Name: Springlake Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2021-12-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-12-18

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 83, Heifers 148, Bulls 82)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $140.87/cwt on 114 head.

Average price

$140.87

114 head · 502 lb average

Value per head Derived

$707

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$128

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

$14.81/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+8.28

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	532	142.31	757	60
Medium and Large 2	462	141.94	655	44
Medium and Large 3	494	127.50	629	10thin

One grade step is worth $14.81/cwt here — about $128 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 sale114 hd

140.87

—

VA average8 barns · 1,277 hd

132.59

+8.28

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

40 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	—	642	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	854	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	340	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	561	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	414	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	679	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	564	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	807	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	490	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	750	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	690	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	890	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	613	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	852	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	546	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	830	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	333	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	566	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	563	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	698	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	373	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	612	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	763	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	984	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	640	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	845	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	363	140.61/cwt	137.00–141.00	510	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	455	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	710	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	549	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	867	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	641	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	904	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	750	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	968	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	675	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	797	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	445	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	596	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	465	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	558	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	415	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	656	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	315	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	403	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	745	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	924	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	323	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	462	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	445	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	619	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	557	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	791	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	464	147.50/cwt	147.50–147.50	684	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	446	146.50/cwt	146.50–146.50	653	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	380	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	467	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	485	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	708	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	418	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	677	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	558	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	703	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	529	138.84/cwt	130.00–142.00	734	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	575	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	805	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	515	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	567	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	439	122.78/cwt	119.00–124.00	539	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	535	140.50/cwt	140.50–140.50	752	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	743	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	914	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	629	138.34/cwt	137.00–138.50	870	9

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 18, 2021

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

Receipts 313Last week 464Year ago 248

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 83, Heifers 148, Bulls 82)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	642	133.00	133.00
4	—	340	165.00	165.00
9	—	414	164.00	164.00
11	—	564	143.00	143.00
14	—	490	153.00	153.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	690	129.00	129.00
3	—	485	146.00	146.00
8	—	418	162.00	162.00
4	—	575	140.00	140.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	515	110.00	110.00
4	—	439	119.00–124.00	122.78
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	613	139.00	139.00
6	—	546	152.00	152.00
2	—	333	170.00	170.00
1	—	750	129.00	129.00
1	—	415	158.00	158.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	563	124.00	124.00
1	—	465	120.00	120.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	373	164.00	164.00
2	—	763	129.00	129.00
11	—	455	156.00	156.00
12	—	549	158.00	158.00
8	—	641	141.00	141.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	640	132.00	132.00
11	—	363	137.00–141.00	140.61
1	—	745	124.00	124.00
19	—	446	146.50	146.50
11	—	529	130.00–142.00	138.84
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	675	118.00	118.00
3	—	445	134.00	134.00
1	—	315	128.00	128.00
1	—	380	123.00	123.00
4	—	558	126.00	126.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	323	143.00	143.00
1	—	445	139.00	139.00
23	—	557	142.00	142.00
20	—	464	147.50	147.50
1	—	535	140.50	140.50
3	—	743	123.00	123.00
9	—	629	137.00–138.50	138.34

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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