Name: Springlake Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2022-04-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-04-02

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 64, Heifers 183, Bulls 130)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $145.68/cwt on 153 head.

Average price

$145.68

153 head · 519 lb average

Value per head Derived

$756

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$77

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

$16.72/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.73

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	492	150.92	742	56
Medium and Large 1	546	145.14	793	75
Medium and Large 3	495	134.20	665	22

One grade step is worth $16.72/cwt here — about $77 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 sale153 hd

145.68

—

VA average8 barns · 1,593 hd

142.95

+2.73

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

43 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	—	345	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	573	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	423	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	698	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	636	144.74/cwt	142.00–145.00	921	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	485	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	815	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	576	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	899	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	635	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	933	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	544	169.50/cwt	169.50–169.50	922	7
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	530	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	848	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	345	194.00/cwt	194.00–194.00	669	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	460	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	787	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	555	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	966	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	465	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	749	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	454	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	808	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	549	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	834	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	653	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	980	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	463	148.40/cwt	140.00–149.00	687	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	378	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	662	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	539	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	970	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	705	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	1,008	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	528	128.80/cwt	120.00–130.00	680	8
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	628	158.50/cwt	158.50–158.50	995	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	385	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	712	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	447	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	760	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	538	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	855	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	583	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	962	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	364	151.54/cwt	149.00–152.00	552	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	475	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	784	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	371	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	557	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	320	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	467	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	345	198.00/cwt	198.00–198.00	683	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	496	177.50/cwt	160.00–180.00	880	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	675	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	891	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	416	194.00/cwt	194.00–194.00	807	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	458	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	641	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	459	152.50/cwt	152.50–152.50	700	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	635	141.50/cwt	141.50–141.50	899	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	438	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	609	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	745	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	909	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	538	149.25/cwt	149.25–149.25	803	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	756	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	960	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	730	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	898	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	640	141.75/cwt	141.75–141.75	907	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	610	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	744	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 Apr 2, 2022

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

Receipts 377Last week 409Year ago 366

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 64, Heifers 183, Bulls 130)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	345	166.00	166.00
8	—	423	165.00	165.00
11	—	636	142.00–145.00	144.74
12	—	485	168.00	168.00
16	—	576	156.00	156.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	635	147.00	147.00
1	—	385	185.00	185.00
6	—	583	165.00	165.00
4	—	345	198.00	198.00
8	—	496	160.00–180.00	177.50
10	—	416	194.00	194.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	447	170.00	170.00
6	—	538	159.00	159.00
1	—	475	165.00	165.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	544	169.50	169.50
11	—	460	171.00	171.00
6	—	653	150.00	150.00
2	—	378	175.00	175.00
1	—	705	143.00	143.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	530	160.00	160.00
1	—	465	161.00	161.00
2	—	628	158.50	158.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	345	194.00	194.00
2	—	555	174.00	174.00
4	—	454	178.00	178.00
10	—	539	180.00	180.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	549	152.00	152.00
7	—	364	149.00–152.00	151.54
27	—	459	152.50	152.50
4	—	635	141.50	141.50
1	—	730	123.00	123.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	463	140.00–149.00	148.40
8	—	371	150.00	150.00
1	—	320	146.00	146.00
1	—	675	132.00	132.00
1	—	745	122.00	122.00
27	—	538	149.25	149.25
6	—	756	127.00	127.00
16	—	640	141.75	141.75
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	528	120.00–130.00	128.80
10	—	458	140.00	140.00
2	—	438	139.00	139.00
2	—	610	122.00	122.00

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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