Name: Springlake Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2022-09-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-09-23

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Springlake Weaned and Vaccinated Sale.

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 95, Heifers 69)

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 $166.61/cwt on 95 head.

Average price

$166.61

95 head · 686 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,143

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$202

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

$8.55/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.07

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	602	171.20	1,031	44
Medium and Large 1	758	162.65	1,233	51

One grade step is worth $8.55/cwt here — about −$202 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 sale95 hd

166.61

—

VA average10 barns · 1,279 hd

169.69

−3.07

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

7 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	—	754	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	1,108	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	638	153.50/cwt	153.50–153.50	979	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	538	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	807	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	853	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	1,382	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	732	162.83/cwt	157.00–165.50	1,192	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	539	169.50/cwt	169.50–169.50	914	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	650	172.50/cwt	172.50–172.50	1,121	25

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 Sep 23, 2022

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

Receipts 164Last week 285Year ago 433

Springlake Weaned and Vaccinated Sale.

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 95, Heifers 69)

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
20	—	754	147.00	147.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	638	153.50	153.50
33	—	538	150.00	150.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	853	162.00	162.00
40	—	732	157.00–165.50	162.83
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	539	169.50	169.50
25	—	650	172.50	172.50

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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