Name: Springlake Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2022-12-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-12-17

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 31, Heifers 126, Bulls 82)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $137.39/cwt on 99 head.

Average price

$137.39

99 head · 534 lb average

Value per head Derived

$734

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$47

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 1

$9.19/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.15

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	502	142.66	716	41
Medium and Large 3	505	134.35	678	12thin
Medium and Large 1	571	133.48	762	46

One grade step is worth $9.19/cwt here — about −$47 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 sale99 hd

137.39

—

VA average6 barns · 1,052 hd

138.54

−1.15

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

39 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	—	355	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	607	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	645	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	839	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	502	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	833	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	420	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	680	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	595	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	774	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	568	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	750	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	648	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	985	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	593	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	836	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	375	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	649	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	465	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	646	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	760	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	836	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	730	119.50/cwt	119.50–119.50	872	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	737	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	973	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	660	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	1,010	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	753	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	979	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	627	128.50/cwt	128.50–128.50	806	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	560	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	739	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	648	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	797	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	443	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	789	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	550	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	880	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	456	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	853	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	340	145.41/cwt	140.00–148.00	494	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	455	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	628	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	754	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	867	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	334	157.54/cwt	151.00–159.00	526	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	564	159.41/cwt	150.00–164.00	899	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	315	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	548	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	565	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	763	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	491	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	859	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	461	161.87/cwt	141.00–167.00	746	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	338	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	517	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	449	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	665	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	528	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	755	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	500	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	805	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	670	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	871	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	328	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	567	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	521	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	724	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	454	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	667	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	646	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	808	19

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 17, 2022

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

Receipts 239Last week 173Year ago 313

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 31, Heifers 126, Bulls 82)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	355	171.00	171.00
1	—	645	130.00	130.00
3	—	502	166.00	166.00
5	—	420	162.00	162.00
5	—	595	130.00	130.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	568	132.00	132.00
7	—	491	175.00	175.00
2	—	500	161.00	161.00
2	—	670	130.00	130.00
5	—	328	173.00	173.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	565	135.00	135.00
5	—	461	141.00–167.00	161.87
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	648	152.00	152.00
2	—	753	130.00	130.00
3	—	550	160.00	160.00
6	—	456	187.00	187.00
1	—	315	174.00	174.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	593	141.00	141.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	375	173.00	173.00
3	—	737	132.00	132.00
5	—	660	153.00	153.00
3	—	443	178.00	178.00
3	—	564	150.00–164.00	159.41
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	465	139.00	139.00
1	—	760	110.00	110.00
2	—	560	132.00	132.00
2	—	648	123.00	123.00
3	—	340	140.00–148.00	145.41
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	730	119.50	119.50
5	—	627	128.50	128.50
1	—	455	138.00	138.00
5	—	334	151.00–159.00	157.54
17	—	449	148.00	148.00
9	—	528	143.00	143.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	754	115.00	115.00
2	—	338	153.00	153.00
7	—	521	139.00	139.00
13	—	454	147.00	147.00
19	—	646	125.00	125.00

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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