/cwt	140.00–152.00	702	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	712	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	947	8
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	545	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	763	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	636	138.50/cwt	138.50–138.50	881	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	359	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	481	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	439	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	560	19
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	750	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	1,005	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	680	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	898	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	467	128.32/cwt	122.00–128.50	599	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	637	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	803	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	635	123.56/cwt	118.00–124.00	785	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	365	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	489	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	335	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	523	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	365	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	573	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	625	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	738	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	548	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	696	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	645	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	813	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	493	141.82/cwt	136.00–142.50	699	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	340	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	452	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	553	125.94/cwt	121.00–126.25	696	35
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	566	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	775	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	729	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	868	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	406	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	625	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	335	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	549	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	555	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	672	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	495	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	609	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	565	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	678	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	360	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	504	1

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 25, 2021

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

Receipts 433Last week 518Year ago 262

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 91, Heifers 194, Bulls 148)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	649	120.00	120.00
21	—	569	135.00–139.00	138.82
29	—	505	130.00–139.00	138.68
1	—	690	105.00	105.00
2	—	313	169.00	169.00
10	—	419	135.00–150.00	148.51
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	645	126.00	126.00
9	—	493	136.00–142.50	141.82
5	—	566	137.00	137.00
12	—	406	154.00	154.00
9	—	335	164.00	164.00
1	—	360	140.00	140.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	565	120.00	120.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	632	144.00	144.00
6	—	549	147.00	147.00
7	—	459	154.00	154.00
2	—	750	134.00	134.00
3	—	365	157.00	157.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	547	142.00–149.00	147.54
7	—	467	140.00–152.00	150.31
8	—	712	133.00	133.00
10	—	636	138.50	138.50
1	—	680	132.00	132.00
1	—	335	156.00	156.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	545	140.00	140.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	359	134.00	134.00
19	—	439	127.50	127.50
10	—	637	126.00	126.00
16	—	548	127.00	127.00
1	—	340	133.00	133.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
38	—	467	122.00–128.50	128.32
28	—	635	118.00–124.00	123.56
4	—	365	134.00	134.00
35	—	553	121.00–126.25	125.94
7	—	729	119.00	119.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	625	118.00	118.00
2	—	555	121.00	121.00
1	—	495	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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