Name: Springlake Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2022-11-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-11-05

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 51, Heifers 148, Bulls 145)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $137.42/cwt on 133 head.

Average price

$137.42

133 head · 530 lb average

Value per head Derived

$729

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$3

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

$15.95/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.71

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	140.63	702	46
Medium and Large 1	543	138.03	749	72
Medium and Large 3	566	124.68	706	15thin

One grade step is worth $15.95/cwt here — about −$3 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 sale133 hd

137.42

—

VA average10 barns · 1,914 hd

136.71

+0.71

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	—	487	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	789	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	651	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	820	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	405	156.88/cwt	152.00–158.00	635	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	574	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	867	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	348	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	595	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	350	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	560	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	395	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	675	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	653	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	993	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	528	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	876	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	562	168.50/cwt	168.50–168.50	947	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	542	141.58/cwt	131.50–143.50	767	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	385	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	666	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	736	143.50/cwt	143.50–143.50	1,056	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	723	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	1,005	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	427	156.57/cwt	146.00–162.00	669	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	645	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	826	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	647	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	996	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	351	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	495	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	720	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	850	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	761	122.50/cwt	122.50–122.50	932	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	468	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	679	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	330	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	578	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	501	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	782	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	573	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	871	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	409	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	646	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	546	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	775	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	356	144.38/cwt	137.00–147.00	514	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	640	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	870	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	451	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	654	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	455	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	632	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	655	128.62/cwt	120.00–129.50	842	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	448	143.50/cwt	143.50–143.50	643	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	600	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	708	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	520	151.73/cwt	150.00–155.00	789	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	345	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	452	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	462	137.86/cwt	130.00–140.00	637	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	534	144.67/cwt	135.00–145.50	773	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	559	123.97/cwt	121.00–125.00	693	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	460	159.50/cwt	159.50–159.50	734	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	750	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	818	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	425	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	565	1

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 Nov 5, 2022

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

Receipts 344Last week 454Year ago 612

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 51, Heifers 148, Bulls 145)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	487	162.00	162.00
5	—	651	126.00	126.00
11	—	405	152.00–158.00	156.88
14	—	574	151.00	151.00
3	—	348	171.00	171.00
3	—	520	150.00–155.00	151.73
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	350	160.00	160.00
11	—	330	175.00	175.00
17	—	501	156.00	156.00
11	—	573	152.00	152.00
6	—	409	158.00	158.00
5	—	640	136.00	136.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	468	145.00	145.00
6	—	546	142.00	142.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	395	171.00	171.00
2	—	653	152.00	152.00
2	—	528	166.00	166.00
2	—	723	139.00	139.00
3	—	427	146.00–162.00	156.57
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	562	168.50	168.50
1	—	385	173.00	173.00
8	—	736	143.50	143.50
6	—	647	154.00	154.00
11	—	460	159.50	159.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	542	131.50–143.50	141.58
6	—	351	141.00	141.00
7	—	761	122.50	122.50
2	—	455	139.00	139.00
11	—	655	120.00–129.50	128.62
15	—	448	143.50	143.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	645	128.00	128.00
1	—	720	118.00	118.00
8	—	356	137.00–147.00	144.38
15	—	451	145.00	145.00
12	—	534	135.00–145.50	144.67
1	—	425	133.00	133.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	600	118.00	118.00
1	—	345	131.00	131.00
5	—	462	130.00–140.00	137.86
4	—	559	121.00–125.00	123.97
4	—	750	109.00	109.00

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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