Name: Springlake Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2022-05-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-05-07

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 99, Heifers 165, Bulls 74)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $143.00/cwt on 158 head.

Average price

$143.00

158 head · 503 lb average

Value per head Derived

$719

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$5

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

$12.17/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.10

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	148.22	729	71
Medium and Large 3	454	144.43	656	28
Medium and Large 1	539	136.05	734	59

One grade step is worth $12.17/cwt here — about −$5 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 sale158 hd

143.00

—

VA average10 barns · 1,950 hd

142.90

+0.10

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	—	350	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	567	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	623	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	841	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	663	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	895	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	403	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	633	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	572	147.04/cwt	140.00–148.00	841	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	508	160.50/cwt	160.50–160.50	815	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	627	151.86/cwt	149.00–152.00	952	21
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	553	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	918	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	378	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	612	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	435	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	735	11
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	730	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	949	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	554	165.36/cwt	155.00–166.00	916	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	747	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,008	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	377	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	611	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	475	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	793	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	460	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	782	9
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	528	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	850	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	760	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	1,049	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	468	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	763	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	459	153.75/cwt	153.75–153.75	706	16
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	633	152.04/cwt	150.00–154.00	962	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	585	150.42/cwt	145.00–151.00	880	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	405	157.61/cwt	147.00–163.00	638	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	673	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	902	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	509	158.56/cwt	140.00–162.50	807	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	625	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	769	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	637	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	790	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	527	134.50/cwt	134.50–134.50	709	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	351	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	551	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	375	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	600	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	352	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	577	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	439	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	663	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	372	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	618	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	539	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	690	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	345	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	497	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	729	117.50/cwt	117.50–117.50	857	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	645	126.41/cwt	124.00–127.00	815	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	430	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	684	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	775	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	876	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	753	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	858	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	545	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	709	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	444	158.61/cwt	150.00–159.75	704	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	660	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	759	1

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 May 7, 2022

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

Receipts 338Last week 411Year ago 533

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 99, Heifers 165, Bulls 74)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	350	162.00	162.00
2	—	623	135.00	135.00
3	—	663	135.00	135.00
6	—	403	157.00	157.00
8	—	572	140.00–148.00	147.04
10	—	508	160.50	160.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	585	145.00–151.00	150.42
3	—	405	147.00–163.00	157.61
2	—	673	134.00	134.00
6	—	509	140.00–162.50	158.56
3	—	372	166.00	166.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	627	149.00–152.00	151.86
17	—	554	155.00–166.00	165.36
3	—	747	135.00	135.00
3	—	377	162.00	162.00
9	—	460	170.00	170.00
1	—	430	159.00	159.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	553	166.00	166.00
5	—	378	162.00	162.00
11	—	435	169.00	169.00
1	—	475	167.00	167.00
1	—	760	138.00	138.00
2	—	633	150.00–154.00	152.04
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	730	130.00	130.00
3	—	528	161.00	161.00
3	—	468	163.00	163.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	459	153.75	153.75
11	—	637	124.00	124.00
3	—	375	160.00	160.00
2	—	753	114.00	114.00
26	—	545	130.00	130.00
1	—	660	115.00	115.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	625	123.00	123.00
4	—	351	157.00	157.00
14	—	439	151.00	151.00
6	—	539	128.00	128.00
2	—	345	144.00	144.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	527	134.50	134.50
11	—	352	164.00	164.00
4	—	729	117.50	117.50
10	—	645	124.00–127.00	126.41
1	—	775	113.00	113.00
34	—	444	150.00–159.75	158.61

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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