Name: Springlake Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2022-03-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-03-05

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 130, Heifers 327, Bulls 288)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $132.40/cwt on 285 head.

Average price

$132.40

285 head · 509 lb average

Value per head Derived

$674

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$57

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 1

$5.50/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−6.12

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	134.85	657	101
Medium and Large 3	456	134.62	614	60
Medium and Large 1	552	129.34	714	124

One grade step is worth $5.50/cwt here — about −$57 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 sale285 hd

132.40

—

VA average10 barns · 2,493 hd

138.52

−6.12

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

42 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	—	359	162.34/cwt	154.00–163.00	583	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	648	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	959	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	426	155.97/cwt	138.00–157.00	664	19
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	576	155.86/cwt	153.00–156.00	898	20
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	495	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	777	28
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	490	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	769	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	549	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	977	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	650	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	1,027	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	722	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	1,004	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	445	183.00/cwt	183.00–183.00	814	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	642	163.50/cwt	163.50–163.50	1,050	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	546	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	977	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	370	157.80/cwt	150.00–165.00	584	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	442	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	690	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	425	137.50/cwt	137.50–137.50	584	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	368	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	589	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	642	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	1,034	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	455	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	787	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	633	123.50/cwt	123.50–123.50	782	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	346	141.50/cwt	141.50–141.50	490	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	444	139.50/cwt	139.50–139.50	619	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	600	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	708	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	540	132.25/cwt	132.25–132.25	714	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	638	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	778	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	452	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	633	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	735	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	735	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	533	124.50/cwt	124.50–124.50	664	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	359	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	499	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	461	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	641	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	565	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	718	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	666	145.43/cwt	141.00–146.00	969	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	535	140.15/cwt	140.00–141.00	750	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	545	128.75/cwt	128.75–128.75	702	49
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	650	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	787	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	373	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	533	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	731	115.50/cwt	115.50–115.50	844	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	444	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	662	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	495	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	673	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	567	157.50/cwt	157.50–157.50	893	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	346	160.39/cwt	155.00–161.00	555	19
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	411	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	641	21
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	502	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	778	28

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 Mar 5, 2022

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

Receipts 745Last week 332Year ago 788

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 130, Heifers 327, Bulls 288)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	359	154.00–163.00	162.34
15	—	648	148.00	148.00
19	—	426	138.00–157.00	155.97
20	—	576	153.00–156.00	155.86
28	—	495	157.00	157.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	490	157.00	157.00
9	—	666	141.00–146.00	145.43
12	—	567	157.50	157.50
19	—	346	155.00–161.00	160.39
21	—	411	156.00	156.00
28	—	502	155.00	155.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	535	140.00–141.00	140.15
11	—	444	149.00	149.00
1	—	495	136.00	136.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	549	178.00	178.00
1	—	425	137.50	137.50
2	—	368	160.00	160.00
3	—	642	161.00	161.00
5	—	455	173.00	173.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	650	158.00	158.00
11	—	722	139.00	139.00
15	—	445	183.00	183.00
29	—	642	163.50	163.50
37	—	546	179.00	179.00
2	—	370	150.00–165.00	157.80
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	442	156.00	156.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	633	123.50	123.50
21	—	346	141.50	141.50
27	—	444	139.50	139.50
38	—	540	132.25	132.25
1	—	565	127.00	127.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	600	118.00	118.00
1	—	735	100.00	100.00
14	—	533	124.50	124.50
17	—	359	139.00	139.00
27	—	461	139.00	139.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	638	122.00	122.00
27	—	452	140.00	140.00
49	—	545	128.75	128.75
1	—	650	121.00	121.00
7	—	373	143.00	143.00
8	—	731	115.50	115.50

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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