Name: Springlake Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2022-09-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-09-17

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 34, Heifers 128, Bulls 123)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $142.10/cwt on 104 head.

Average price

$142.10

104 head · 506 lb average

Value per head Derived

$719

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$198

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

$11.12/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−9.74

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	499	146.93	733	37
Medium and Large 1	562	141.08	793	46
Medium and Large 3	394	135.81	535	21

One grade step is worth $11.12/cwt here — about $198 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 sale104 hd

142.10

—

VA average9 barns · 1,178 hd

151.84

−9.74

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

42 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	—	635	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	914	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	425	161.75/cwt	153.00–163.00	687	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	492	163.93/cwt	159.00–165.50	807	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	655	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	976	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	575	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	903	22
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	525	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	788	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	510	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	842	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	665	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	1,004	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	448	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	721	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	646	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	1,053	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	568	171.50/cwt	171.50–171.50	974	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	390	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	663	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	615	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	904	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	436	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	702	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	460	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	782	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	795	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	1,169	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	418	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	727	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	650	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,040	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	453	147.50/cwt	147.50–147.50	668	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	539	144.50/cwt	144.50–144.50	779	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	710	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	973	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	633	137.42/cwt	133.00–138.50	870	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	525	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	840	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	521	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	808	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	350	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	455	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	515	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	695	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	448	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	605	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	348	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	477	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	672	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	941	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	348	155.50/cwt	155.50–155.50	541	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	568	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	829	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	543	142.25/cwt	142.25–142.25	772	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	325	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	471	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	353	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	540	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	458	148.50/cwt	148.50–148.50	680	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	724	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	948	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	428	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	663	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	430	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	710	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	495	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	797	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	560	157.27/cwt	154.00–158.00	881	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	373	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	634	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	659	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	975	5

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 17, 2022

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

Receipts 285Last week 397Year ago 518

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 34, Heifers 128, Bulls 123)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	635	144.00	144.00
8	—	425	153.00–163.00	161.75
8	—	492	159.00–165.50	163.93
14	—	655	149.00	149.00
22	—	575	157.00	157.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	525	150.00	150.00
8	—	430	165.00	165.00
8	—	495	161.00	161.00
11	—	560	154.00–158.00	157.27
2	—	373	170.00	170.00
5	—	659	148.00	148.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	568	146.00	146.00
3	—	428	155.00	155.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	510	165.00	165.00
1	—	795	147.00	147.00
2	—	418	174.00	174.00
2	—	650	160.00	160.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	665	151.00	151.00
3	—	448	161.00	161.00
4	—	646	163.00	163.00
5	—	568	171.50	171.50
1	—	390	170.00	170.00
1	—	460	170.00	170.00
1	—	525	160.00	160.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	615	147.00	147.00
4	—	436	161.00	161.00
4	—	521	155.00	155.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	453	147.50	147.50
10	—	539	144.50	144.50
1	—	710	137.00	137.00
7	—	672	140.00	140.00
9	—	348	155.50	155.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	633	133.00–138.50	137.42
21	—	543	142.25	142.25
1	—	325	145.00	145.00
2	—	353	153.00	153.00
6	—	458	148.50	148.50
6	—	724	131.00	131.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	350	130.00	130.00
1	—	515	135.00	135.00
8	—	448	135.00	135.00
11	—	348	137.00	137.00

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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