Name: Springlake Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2021-11-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-11-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 143, Heifers 261, Bulls 208)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $124.03/cwt on 203 head.

Average price

$124.03

203 head · 550 lb average

Value per head Derived

$682

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$79

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

$4.61/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.17

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	524	125.20	656	87
Medium and Large 1	611	124.29	759	80
Medium and Large 3	478	120.60	577	36

One grade step is worth $4.61/cwt here — about $79 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 sale203 hd

124.03

—

VA average11 barns · 2,260 hd

126.20

−2.17

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

42 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	—	375	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	566	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	428	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	625	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	656	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	794	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	583	124.72/cwt	124.50–126.00	727	20
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	485	129.31/cwt	123.50–139.00	627	35
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	353	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	530	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	710	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	930	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	638	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	855	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	559	138.24/cwt	132.50–138.50	773	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	375	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	585	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	466	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	713	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	457	159.25/cwt	159.25–159.25	728	13
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	453	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	666	10
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	645	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	839	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	785	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	942	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	539	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	738	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	549	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	763	18
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	365	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	569	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	739	121.51/cwt	103.00–124.00	898	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	368	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	489	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	630	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	737	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	543	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	619	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	749	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	936	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	642	129.92/cwt	129.75–134.00	834	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	534	124.75/cwt	124.75–124.75	666	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	364	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	459	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	615	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	720	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	641	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	788	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	453	122.50/cwt	122.50–122.50	555	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	535	125.17/cwt	117.00–125.50	670	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	385	128.21/cwt	120.00–131.00	494	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	722	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	895	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	556	123.50/cwt	123.50–123.50	687	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	650	125.50/cwt	125.50–125.50	816	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	749	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	704	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	425	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	510	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	570	123.94/cwt	123.00–124.00	706	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	486	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	646	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	422	142.28/cwt	135.00–143.00	600	22
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	660	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	772	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	441	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	600	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	547	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	695	13

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 Nov 6, 2021

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

Receipts 612Last week 399Year ago 518

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 143, Heifers 261, Bulls 208)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	375	151.00	151.00
8	—	428	146.00	146.00
15	—	656	121.00	121.00
20	—	583	124.50–126.00	124.72
35	—	485	123.50–139.00	129.31
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	353	150.00	150.00
17	—	570	123.00–124.00	123.94
18	—	486	133.00	133.00
22	—	422	135.00–143.00	142.28
11	—	660	117.00	117.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	441	136.00	136.00
13	—	547	127.00	127.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	710	131.00	131.00
7	—	638	134.00	134.00
13	—	457	159.25	159.25
18	—	549	139.00	139.00
2	—	365	156.00	156.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	559	132.50–138.50	138.24
1	—	375	156.00	156.00
5	—	466	153.00	153.00
7	—	749	125.00	125.00
24	—	642	129.75–134.00	129.92
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	453	147.00	147.00
1	—	645	130.00	130.00
1	—	785	120.00	120.00
4	—	539	137.00	137.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	739	103.00–124.00	121.51
16	—	368	133.00	133.00
17	—	641	123.00	123.00
21	—	453	122.50	122.50
25	—	535	117.00–125.50	125.17
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	630	117.00	117.00
2	—	543	114.00	114.00
4	—	385	120.00–131.00	128.21
12	—	722	124.00	124.00
29	—	556	123.50	123.50
32	—	650	125.50	125.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	534	124.75	124.75
14	—	364	126.00	126.00
2	—	615	117.00	117.00
4	—	749	94.00	94.00
6	—	425	120.00	120.00

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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