Name: Springlake Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2022-05-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-05-28

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 42, Heifers 87, Bulls 34)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $143.61/cwt on 79 head.

Average price

$143.61

79 head · 471 lb average

Value per head Derived

$677

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$118

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

$7.30/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.99

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	446	146.00	651	40
Medium and Large 1	536	142.00	761	29
Medium and Large 3	384	138.70	533	10thin

One grade step is worth $7.30/cwt here — about $118 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 sale79 hd

143.61

—

VA average7 barns · 1,233 hd

141.61

+1.99

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

31 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	—	625	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	900	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	508	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	818	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	431	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	672	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	584	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	917	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	350	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	613	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	668	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	955	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	452	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	755	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	708	141.50/cwt	141.50–141.50	1,002	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	315	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	573	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	547	167.50/cwt	167.50–167.50	916	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	400	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	672	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	410	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	681	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	550	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	869	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	530	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	684	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	660	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	983	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	480	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	624	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	464	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	677	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	343	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	525	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	552	145.50/cwt	145.50–145.50	803	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	649	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	850	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	646	152.50/cwt	152.50–152.50	985	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	365	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	551	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	354	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	499	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	723	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	897	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	660	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	845	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	465	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	637	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	547	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	788	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	540	144.34/cwt	134.00–154.50	779	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	476	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	733	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	320	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	442	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	446	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	651	14

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 28, 2022

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

Receipts 163Last week 416Year ago 261

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 42, Heifers 87, Bulls 34)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	625	144.00	144.00
3	—	508	161.00	161.00
5	—	431	156.00	156.00
6	—	584	157.00	157.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	350	175.00	175.00
2	—	668	143.00	143.00
2	—	540	134.00–154.50	144.34
4	—	476	154.00	154.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	452	167.00	167.00
4	—	708	141.50	141.50
12	—	547	167.50	167.50
10	—	646	152.50	152.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	315	182.00	182.00
1	—	400	168.00	168.00
4	—	550	158.00	158.00
1	—	660	149.00	149.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	410	166.00	166.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	530	129.00	129.00
1	—	480	130.00	130.00
8	—	354	141.00	141.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	464	146.00	146.00
2	—	343	153.00	153.00
4	—	649	131.00	131.00
2	—	723	124.00	124.00
13	—	547	144.00	144.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	552	145.50	145.50
13	—	365	151.00	151.00
2	—	660	128.00	128.00
1	—	465	137.00	137.00
2	—	320	138.00	138.00
14	—	446	146.00	146.00

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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