Name: Springlake Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2022-12-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-12-03

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 72, Heifers 148, Bulls 103)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $136.70/cwt on 122 head.

Average price

$136.70

122 head · 535 lb average

Value per head Derived

$731

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$50

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

$7.57/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.69

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	512	140.48	719	48
Medium and Large 1	558	134.48	750	63
Medium and Large 3	503	132.91	669	11thin

One grade step is worth $7.57/cwt here — about $50 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 sale122 hd

136.70

—

VA average9 barns · 1,745 hd

140.39

−3.69

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

37 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	—	470	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	714	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	347	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	583	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	651	133.50/cwt	133.50–133.50	869	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	423	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	673	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	568	145.40/cwt	130.00–147.00	826	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	505	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	843	17
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	380	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	650	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	549	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	878	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	556	184.93/cwt	158.00–188.50	1,028	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	380	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	646	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	739	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	1,079	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	615	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	916	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	458	194.00/cwt	194.00–194.00	889	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	728	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	808	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	462	193.00/cwt	193.00–193.00	892	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	628	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	772	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	349	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	548	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	547	137.50/cwt	137.50–137.50	752	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	728	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	830	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	455	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	669	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	642	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	995	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	456	151.25/cwt	151.25–151.25	690	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	663	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	776	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	343	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	473	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	565	128.89/cwt	127.00–129.50	728	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	415	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	623	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	311	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	494	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	573	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	831	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	635	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	819	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	629	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	793	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	542	137.50/cwt	137.50–137.50	745	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	504	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	816	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	422	145.50/cwt	145.50–145.50	614	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	650	134.50/cwt	134.50–134.50	874	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	410	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	660	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	315	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	520	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	550	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	781	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 Dec 3, 2022

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

Receipts 323Last week 264Year ago 555

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 72, Heifers 148, Bulls 103)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	470	152.00	152.00
3	—	347	168.00	168.00
6	—	651	133.50	133.50
8	—	423	159.00	159.00
11	—	568	130.00–147.00	145.40
17	—	505	167.00	167.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	415	150.00	150.00
1	—	550	142.00	142.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	573	145.00	145.00
1	—	635	129.00	129.00
9	—	504	162.00	162.00
5	—	650	134.50	134.50
8	—	410	161.00	161.00
1	—	315	165.00	165.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	380	171.00	171.00
4	—	549	160.00	160.00
1	—	615	149.00	149.00
3	—	462	193.00	193.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	556	158.00–188.50	184.93
2	—	380	170.00	170.00
9	—	739	146.00	146.00
6	—	458	194.00	194.00
14	—	642	155.00	155.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	728	111.00	111.00
9	—	628	123.00	123.00
9	—	349	157.00	157.00
17	—	547	137.50	137.50
11	—	456	151.25	151.25
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	728	114.00	114.00
15	—	455	147.00	147.00
4	—	311	159.00	159.00
18	—	629	126.00	126.00
17	—	542	137.50	137.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	663	117.00	117.00
2	—	343	138.00	138.00
4	—	565	127.00–129.50	128.89
3	—	422	145.50	145.50

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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