Name: Springlake Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2021-11-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-11-20

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 84, Heifers 212, Bulls 153)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $119.65/cwt on 184 head.

Average price

$119.65

184 head · 533 lb average

Value per head Derived

$638

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$13

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

$7.14/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.43

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	513	121.24	622	96
Medium and Large 1	554	119.78	664	59
Medium and Large 3	557	114.10	636	29

One grade step is worth $7.14/cwt here — about −$13 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 sale184 hd

119.65

—

VA average11 barns · 1,969 hd

118.22

+1.43

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	—	615	119.50/cwt	119.50–119.50	735	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	440	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	651	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	654	115.50/cwt	115.50–115.50	755	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	572	125.75/cwt	125.75–125.75	719	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	503	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	709	20
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	660	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	779	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	725	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	957	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	451	164.50/cwt	164.50–164.50	742	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	543	154.96/cwt	141.00–157.50	841	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	385	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	601	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	432	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	648	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	380	150.68/cwt	146.00–155.00	573	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	548	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	718	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	466	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	666	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	538	157.50/cwt	157.50–157.50	847	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	653	135.50/cwt	135.50–135.50	885	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	439	168.25/cwt	168.25–168.25	739	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	470	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	705	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	537	117.70/cwt	110.00–118.00	632	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	456	123.59/cwt	112.00–124.50	564	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	747	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	799	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	338	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	460	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	635	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	838	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	745	129.50/cwt	129.50–129.50	965	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	357	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	446	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	649	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	733	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	543	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	619	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	428	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	496	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	371	136.50/cwt	136.50–136.50	506	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	648	115.75/cwt	115.75–115.75	750	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	475	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	632	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	733	105.50/cwt	105.00–106.00	773	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	461	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	576	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	648	114.75/cwt	114.75–114.75	744	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	549	120.18/cwt	109.00–121.00	660	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	770	100.50/cwt	100.50–100.50	774	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	515	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	639	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	334	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	548	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	429	151.50/cwt	151.50–151.50	650	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	575	129.50/cwt	129.50–129.50	745	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	649	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	792	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	498	141.78/cwt	138.00–142.00	706	18

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 20, 2021

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

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State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 84, Heifers 212, Bulls 153)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	615	119.50	119.50
7	—	440	148.00	148.00
15	—	654	115.50	115.50
16	—	572	125.75	125.75
20	—	503	141.00	141.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	660	118.00	118.00
5	—	334	164.00	164.00
7	—	429	151.50	151.50
10	—	575	129.50	129.50
12	—	649	122.00	122.00
18	—	498	138.00–142.00	141.78
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	475	133.00	133.00
1	—	515	124.00	124.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	725	132.00	132.00
2	—	380	146.00–155.00	150.68
7	—	538	157.50	157.50
7	—	653	135.50	135.50
9	—	439	168.25	168.25
1	—	470	150.00	150.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	451	164.50	164.50
13	—	543	141.00–157.50	154.96
1	—	385	156.00	156.00
3	—	432	150.00	150.00
3	—	635	132.00	132.00
4	—	745	129.50	129.50
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	548	131.00	131.00
5	—	466	143.00	143.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	537	110.00–118.00	117.70
41	—	456	112.00–124.50	123.59
6	—	747	107.00	107.00
10	—	371	136.50	136.50
13	—	648	115.75	115.75
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	338	136.00	136.00
4	—	733	105.00–106.00	105.50
11	—	461	125.00	125.00
12	—	648	114.75	114.75
29	—	549	109.00–121.00	120.18
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	357	125.00	125.00
7	—	649	113.00	113.00
15	—	543	114.00	114.00
2	—	428	116.00	116.00
2	—	770	100.50	100.50

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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