Name: Springlake Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2022-09-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-09-24

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 133, Heifers 197, Bulls 167)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $142.67/cwt on 160 head.

Average price

$142.67

160 head · 521 lb average

Value per head Derived

$744

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$31

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

$7.06/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.79

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	503	145.50	731	59
Medium and Large 1	538	141.57	761	83
Medium and Large 3	506	138.44	700	18thin

One grade step is worth $7.06/cwt here — about $31 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 sale160 hd

142.67

—

VA average11 barns · 2,120 hd

146.46

−3.79

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

47 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
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	785	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	1,130	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	731	130.75/cwt	130.75–130.75	956	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	395	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	754	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	534	148.45/cwt	137.00–150.00	793	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	378	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	718	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	653	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	1,064	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	515	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	829	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	445	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	672	26
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	549	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	933	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	562	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	955	20
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	629	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	956	5
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	710	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	987	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	449	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	678	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	456	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	816	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	648	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	1,030	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	635	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	914	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	452	183.50/cwt	183.50–183.50	829	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	650	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	904	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	315	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	536	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	425	166.69/cwt	146.00–171.00	708	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	577	148.50/cwt	148.50–148.50	857	25
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	496	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	784	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	636	142.33/cwt	140.00–142.50	905	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	345	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	552	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	447	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	666	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	728	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	946	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	634	133.75/cwt	133.75–133.75	848	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	626	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	845	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	726	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	1,074	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	639	136.34/cwt	131.00–137.00	871	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	364	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	546	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	455	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	628	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	740	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	925	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	506	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	794	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	525	139.50/cwt	139.50–139.50	732	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	535	139.54/cwt	134.00–140.00	747	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	385	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	558	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	452	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	628	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	359	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	600	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	565	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	797	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	558	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	742	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	586	149.50/cwt	149.50–149.50	876	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	505	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	737	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	356	193.00/cwt	193.00–193.00	687	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	432	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	721	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	665	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	958	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	354	188.86/cwt	162.00–193.50	669	7

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 24, 2022

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

Receipts 497Last week 164Year ago 433

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 133, Heifers 197, Bulls 167)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	785	144.00	144.00
1	—	395	191.00	191.00
11	—	549	170.00	170.00
4	—	648	159.00	159.00
9	—	452	183.50	183.50
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	534	137.00–150.00	148.45
5	—	629	152.00	152.00
2	—	710	139.00	139.00
7	—	449	151.00	151.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	378	190.00	190.00
15	—	653	163.00	163.00
1	—	515	161.00	161.00
20	—	562	170.00	170.00
12	—	456	179.00	179.00
1	—	635	144.00	144.00
5	—	726	148.00	148.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	731	130.75	130.75
26	—	445	151.00	151.00
2	—	345	160.00	160.00
18	—	634	133.75	133.75
25	—	535	134.00–140.00	139.54
1	—	385	145.00	145.00
3	—	452	139.00	139.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	447	149.00	149.00
3	—	728	130.00	130.00
9	—	639	131.00–137.00	136.34
17	—	525	139.50	139.50
7	—	359	167.00	167.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	626	135.00	135.00
4	—	364	150.00	150.00
6	—	455	138.00	138.00
1	—	740	125.00	125.00
3	—	558	133.00	133.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	650	139.00	139.00
1	—	315	170.00	170.00
12	—	425	146.00–171.00	166.69
25	—	577	148.50	148.50
16	—	496	158.00	158.00
14	—	636	140.00–142.50	142.33
2	—	505	146.00	146.00
4	—	356	193.00	193.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	506	157.00	157.00
8	—	586	149.50	149.50
6	—	432	167.00	167.00
1	—	665	144.00	144.00
7	—	354	162.00–193.50	188.86
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	565	141.00	141.00

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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