Name: Springlake Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2021-11-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-11-27

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 30, Heifers 131, Bulls 86)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $116.27/cwt on 109 head.

Average price

$116.27

109 head · 525 lb average

Value per head Derived

$611

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$174

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

$7.44/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−5.47

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	551	118.96	655	49
Medium and Large 1	543	115.44	627	39
Medium and Large 3	431	111.52	481	21

One grade step is worth $7.44/cwt here — about $174 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 sale109 hd

116.27

—

VA average4 barns · 671 hd

121.74

−5.47

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

37 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	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	540	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	480	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	648	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	421	137.98/cwt	134.00–140.00	581	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	500	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	690	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	580	132.80/cwt	120.00–135.00	770	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	661	124.50/cwt	124.50–124.50	823	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	540	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	799	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	474	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	711	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	647	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	854	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	705	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	881	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	460	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	690	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	518	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	767	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	565	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	655	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	540	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	659	22
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	630	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	844	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	730	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	730	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	640	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	749	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	555	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	638	14
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	375	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	600	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	370	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	437	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	653	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	829	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	655	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	721	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	770	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	770	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	452	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	538	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	434	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	495	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	572	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	749	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	720	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	749	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	650	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	767	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	618	113.50/cwt	113.50–113.50	701	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	452	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	542	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	524	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	576	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	419	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	603	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	371	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	408	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	643	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	752	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	457	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	558	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	483	137.06/cwt	131.00–138.00	662	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	553	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	586	4

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 27, 2021

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

Receipts 247Last week 449Year ago 430

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 30, Heifers 131, Bulls 86)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	375	144.00	144.00
1	—	480	135.00	135.00
6	—	421	134.00–140.00	137.98
6	—	500	138.00	138.00
7	—	580	120.00–135.00	132.80
8	—	661	124.50	124.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	572	131.00	131.00
4	—	419	144.00	144.00
3	—	643	117.00	117.00
7	—	483	131.00–138.00	137.06
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	457	122.00	122.00
4	—	553	106.00	106.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	540	148.00	148.00
6	—	474	150.00	150.00
3	—	647	132.00	132.00
2	—	705	125.00	125.00
2	—	653	127.00	127.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	460	150.00	150.00
3	—	518	148.00	148.00
2	—	630	134.00	134.00
1	—	375	160.00	160.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	565	116.00	116.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	540	122.00	122.00
11	—	640	117.00	117.00
2	—	370	118.00	118.00
1	—	655	110.00	110.00
3	—	720	104.00	104.00
10	—	452	120.00	120.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	730	100.00	100.00
14	—	555	115.00	115.00
1	—	770	100.00	100.00
14	—	452	119.00	119.00
1	—	650	118.00	118.00
8	—	618	113.50	113.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	434	114.00	114.00
5	—	524	110.00	110.00
8	—	371	110.00	110.00

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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