Name: Springlake Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2022-08-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-08-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 27, Heifers 85, Bulls 81)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $149.61/cwt on 76 head.

Average price

$149.61

76 head · 497 lb average

Value per head Derived

$744

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$104

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

$13.43/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.64

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	476	151.83	722	30
Medium and Large 1	520	149.34	776	41
Medium and Large 3	446	138.40	618	5thin

One grade step is worth $13.43/cwt here — about $104 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 sale76 hd

149.61

—

VA average10 barns · 1,435 hd

151.24

−1.64

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

30 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	—	700	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	910	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	653	145.50/cwt	145.50–145.50	950	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	584	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	952	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	482	165.50/cwt	165.50–165.50	798	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	380	177.78/cwt	175.00–179.50	676	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	578	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	931	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	473	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	823	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	545	173.75/cwt	173.75–173.75	947	11
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	475	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	793	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	630	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,040	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	410	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	754	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	550	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	941	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	585	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	807	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	625	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	875	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	351	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	527	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	451	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	695	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	622	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	927	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	360	181.50/cwt	181.50–181.50	653	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	718	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	933	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	395	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	521	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	459	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	643	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	537	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	806	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	349	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	537	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	463	157.50/cwt	157.50–157.50	729	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	335	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	603	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	409	173.72/cwt	169.00–176.00	711	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	491	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	820	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	445	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	712	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	540	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	810	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	570	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	804	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 Aug 6, 2022

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

Receipts 193Last week 426Year ago 514

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 27, Heifers 85, Bulls 81)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	700	130.00	130.00
4	—	653	145.50	145.50
9	—	584	163.00	163.00
14	—	482	165.50	165.50
17	—	380	175.00–179.50	177.78
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	578	161.00	161.00
4	—	335	180.00	180.00
6	—	409	169.00–176.00	173.72
9	—	491	167.00	167.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	445	160.00	160.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	473	174.00	174.00
11	—	545	173.75	173.75
1	—	630	165.00	165.00
2	—	360	181.50	181.50
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	475	167.00	167.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	410	184.00	184.00
4	—	550	171.00	171.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	585	138.00	138.00
4	—	625	140.00	140.00
7	—	537	150.00	150.00
8	—	349	154.00	154.00
10	—	463	157.50	157.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	351	150.00	150.00
8	—	451	154.00	154.00
10	—	622	149.00	149.00
2	—	718	130.00	130.00
13	—	540	150.00	150.00
1	—	570	141.00	141.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	395	132.00	132.00
4	—	459	140.00	140.00

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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