Name: Springlake Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2021-10-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-10-02

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 49, Heifers 155, Bulls 166)

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb bulls averaged $135.22/cwt on 135 head.

Average price

$135.22

135 head · 501 lb average

Value per head Derived

$677

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$122

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

$19.66/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−5.02

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	499	137.51	686	59
Medium and Large 1	508	136.67	694	63
Medium and Large 3	479	117.85	564	13thin

One grade step is worth $19.66/cwt here — about $122 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 sale135 hd

135.22

—

VA average8 barns · 796 hd

140.25

−5.02

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

41 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	—	530	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	636	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	348	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	609	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	661	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	800	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	427	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	615	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	572	126.15/cwt	120.00–126.50	722	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	495	139.50/cwt	139.50–139.50	691	21
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	670	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	858	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	636	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	852	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	558	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	804	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	626	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	864	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	745	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	894	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	440	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	576	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	300	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	480	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	718	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	919	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	465	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	670	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	458	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	568	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	554	144.50/cwt	144.50–144.50	801	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	450	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	540	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	369	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	506	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	646	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	820	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	648	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	816	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	743	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	884	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	445	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	641	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	639	117.60/cwt	112.00–119.00	751	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	538	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	673	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	363	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	497	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	435	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	522	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	341	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	587	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	533	129.50/cwt	129.50–129.50	690	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	447	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	554	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	550	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	660	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	724	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	891	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	547	123.75/cwt	123.75–123.75	677	20
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	445	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	534	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	357	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	450	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	576	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	726	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	496	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	680	22
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	649	121.50/cwt	121.50–121.50	789	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	418	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	602	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	578	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	659	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	485	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	534	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 Oct 2, 2021

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

Receipts 370Last week 433Year ago 656

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 49, Heifers 155, Bulls 166)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	530	120.00	120.00
3	—	348	175.00	175.00
5	—	661	121.00	121.00
15	—	427	144.00	144.00
18	—	572	120.00–126.50	126.15
21	—	495	139.50	139.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	341	172.00	172.00
13	—	576	126.00	126.00
22	—	496	137.00	137.00
6	—	649	121.50	121.50
13	—	418	144.00	144.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	445	120.00	120.00
3	—	578	114.00	114.00
1	—	485	110.00	110.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	670	128.00	128.00
1	—	440	131.00	131.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	636	134.00	134.00
2	—	558	144.00	144.00
4	—	718	128.00	128.00
2	—	445	144.00	144.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	626	138.00	138.00
1	—	745	120.00	120.00
1	—	300	160.00	160.00
1	—	465	144.00	144.00
10	—	554	144.50	144.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	458	124.00	124.00
6	—	646	127.00	127.00
3	—	743	119.00	119.00
8	—	363	137.00	137.00
9	—	533	129.50	129.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	450	120.00	120.00
7	—	369	137.00	137.00
9	—	648	126.00	126.00
12	—	447	124.00	124.00
1	—	550	120.00	120.00
9	—	724	123.00	123.00
20	—	547	123.75	123.75
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	639	112.00–119.00	117.60
6	—	538	125.00	125.00
4	—	435	120.00	120.00
3	—	357	126.00	126.00

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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