Name: Springlake Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2022-06-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-06-04

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 96, Heifers 185, Bulls 95)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $141.10/cwt on 176 head.

Average price

$141.10

176 head · 525 lb average

Value per head Derived

$741

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$70

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

$11.16/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.37

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	500	143.08	715	67
Medium and Large 1	555	142.15	788	85
Medium and Large 3	489	131.91	646	24

One grade step is worth $11.16/cwt here — about $70 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 sale176 hd

141.10

—

VA average8 barns · 946 hd

140.73

+0.37

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

39 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	—	365	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	599	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	661	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	886	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	428	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	702	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	489	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	826	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	578	155.16/cwt	140.00–158.50	897	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	576	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	778	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	408	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	690	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	528	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	834	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	457	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	749	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	647	132.69/cwt	121.00–135.00	859	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	361	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	538	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	683	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	1,045	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	373	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	615	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	715	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	965	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	649	158.50/cwt	158.50–158.50	1,029	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	383	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	571	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	746	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	903	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	730	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	869	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	736	147.50/cwt	147.50–147.50	1,086	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	548	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	926	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	740	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,110	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	459	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	656	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	636	138.58/cwt	129.00–139.00	881	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	554	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	809	33
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	614	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,013	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	460	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	800	16
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	549	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	939	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	412	172.12/cwt	162.00–173.00	709	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	453	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	734	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	660	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	884	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	455	141.70/cwt	134.00–142.00	645	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	347	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	482	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	631	124.38/cwt	118.00–126.00	785	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	612	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	930	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	347	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	607	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	491	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	815	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	541	147.25/cwt	147.25–147.25	797	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	544	129.50/cwt	129.50–129.50	704	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	449	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	602	8

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 Jun 4, 2022

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

Receipts 376Last week 163Year ago 379

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 96, Heifers 185, Bulls 95)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	365	164.00	164.00
5	—	661	134.00	134.00
6	—	428	164.00	164.00
7	—	489	169.00	169.00
11	—	578	140.00–158.50	155.16
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	576	135.00	135.00
5	—	453	162.00	162.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	412	162.00–173.00	172.12
2	—	660	134.00	134.00
3	—	612	152.00	152.00
6	—	347	175.00	175.00
6	—	491	166.00	166.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	408	169.00	169.00
2	—	528	158.00	158.00
1	—	715	135.00	135.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	457	164.00	164.00
2	—	683	153.00	153.00
21	—	649	158.50	158.50
5	—	736	147.50	147.50
12	—	548	169.00	169.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	373	165.00	165.00
1	—	740	150.00	150.00
4	—	614	165.00	165.00
16	—	460	174.00	174.00
16	—	549	171.00	171.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	647	121.00–135.00	132.69
8	—	361	149.00	149.00
2	—	730	119.00	119.00
27	—	455	134.00–142.00	141.70
24	—	541	147.25	147.25
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	383	149.00	149.00
4	—	746	121.00	121.00
22	—	459	143.00	143.00
23	—	636	129.00–139.00	138.58
33	—	554	146.00	146.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	347	139.00	139.00
5	—	631	118.00–126.00	124.38
6	—	544	129.50	129.50
8	—	449	134.00	134.00

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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