Name: Springlake Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2022-01-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-01-22

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 22, Heifers 48, Bulls 34)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $131.88/cwt on 40 head.

Average price

$131.88

40 head · 485 lb average

Value per head Derived

$640

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$24

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

$8.80/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.62

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	476	134.80	641	15thin
Medium and Large 1	491	130.29	640	24
Medium and Large 3	490	126.00	617	1thin

One grade step is worth $8.80/cwt here — about $24 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 sale40 hd

131.88

—

VA average4 barns · 109 hd

132.49

−0.62

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

27 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	—	540	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	848	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	340	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	578	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	670	137.49/cwt	137.00–138.00	921	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	409	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	687	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	491	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	737	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	570	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	775	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	668	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	808	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	490	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	617	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	368	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	523	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	455	138.50/cwt	138.50–138.50	630	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	535	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	642	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	453	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	607	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	635	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	953	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	453	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	725	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	552	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	922	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	418	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	690	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	573	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	894	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	331	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	579	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	405	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	595	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	635	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	845	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	460	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	741	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	488	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	781	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	634	121.50/cwt	121.50–121.50	770	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	507	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	649	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	580	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	737	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	710	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	824	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	318	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	458	2

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 Jan 22, 2022

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

Receipts 104Last week 299Year ago 501

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 22, Heifers 48, Bulls 34)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	540	157.00	157.00
2	—	340	170.00	170.00
2	—	670	137.00–138.00	137.49
4	—	409	168.00	168.00
5	—	491	150.00	150.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	570	136.00	136.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	418	165.00	165.00
2	—	573	156.00	156.00
4	—	331	175.00	175.00
5	—	488	160.00	160.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	668	121.00	121.00
8	—	455	138.50	138.50
3	—	507	128.00	128.00
2	—	318	144.00	144.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	490	126.00	126.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	368	142.00	142.00
5	—	535	120.00	120.00
6	—	453	134.00	134.00
4	—	634	121.50	121.50
1	—	580	127.00	127.00
1	—	710	116.00	116.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	635	150.00	150.00
2	—	453	160.00	160.00
5	—	552	167.00	167.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	405	147.00	147.00
1	—	635	133.00	133.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	460	161.00	161.00

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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