Name: Springlake Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2021-11-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-11-13

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 100, Heifers 174, Bulls 102)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $123.24/cwt on 137 head.

Average price

$123.24

137 head · 516 lb average

Value per head Derived

$636

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$80

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

$6.12/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.96

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	518	124.69	645	64
Medium and Large 1	526	122.93	647	57
Medium and Large 3	477	118.56	565	16thin

One grade step is worth $6.12/cwt here — about $80 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 sale137 hd

123.24

—

VA average9 barns · 2,152 hd

121.28

+1.96

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

38 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	—	480	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	643	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	500	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	670	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	426	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	592	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	660	122.50/cwt	122.50–122.50	809	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	585	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	743	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	563	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	698	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	725	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	943	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	547	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	782	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	479	147.67/cwt	147.00–148.00	707	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	649	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	805	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	565	141.50/cwt	141.50–141.50	799	23
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	459	160.50/cwt	160.50–160.50	737	8
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	410	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	623	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	560	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	706	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	636	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	757	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	456	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	534	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	565	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	735	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	729	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	904	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	365	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	467	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	550	124.50/cwt	124.50–124.50	685	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	543	129.92/cwt	118.00–132.00	705	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	444	123.50/cwt	123.50–123.50	548	21
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	322	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	522	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	643	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	852	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	358	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	448	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	363	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	476	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	342	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	551	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	484	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	668	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	534	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	635	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	643	121.50/cwt	121.50–121.50	781	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	748	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	823	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	445	120.51/cwt	116.00–121.00	536	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	463	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	616	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	562	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	703	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	735	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	809	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	615	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	652	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	425	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	604	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	663	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	802	2

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 13, 2021

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

Receipts 376Last week 612Year ago 278

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 100, Heifers 174, Bulls 102)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	480	134.00	134.00
7	—	500	134.00	134.00
8	—	426	139.00	139.00
11	—	660	122.50	122.50
16	—	585	127.00	127.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	563	124.00	124.00
7	—	342	161.00	161.00
7	—	484	138.00	138.00
5	—	425	142.00	142.00
2	—	663	121.00	121.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	463	133.00	133.00
3	—	562	125.00	125.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	725	130.00	130.00
6	—	547	143.00	143.00
8	—	649	124.00	124.00
8	—	459	160.50	160.50
1	—	565	130.00	130.00
3	—	322	162.00	162.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	479	147.00–148.00	147.67
23	—	565	141.50	141.50
10	—	729	124.00	124.00
23	—	643	132.50	132.50
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	410	152.00	152.00
3	—	560	126.00	126.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	636	119.00	119.00
20	—	543	118.00–132.00	129.92
21	—	444	123.50	123.50
8	—	363	131.00	131.00
5	—	735	110.00	110.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	456	117.00	117.00
3	—	358	125.00	125.00
6	—	534	119.00	119.00
1	—	615	106.00	106.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	365	128.00	128.00
22	—	550	124.50	124.50
10	—	643	121.50	121.50
4	—	748	110.00	110.00
10	—	445	116.00–121.00	120.51

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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