Name: Springlake Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2022-07-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-07-29

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Special Weaned/Vaccinated Sale

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 157, Heifers 143)

Value Added cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $174.14/cwt on 157 head.

Average price

$174.14

157 head · 684 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,191

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$213

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

$18.92/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 1-2	622	179.80	1,119	110
Medium and Large 1	828	160.88	1,332	47

One grade step is worth $18.92/cwt here — about −$213 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 sale157 hd

174.14

—

VA average6 barns · 719 hd

173.32

+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

10 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	759	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	1,009	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	466	160.50/cwt	160.50–160.50	748	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	609	150.25/cwt	150.25–150.25	915	76
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3Value Added	—	505	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	813	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3Value Added	—	444	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	741	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3Value Added	—	467	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	752	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	916	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	1,429	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	763	164.50/cwt	164.50–164.50	1,255	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	545	181.75/cwt	181.75–181.75	991	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	654	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	1,171	78

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

Fri Jul 29, 2022

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

Receipts 300Last week 194Year ago 324

Special Weaned/Vaccinated Sale

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 157, Heifers 143)

Value Added cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	759	133.00	133.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	466	160.50	160.50
76	—	609	150.25	150.25
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	505	161.00	161.00
18	—	444	167.00	167.00
21	—	467	161.00	161.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	916	156.00	156.00
27	—	763	164.50	164.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	545	181.75	181.75
78	—	654	179.00	179.00

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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