Name: Springlake Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2021-12-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-12-04

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 104, Heifers 267, Bulls 184)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $129.39/cwt on 220 head.

Average price

$129.39

220 head · 509 lb average

Value per head Derived

$659

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$29

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

$5.12/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.34

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	487	131.42	639	86
Medium and Large 1	533	128.53	686	107
Medium and Large 3	483	126.30	610	27

One grade step is worth $5.12/cwt here — about $29 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 sale220 hd

129.39

—

VA average9 barns · 1,630 hd

128.05

+1.34

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

43 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	—	658	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	869	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	518	145.50/cwt	136.00–148.00	754	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	357	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	571	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	584	137.50/cwt	137.50–137.50	803	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	645	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	851	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	494	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	751	16
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	462	151.80/cwt	147.00–155.00	701	5
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	470	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	639	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	678	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	983	6
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	545	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	730	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	620	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	868	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	544	154.00/cwt	147.00–154.50	838	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	742	137.50/cwt	137.50–137.50	1,020	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	356	139.50/cwt	139.50–139.50	497	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	532	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	830	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	643	123.75/cwt	123.75–123.75	796	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	650	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	943	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	461	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	715	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	340	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	530	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	345	138.22/cwt	127.00–139.00	477	15
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	728	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	1,012	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	440	131.21/cwt	123.00–131.50	577	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	720	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	749	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	361	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	477	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	544	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	702	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	461	130.11/cwt	124.00–131.00	600	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	546	129.00/cwt	125.00–129.25	704	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	628	120.50/cwt	120.50–120.50	757	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	456	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	584	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	523	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	654	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	555	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	705	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	667	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	867	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	715	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	829	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	420	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	601	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	417	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	655	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	489	147.04/cwt	135.00–149.00	719	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	631	131.25/cwt	131.25–131.25	828	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	630	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	794	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	736	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	861	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	562	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	725	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	578	131.29/cwt	126.00–133.00	759	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	339	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	553	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	419	155.18/cwt	142.00–156.00	650	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 Dec 4, 2021

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

Receipts 555Last week 247Year ago 343

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 104, Heifers 267, Bulls 184)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	658	132.00	132.00
5	—	518	136.00–148.00	145.50
9	—	357	160.00	160.00
15	—	584	137.50	137.50
15	—	645	132.00	132.00
16	—	494	152.00	152.00
18	—	419	142.00–156.00	155.18
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	667	130.00	130.00
13	—	417	157.00	157.00
7	—	489	135.00–149.00	147.04
1	—	630	126.00	126.00
4	—	578	126.00–133.00	131.29
7	—	339	163.00	163.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	420	143.00	143.00
3	—	562	129.00	129.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	462	147.00–155.00	151.80
6	—	678	145.00	145.00
10	—	532	156.00	156.00
2	—	728	139.00	139.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	470	136.00	136.00
1	—	545	134.00	134.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	620	140.00	140.00
29	—	544	147.00–154.50	154.00
6	—	742	137.50	137.50
10	—	650	145.00	145.00
8	—	461	155.00	155.00
1	—	340	156.00	156.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	356	139.50	139.50
22	—	643	123.75	123.75
32	—	461	124.00–131.00	130.11
33	—	546	125.00–129.25	129.00
8	—	736	117.00	117.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	345	127.00–139.00	138.22
29	—	440	123.00–131.50	131.21
29	—	544	129.00	129.00
2	—	555	127.00	127.00
1	—	715	116.00	116.00
10	—	631	131.25	131.25
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	720	104.00	104.00
8	—	361	132.00	132.00
6	—	628	120.50	120.50
9	—	456	128.00	128.00
3	—	523	125.00	125.00

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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