Name: Springlake Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2022-04-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-04-23

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 132, Heifers 263, Bulls 218)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $144.14/cwt on 231 head.

Average price

$144.14

231 head · 498 lb average

Value per head Derived

$718

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$45

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

$10.99/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.82

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	471	148.81	701	94
Medium and Large 1	537	142.49	766	91
Medium and Large 3	476	137.83	655	46

One grade step is worth $10.99/cwt here — about $45 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 sale231 hd

144.14

—

VA average11 barns · 1,591 hd

143.32

+0.82

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	—	415	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	706	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	347	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	597	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	500	149.41/cwt	140.00–150.00	747	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	572	153.96/cwt	150.00–154.50	881	26
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	668	143.50/cwt	143.50–143.50	959	26
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	385	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	620	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	657	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	1,025	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	438	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	705	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	535	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	867	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	460	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	764	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	395	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	668	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	360	169.83/cwt	161.00–176.00	611	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	448	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	757	14
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	543	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	945	12
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	650	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	988	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	374	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	565	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	545	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	932	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	623	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	847	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	625	134.08/cwt	128.00–134.50	838	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	445	151.42/cwt	139.00–151.75	674	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	580	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	893	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	350	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	553	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	644	155.16/cwt	149.00–157.00	999	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	340	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	493	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	550	144.50/cwt	144.50–144.50	795	46
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	680	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	836	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	534	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	780	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	737	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	921	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	450	145.25/cwt	145.25–145.25	654	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	722	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	910	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	435	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	583	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	534	132.43/cwt	120.00–134.00	707	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	457	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	676	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	577	153.70/cwt	150.00–154.00	887	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	652	114.76/cwt	108.00–117.00	748	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	503	156.38/cwt	146.00–158.00	787	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	413	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	727	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	547	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	831	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	435	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	740	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	338	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	585	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	342	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	492	12

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 23, 2022

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

Receipts 613Last week 64Year ago 489

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 132, Heifers 263, Bulls 218)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	415	170.00	170.00
12	—	347	172.00	172.00
17	—	500	140.00–150.00	149.41
26	—	572	150.00–154.50	153.96
26	—	668	143.50	143.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	385	161.00	161.00
13	—	577	150.00–154.00	153.70
15	—	503	146.00–158.00	156.38
11	—	413	176.00	176.00
16	—	338	173.00	173.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	547	152.00	152.00
12	—	435	170.00	170.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	657	156.00	156.00
5	—	360	161.00–176.00	169.83
14	—	448	169.00	169.00
12	—	543	174.00	174.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	438	161.00	161.00
5	—	535	162.00	162.00
2	—	650	152.00	152.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	460	166.00	166.00
1	—	395	169.00	169.00
42	—	545	171.00	171.00
1	—	580	154.00	154.00
13	—	644	149.00–157.00	155.16
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	374	151.00	151.00
16	—	625	128.00–134.50	134.08
46	—	550	144.50	144.50
3	—	737	125.00	125.00
22	—	450	145.25	145.25
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	623	136.00	136.00
37	—	445	139.00–151.75	151.42
24	—	350	158.00	158.00
1	—	340	145.00	145.00
1	—	680	123.00	123.00
16	—	534	146.00	146.00
5	—	722	126.00	126.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	435	134.00	134.00
9	—	534	120.00–134.00	132.43
16	—	457	148.00	148.00
8	—	652	108.00–117.00	114.76
12	—	342	144.00	144.00

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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