Name: Springlake Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2022-10-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-10-15

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 58, Heifers 188, Bulls 150)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $125.90/cwt on 177 head.

Average price

$125.90

177 head · 534 lb average

Value per head Derived

$673

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$78

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

$7.67/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−4.64

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	513	128.14	657	73
Medium and Large 1	562	125.04	702	88
Medium and Large 3	481	120.47	579	16thin

One grade step is worth $7.67/cwt here — about $78 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 sale177 hd

125.90

—

VA average10 barns · 2,467 hd

130.54

−4.64

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

41 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	—	345	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	569	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	660	112.50/cwt	112.50–112.50	743	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	425	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	642	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	649	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	824	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	497	141.50/cwt	141.50–141.50	703	20
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	573	136.48/cwt	122.50–137.00	782	28
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	634	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	932	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	558	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	848	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	630	142.99/cwt	135.00–144.00	901	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	440	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	704	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	515	137.50/cwt	137.50–137.50	708	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	540	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	815	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	718	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	1,020	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	360	167.50/cwt	167.50–167.50	603	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	513	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	680	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	456	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	579	23
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	620	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	822	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	649	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	792	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	360	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	513	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	545	126.77/cwt	120.00–127.50	691	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	743	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	1,033	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	347	140.91/cwt	130.00–142.00	489	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	465	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	744	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	448	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	578	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	678	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	834	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	765	102.50/cwt	102.50–102.50	784	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	543	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	695	25
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	656	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	827	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	636	121.25/cwt	121.25–121.25	771	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	635	112.50/cwt	112.50–112.50	714	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	539	113.44/cwt	112.50–117.50	611	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	363	135.94/cwt	130.00–139.00	493	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	467	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	560	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	411	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	666	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	734	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	815	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	575	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	788	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	494	137.38/cwt	117.50–139.00	679	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	553	122.50/cwt	122.50–122.50	677	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	465	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	616	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	365	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	606	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	723	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	889	6

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 Oct 15, 2022

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

Receipts 396Last week 635Year ago 454

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 58, Heifers 188, Bulls 150)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	345	165.00	165.00
1	—	660	112.50	112.50
4	—	425	151.00	151.00
16	—	649	127.00	127.00
20	—	497	141.50	141.50
28	—	573	122.50–137.00	136.48
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	656	126.00	126.00
10	—	411	162.00	162.00
11	—	575	137.00	137.00
13	—	494	117.50–139.00	137.38
3	—	365	166.00	166.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	553	122.50	122.50
1	—	465	132.50	132.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	634	147.00	147.00
4	—	440	160.00	160.00
6	—	540	151.00	151.00
2	—	718	142.00	142.00
1	—	360	167.50	167.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	558	152.00	152.00
9	—	630	135.00–144.00	142.99
1	—	515	137.50	137.50
2	—	743	139.00	139.00
7	—	465	160.00	160.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	513	132.50	132.50
1	—	620	132.50	132.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	456	127.00	127.00
1	—	360	142.50	142.50
30	—	545	120.00–127.50	126.77
2	—	678	123.00	123.00
26	—	636	121.25	121.25
6	—	723	123.00	123.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	649	122.00	122.00
11	—	347	130.00–142.00	140.91
22	—	448	129.00	129.00
1	—	765	102.50	102.50
25	—	543	128.00	128.00
4	—	734	111.00	111.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	635	112.50	112.50
5	—	539	112.50–117.50	113.44
3	—	363	130.00–139.00	135.94
7	—	467	120.00	120.00

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.

Feeder Cattle — prices, barns, and planning

Fed Cattle — the cash market and what quality pays

Beef & Retail — from the box to the grocery shelf

Feed & Hay — the cost side, cash not futures

Cows & Bred Stock — the rebuild market

More

Springlake Livestock Market, Inc.