Name: Springlake Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2021-10-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-10-16

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 76, Heifers 190, Bulls 188)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $120.84/cwt on 169 head.

Average price

$120.84

169 head · 494 lb average

Value per head Derived

$597

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$5

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

$0.84/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−4.16

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	455	121.29	552	65
Medium and Large 1	542	120.61	653	74
Medium and Large 3	462	120.45	556	30

One grade step is worth $0.84/cwt here — about −$5 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

120.84

—

VA average9 barns · 1,960 hd

125.00

−4.16

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

44 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 3	—	608	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	675	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	447	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	527	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	636	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	843	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	462	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	550	18
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	735	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	948	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	460	138.67/cwt	128.00–140.00	638	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	536	123.25/cwt	123.25–123.25	661	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	530	125.54/cwt	120.00–126.00	665	13
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	755	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	921	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	665	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	851	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	480	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	658	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	693	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	922	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	400	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	472	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	790	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	972	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	543	140.01/cwt	138.50–140.50	760	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	424	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	623	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	506	129.79/cwt	127.00–130.00	657	29
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	417	145.79/cwt	143.00–146.00	608	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	666	121.62/cwt	119.00–122.00	810	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	573	128.24/cwt	123.00–129.00	735	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	325	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	501	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	360	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	533	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	645	125.50/cwt	125.50–125.50	809	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	464	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	585	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	448	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	520	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	643	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	752	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	494	128.35/cwt	120.00–129.00	634	25
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	565	130.50/cwt	130.50–130.50	737	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	370	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	444	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	533	114.70/cwt	112.00–115.00	611	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	495	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	574	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	543	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	668	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	424	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	602	26
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	344	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	516	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	360	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	446	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	456	119.50/cwt	119.50–119.50	545	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	347	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	468	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	765	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	834	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	724	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	811	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	580	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	679	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	621	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	776	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	366	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	454	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	555	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	788	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	365	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	566	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 Oct 16, 2021

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

Receipts 454Last week 399Year ago 566

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 76, Heifers 190, Bulls 188)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	608	111.00	111.00
2	—	448	116.00	116.00
6	—	543	123.00	123.00
13	—	456	119.50	119.50
7	—	366	124.00	124.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	447	118.00	118.00
13	—	530	120.00–126.00	125.54
1	—	495	116.00	116.00
15	—	360	124.00	124.00
4	—	621	125.00	125.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	462	119.00	119.00
29	—	536	123.25	123.25
12	—	643	117.00	117.00
1	—	370	120.00	120.00
5	—	347	135.00	135.00
1	—	765	109.00	109.00
7	—	724	112.00	112.00
1	—	580	117.00	117.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	636	132.50	132.50
2	—	480	137.00	137.00
1	—	790	123.00	123.00
16	—	543	138.50–140.50	140.01
7	—	424	147.00	147.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	735	129.00	129.00
9	—	460	128.00–140.00	138.67
2	—	693	133.00	133.00
4	—	555	142.00	142.00
4	—	365	155.00	155.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	755	122.00	122.00
1	—	665	128.00	128.00
1	—	400	118.00	118.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	506	127.00–130.00	129.79
14	—	417	143.00–146.00	145.79
8	—	666	119.00–122.00	121.62
8	—	573	123.00–129.00	128.24
4	—	325	154.00	154.00
1	—	360	148.00	148.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	645	125.50	125.50
25	—	494	120.00–129.00	128.35
12	—	565	130.50	130.50
26	—	424	142.00	142.00
9	—	344	150.00	150.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	464	126.00	126.00
10	—	533	112.00–115.00	114.70

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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