Name: Springlake Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2021-10-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-10-30

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 88, Heifers 185, Bulls 126)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $125.83/cwt on 159 head.

Average price

$125.83

159 head · 508 lb average

Value per head Derived

$639

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$24

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

$5.20/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.88

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	501	126.69	635	59
Medium and Large 1	514	126.67	652	74
Medium and Large 3	503	121.49	611	26

One grade step is worth $5.20/cwt here — about $24 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 sale159 hd

125.83

—

VA average9 barns · 1,860 hd

122.95

+2.88

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 2	—	670	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	797	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	550	128.44/cwt	120.00–129.50	706	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	454	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	686	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	734	134.50/cwt	134.50–134.50	987	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	630	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	857	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	539	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	728	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	440	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	528	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	554	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	704	25
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	720	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	965	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	413	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	496	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	378	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	556	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	570	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	730	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	651	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	879	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	545	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	790	14
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	340	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	496	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	441	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	684	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	675	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	776	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	380	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	562	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	577	121.50/cwt	121.50–121.50	701	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	650	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	761	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	418	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	610	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	516	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	676	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	493	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	631	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	460	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	607	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	366	132.48/cwt	124.00–133.50	485	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	648	125.50/cwt	125.50–125.50	813	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	503	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	573	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	414	147.50/cwt	147.50–147.50	611	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	640	127.29/cwt	125.00–127.50	815	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	534	114.18/cwt	110.00–127.00	610	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	442	122.42/cwt	120.00–123.00	541	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	556	122.29/cwt	117.00–123.00	680	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	345	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	518	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	573	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	688	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	639	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	728	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	362	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	456	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	717	123.33/cwt	123.00–124.00	884	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	451	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	559	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	420	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	508	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	455	124.50/cwt	124.50–124.50	566	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	346	134.50/cwt	134.50–134.50	465	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	740	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	866	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	513	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	595	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	675	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	884	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 30, 2021

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

Receipts 399Last week 458Year ago 317

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 88, Heifers 185, Bulls 126)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	670	119.00	119.00
18	—	550	120.00–129.50	128.44
10	—	366	124.00–133.50	132.48
8	—	648	125.50	125.50
19	—	451	124.00	124.00
2	—	420	121.00	121.00
1	—	740	117.00	117.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	440	120.00	120.00
25	—	554	127.00	127.00
11	—	640	125.00–127.50	127.29
3	—	717	123.00–124.00	123.33
25	—	455	124.50	124.50
8	—	346	134.50	134.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	442	120.00–123.00	122.42
9	—	556	117.00–123.00	122.29
4	—	639	114.00	114.00
3	—	362	126.00	126.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	454	151.00	151.00
4	—	734	134.50	134.50
4	—	378	147.00	147.00
1	—	570	128.00	128.00
17	—	651	135.00	135.00
14	—	545	145.00	145.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	630	136.00	136.00
5	—	539	135.00	135.00
1	—	720	134.00	134.00
2	—	340	146.00	146.00
10	—	441	155.00	155.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	413	120.00	120.00
2	—	513	116.00	116.00
1	—	675	131.00	131.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	675	115.00	115.00
1	—	380	148.00	148.00
16	—	493	128.00	128.00
2	—	503	114.00	114.00
9	—	414	147.50	147.50
7	—	345	150.00	150.00
6	—	573	120.00	120.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	577	121.50	121.50
12	—	650	117.00	117.00
9	—	418	146.00	146.00
7	—	516	131.00	131.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	460	132.00	132.00
4	—	534	110.00–127.00	114.18

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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