Name: Springlake Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2022-03-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-03-19

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 112, Heifers 189, Bulls 167)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $147.97/cwt on 169 head.

Average price

$147.97

169 head · 484 lb average

Value per head Derived

$716

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$39

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

$13.88/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.52

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	463	152.31	705	72
Medium and Large 1	506	147.32	746	69
Medium and Large 3	482	138.43	667	28

One grade step is worth $13.88/cwt here — about $39 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 sale169 hd

147.97

—

VA average11 barns · 1,584 hd

142.45

+5.52

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

41 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	—	630	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	863	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	358	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	584	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	650	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	904	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	427	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	709	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	486	155.09/cwt	149.00–155.50	754	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	581	148.09/cwt	140.00–148.50	860	21
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	615	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	972	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	555	167.33/cwt	159.00–171.50	929	9
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	550	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	891	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	644	150.15/cwt	148.00–150.50	967	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	460	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	823	16
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	358	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	573	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	447	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	715	7
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	635	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	933	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	439	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	702	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	633	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	912	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	335	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	556	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	456	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	711	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	371	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	557	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	452	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	701	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	760	135.20/cwt	134.00–136.00	1,028	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	360	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	551	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	531	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	887	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	540	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	821	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	345	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	514	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	565	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	819	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	620	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	856	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	455	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	673	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	580	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	754	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	534	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	748	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	523	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	711	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	356	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	541	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	451	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	631	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	631	139.61/cwt	138.00–140.00	881	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	654	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	785	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	580	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	893	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	422	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	671	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	503	159.50/cwt	159.50–159.50	802	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	350	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	560	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	520	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	754	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	443	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	651	5

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 19, 2022

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

Receipts 468Last week 184Year ago 444

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 112, Heifers 189, Bulls 167)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	630	137.00	137.00
2	—	358	163.00	163.00
12	—	650	139.00	139.00
13	—	427	166.00	166.00
15	—	486	149.00–155.50	155.09
21	—	581	140.00–148.50	148.09
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	455	148.00	148.00
5	—	631	138.00–140.00	139.61
11	—	580	154.00	154.00
9	—	422	159.00	159.00
17	—	503	159.50	159.50
6	—	350	160.00	160.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	520	145.00	145.00
5	—	443	147.00	147.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	615	158.00	158.00
9	—	555	159.00–171.50	167.33
4	—	358	160.00	160.00
7	—	447	160.00	160.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	550	162.00	162.00
1	—	635	147.00	147.00
8	—	439	160.00	160.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	644	148.00–150.50	150.15
16	—	460	179.00	179.00
2	—	335	166.00	166.00
5	—	760	134.00–136.00	135.20
19	—	531	167.00	167.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	633	144.00	144.00
25	—	456	156.00	156.00
6	—	371	150.00	150.00
1	—	565	145.00	145.00
27	—	534	140.00	140.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	452	155.00	155.00
20	—	360	153.00	153.00
24	—	540	152.00	152.00
1	—	345	149.00	149.00
3	—	620	138.00	138.00
1	—	580	130.00	130.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	523	136.00	136.00
7	—	356	152.00	152.00
9	—	451	140.00	140.00
5	—	654	120.00	120.00

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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