Name: Springlake Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2022-03-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-03-12

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 24, Heifers 93, Bulls 67)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $133.72/cwt on 77 head.

Average price

$133.72

77 head · 485 lb average

Value per head Derived

$649

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$97

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

$9.07/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−5.00

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	464	137.17	636	33
Medium and Large 1	519	131.81	685	36
Medium and Large 3	421	128.11	539	8thin

One grade step is worth $9.07/cwt here — about $97 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 sale77 hd

133.72

—

VA average9 barns · 1,993 hd

138.73

−5.00

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

33 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	—	443	144.97/cwt	139.00–151.00	642	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	665	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	878	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	362	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	565	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	571	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	757	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	503	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	699	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	410	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	554	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	338	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	466	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	708	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	821	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	555	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	710	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	642	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	783	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	543	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	706	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	450	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	617	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	640	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	941	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	380	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	589	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	561	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	870	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	405	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	547	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	365	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	548	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	500	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	550	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	549	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	851	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	430	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	598	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	473	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	700	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	595	117.50/cwt	117.50–117.50	699	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	335	151.22/cwt	145.00–155.00	507	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	404	157.35/cwt	139.00–159.50	636	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	734	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	859	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	354	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	513	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	625	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	756	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	505	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	692	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	568	134.50/cwt	134.50–134.50	764	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	652	134.50/cwt	134.50–134.50	877	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	359	126.28/cwt	124.00–131.00	453	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	448	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	600	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	440	139.51/cwt	131.00–140.00	614	17

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 12, 2022

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

Receipts 184Last week 745Year ago 925

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 24, Heifers 93, Bulls 67)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	443	139.00–151.00	144.97
2	—	665	132.00	132.00
3	—	362	156.00	156.00
8	—	571	132.50	132.50
9	—	503	139.00	139.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	410	135.00	135.00
1	—	595	117.50	117.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	335	145.00–155.00	151.22
10	—	404	139.00–159.50	157.35
3	—	505	137.00	137.00
3	—	568	134.50	134.50
3	—	652	134.50	134.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	338	138.00	138.00
2	—	708	116.00	116.00
3	—	555	128.00	128.00
6	—	365	150.00	150.00
3	—	625	121.00	121.00
17	—	440	131.00–140.00	139.51
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	642	122.00	122.00
10	—	543	130.00	130.00
11	—	450	137.00	137.00
1	—	405	135.00	135.00
4	—	734	117.00	117.00
5	—	354	145.00	145.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	500	110.00	110.00
3	—	359	124.00–131.00	126.28
4	—	448	134.00	134.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	640	147.00	147.00
4	—	549	155.00	155.00
1	—	430	139.00	139.00
2	—	473	148.00	148.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	380	155.00	155.00
6	—	561	155.00	155.00

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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