Name: Springlake Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2021-12-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-12-11

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 68, Heifers 200, Bulls 196)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $131.56/cwt on 163 head.

Average price

$131.56

163 head · 505 lb average

Value per head Derived

$665

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$91

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3

$15.04/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.25

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	509	134.66	685	80
Medium and Large 2	504	132.88	670	56
Medium and Large 3	497	119.62	594	27

One grade step is worth $15.04/cwt here — about $91 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 sale163 hd

131.56

—

VA average9 barns · 2,331 hd

131.31

+0.25

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
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	653	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	980	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	362	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	492	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	534	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	876	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	370	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	622	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	454	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	731	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	446	169.50/cwt	169.50–169.50	756	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	770	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	1,109	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	639	129.12/cwt	126.00–130.00	825	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	753	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	1,024	6
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	480	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	672	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	580	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	766	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	380	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	631	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	630	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	920	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	646	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	930	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	650	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	884	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	579	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	799	24
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	498	149.14/cwt	140.00–150.00	743	23
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	653	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	836	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	350	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	588	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	412	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	643	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	540	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	734	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	493	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	641	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	549	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	604	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	339	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	583	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	496	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	744	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	425	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	527	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	567	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	765	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	643	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	611	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	464	117.18/cwt	110.00–118.00	544	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	457	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	612	26
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	411	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	649	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	369	139.50/cwt	139.50–139.50	515	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	649	130.50/cwt	130.50–130.50	847	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	634	128.13/cwt	123.00–129.00	812	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	733	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	865	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	543	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	668	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	755	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	800	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	705	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	959	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	369	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	483	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	544	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	745	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	545	137.07/cwt	131.00–138.00	747	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	721	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	865	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	452	133.50/cwt	133.50–133.50	603	23

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 11, 2021

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

Receipts 464Last week 555Year ago 649

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 68, Heifers 200, Bulls 196)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	653	150.00	150.00
8	—	446	169.50	169.50
1	—	770	144.00	144.00
2	—	380	166.00	166.00
1	—	630	146.00	146.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	534	164.00	164.00
2	—	370	168.00	168.00
9	—	454	161.00	161.00
6	—	753	136.00	136.00
1	—	580	132.00	132.00
6	—	646	144.00	144.00
1	—	650	136.00	136.00
1	—	705	136.00	136.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	480	140.00	140.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	362	136.00	136.00
2	—	425	124.00	124.00
7	—	634	123.00–129.00	128.13
3	—	733	118.00	118.00
15	—	545	131.00–138.00	137.07
23	—	452	133.50	133.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	639	126.00–130.00	129.12
26	—	457	134.00	134.00
12	—	369	139.50	139.50
29	—	544	137.00	137.00
4	—	721	120.00	120.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	643	95.00	95.00
10	—	464	110.00–118.00	117.18
9	—	543	123.00	123.00
1	—	755	106.00	106.00
5	—	369	131.00	131.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	579	138.00	138.00
23	—	498	140.00–150.00	149.14
12	—	653	128.00	128.00
12	—	350	168.00	168.00
10	—	412	156.00	156.00
1	—	540	136.00	136.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	493	130.00	130.00
11	—	549	110.00	110.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	339	172.00	172.00
14	—	496	150.00	150.00
8	—	567	135.00	135.00
9	—	411	158.00	158.00
10	—	649	130.50	130.50

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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