Name: Springlake Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2022-09-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-09-03

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 20, Heifers 86, Bulls 75)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $148.36/cwt on 55 head.

Average price

$148.36

55 head · 570 lb average

Value per head Derived

$845

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

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

$9.92/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−6.81

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	518	152.92	792	13thin
Medium and Large 1	594	147.88	879	34
Medium and Large 3	549	143.00	785	8thin

One grade step is worth $9.92/cwt here — about $7 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 sale55 hd

148.36

—

VA average7 barns · 1,062 hd

155.17

−6.81

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

29 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	—	355	194.00/cwt	194.00–194.00	689	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	482	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	805	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	520	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	858	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	437	173.52/cwt	171.00–174.00	758	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	569	163.23/cwt	157.00–164.00	929	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	658	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	1,000	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	775	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	1,201	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	655	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,081	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	610	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	1,031	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	470	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	790	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	541	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	828	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	646	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	937	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	470	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	799	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	535	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	947	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	583	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	1,014	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	743	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	996	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	395	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	711	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	531	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	812	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	549	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	785	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	461	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	724	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	338	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	544	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	580	162.71/cwt	158.00–165.00	944	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	646	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	937	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	418	184.79/cwt	170.00–187.00	772	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	430	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	714	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	550	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	897	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	358	194.00/cwt	194.00–194.00	695	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	503	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	855	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	450	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	711	3

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 Sep 3, 2022

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

Receipts 181Last week 297Year ago 257

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 20, Heifers 86, Bulls 75)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	355	194.00	194.00
3	—	482	167.00	167.00
3	—	520	165.00	165.00
6	—	437	171.00–174.00	173.52
9	—	569	157.00–164.00	163.23
10	—	658	152.00	152.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	580	158.00–165.00	162.71
8	—	418	170.00–187.00	184.79
2	—	358	194.00	194.00
2	—	503	170.00	170.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	430	166.00	166.00
1	—	550	163.00	163.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	775	155.00	155.00
2	—	655	165.00	165.00
3	—	470	170.00	170.00
1	—	535	177.00	177.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	610	169.00	169.00
2	—	583	174.00	174.00
1	—	395	180.00	180.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	470	168.00	168.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	541	153.00	153.00
6	—	743	134.00	134.00
7	—	461	157.00	157.00
11	—	646	145.00	145.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	646	145.00	145.00
4	—	531	153.00	153.00
2	—	338	161.00	161.00
3	—	450	158.00	158.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	549	143.00	143.00

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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