Name: Springlake Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2022-11-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-11-12

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 25, Heifers 45, Bulls 40)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $125.03/cwt on 45 head.

Average price

$125.03

45 head · 595 lb average

Value per head Derived

$744

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$11

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

$10.13/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−12.62

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	515	130.38	672	8thin
Medium and Large 1	618	124.32	768	33
Medium and Large 3	568	120.25	683	4thin

One grade step is worth $10.13/cwt here — about −$11 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 sale45 hd

125.03

—

VA average9 barns · 2,213 hd

137.66

−12.62

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

36 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	—	497	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	825	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	648	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	836	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	577	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	808	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	320	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	531	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	695	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	799	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	508	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	848	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	630	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	945	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	458	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	792	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	517	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	874	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	578	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	936	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	748	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	1,070	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	638	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	995	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	644	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	792	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	480	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	605	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	323	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	494	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	445	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	752	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	410	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	574	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	362	165.93/cwt	160.00–168.00	601	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	759	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	896	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	330	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	426	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	795	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	875	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	573	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	693	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	650	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	748	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	565	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	718	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	370	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	599	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	500	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	815	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	305	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	467	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	670	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	777	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	463	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	588	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	546	129.50/cwt	129.50–129.50	707	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	400	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	632	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	470	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	639	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	445	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	690	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	693	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	852	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	478	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	822	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	575	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	828	3

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 12, 2022

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

Receipts 110Last week 344Year ago 376

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 25, Heifers 45, Bulls 40)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	497	166.00	166.00
8	—	648	129.00	129.00
9	—	577	140.00	140.00
1	—	320	166.00	166.00
1	—	695	115.00	115.00
2	—	508	167.00	167.00
3	—	445	155.00	155.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	370	162.00	162.00
1	—	500	163.00	163.00
2	—	400	158.00	158.00
2	—	693	123.00	123.00
3	—	478	172.00	172.00
3	—	575	144.00	144.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	470	136.00	136.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	630	150.00	150.00
3	—	458	173.00	173.00
3	—	517	169.00	169.00
4	—	362	160.00–168.00	165.93
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	578	162.00	162.00
2	—	748	143.00	143.00
7	—	638	156.00	156.00
1	—	445	169.00	169.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	410	140.00	140.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	644	123.00	123.00
9	—	759	118.00	118.00
1	—	305	153.00	153.00
1	—	670	116.00	116.00
5	—	463	127.00	127.00
7	—	546	129.50	129.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	480	126.00	126.00
2	—	323	153.00	153.00
2	—	650	115.00	115.00
3	—	565	127.00	127.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	330	129.00	129.00
1	—	795	110.00	110.00
2	—	573	121.00	121.00

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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