Name: Springlake Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2021-10-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-10-23

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 126, Heifers 185, Bulls 147)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $123.48/cwt on 166 head.

Average price

$123.48

166 head · 543 lb average

Value per head Derived

$670

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$18

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

$5.09/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.41

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	532	125.54	667	62
Medium and Large 1	554	123.10	681	71
Medium and Large 3	539	120.45	650	33

One grade step is worth $5.09/cwt here — about $18 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 sale166 hd

123.48

—

VA average12 barns · 2,829 hd

124.90

−1.41

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

43 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	—	341	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	515	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	651	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	814	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	424	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	615	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	569	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	745	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	496	136.50/cwt	136.50–136.50	677	19
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	419	150.62/cwt	140.00–152.00	631	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	350	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	539	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	300	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	441	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	448	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	659	14
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	545	146.50/cwt	146.50–146.50	798	14
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	755	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	944	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	635	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	883	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	550	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	798	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	680	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	809	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	738	133.47/cwt	133.00–133.50	985	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	315	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	454	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	505	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	667	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	553	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	697	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	642	136.99/cwt	124.00–137.50	879	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	635	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	794	14
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	420	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	563	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	468	123.50/cwt	123.50–123.50	578	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	548	121.50/cwt	121.50–121.50	666	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	745	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	887	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	465	124.02/cwt	115.00–124.50	577	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	400	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	504	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	461	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	682	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	718	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	783	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	546	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	693	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	627	116.50/cwt	113.00–117.00	730	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	630	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	775	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	559	132.25/cwt	132.25–132.25	739	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	456	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	547	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	738	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	886	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	336	133.50/cwt	133.50–133.50	449	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	370	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	492	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	374	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	482	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	655	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	838	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	548	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	680	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	580	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	702	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	347	153.62/cwt	144.00–156.00	533	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	418	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	581	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	500	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	685	22

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 23, 2021

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

Receipts 458Last week 454Year ago 578

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 126, Heifers 185, Bulls 147)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	341	151.00	151.00
7	—	651	125.00	125.00
8	—	424	145.00	145.00
10	—	569	131.00	131.00
19	—	496	136.50	136.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	419	140.00–152.00	150.62
10	—	559	132.25	132.25
11	—	655	128.00	128.00
5	—	347	144.00–156.00	153.62
22	—	500	137.00	137.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	580	121.00	121.00
3	—	418	139.00	139.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	350	154.00	154.00
20	—	550	145.00	145.00
14	—	738	133.00–133.50	133.47
1	—	315	144.00	144.00
1	—	505	132.00	132.00
26	—	642	124.00–137.50	136.99
8	—	461	148.00	148.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	300	147.00	147.00
14	—	448	147.00	147.00
14	—	545	146.50	146.50
1	—	635	139.00	139.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	755	125.00	125.00
2	—	553	126.00	126.00
1	—	420	134.00	134.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	680	119.00	119.00
14	—	635	125.00	125.00
27	—	548	121.50	121.50
21	—	465	115.00–124.50	124.02
6	—	738	120.00	120.00
2	—	370	133.00	133.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	468	123.50	123.50
3	—	745	119.00	119.00
1	—	400	126.00	126.00
24	—	546	127.00	127.00
13	—	630	123.00	123.00
6	—	336	133.50	133.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	718	109.00	109.00
8	—	627	113.00–117.00	116.50
8	—	456	120.00	120.00
4	—	374	129.00	129.00
10	—	548	124.00	124.00

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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