Name: Springlake Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2023-01-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-01-14

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 103, Heifers 196, Bulls 137)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $148.15/cwt on 184 head.

Average price

$148.15

184 head · 493 lb average

Value per head Derived

$730

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$14

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

$4.93/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.56

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	458	150.23	688	71
Medium and Large 1	532	147.36	784	85
Medium and Large 3	464	145.30	674	28

One grade step is worth $4.93/cwt here — about $14 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 sale184 hd

148.15

—

VA average9 barns · 1,815 hd

151.71

−3.56

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

46 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	445	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	587	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	452	189.38/cwt	163.00–193.00	856	17
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	363	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	708	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	737	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	1,002	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	550	134.50/cwt	134.50–134.50	740	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	546	192.00/cwt	192.00–192.00	1,048	7
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	520	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	790	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	659	172.97/cwt	162.00–175.50	1,140	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	370	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	722	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	439	149.50/cwt	149.50–149.50	656	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	351	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	572	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	556	194.50/cwt	194.50–194.50	1,081	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	460	194.41/cwt	165.00–197.00	894	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	730	149.79/cwt	145.00–160.00	1,093	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	770	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,117	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	535	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	942	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	622	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	1,064	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	419	183.00/cwt	183.00–183.00	767	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	649	147.50/cwt	147.50–147.50	957	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	499	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	898	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	328	193.00/cwt	193.00–193.00	633	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	680	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	952	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	573	174.51/cwt	168.00–175.00	1,000	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	725	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	870	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	354	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	573	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	544	147.50/cwt	147.50–147.50	802	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	465	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	623	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	442	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	712	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	562	136.50/cwt	136.50–136.50	767	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	642	133.50/cwt	133.50–133.50	857	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	330	177.50/cwt	177.50–177.50	586	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	645	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	948	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	650	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	891	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	540	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	767	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	631	140.50/cwt	140.50–140.50	887	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	730	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	986	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	544	141.50/cwt	141.50–141.50	770	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	463	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	736	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	367	159.14/cwt	143.00–161.00	584	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	453	141.50/cwt	141.50–141.50	641	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	364	187.36/cwt	170.00–190.00	682	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	492	176.74/cwt	161.00–178.00	870	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	571	162.36/cwt	151.00–164.50	927	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	420	183.00/cwt	183.00–183.00	769	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	660	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	891	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	460	149.22/cwt	137.00–150.00	686	17

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 Jan 14, 2023

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

Receipts 436Last week 508Year ago 299

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 103, Heifers 196, Bulls 137)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	445	132.00	132.00
1	—	725	120.00	120.00
3	—	562	136.50	136.50
3	—	642	133.50	133.50
10	—	367	143.00–161.00	159.14
10	—	453	141.50	141.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	737	136.00	136.00
2	—	550	134.50	134.50
30	—	439	149.50	149.50
20	—	351	163.00	163.00
1	—	465	134.00	134.00
4	—	650	137.00	137.00
11	—	540	142.00	142.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	354	162.00	162.00
36	—	544	147.50	147.50
21	—	631	140.50	140.50
1	—	730	135.00	135.00
1	—	660	135.00	135.00
17	—	460	137.00–150.00	149.22
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	452	163.00–193.00	189.38
4	—	363	195.00	195.00
7	—	546	192.00	192.00
1	—	770	145.00	145.00
5	—	622	171.00	171.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	520	152.00	152.00
5	—	442	161.00	161.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	659	162.00–175.50	172.97
5	—	370	195.00	195.00
20	—	556	194.50	194.50
13	—	460	165.00–197.00	194.41
3	—	730	145.00–160.00	149.79
1	—	535	176.00	176.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	419	183.00	183.00
9	—	649	147.50	147.50
7	—	499	180.00	180.00
7	—	328	193.00	193.00
3	—	680	140.00	140.00
14	—	573	168.00–175.00	174.51
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	330	177.50	177.50
3	—	645	147.00	147.00
8	—	364	170.00–190.00	187.36
13	—	492	161.00–178.00	176.74
13	—	571	151.00–164.50	162.36
14	—	420	183.00	183.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	544	141.50	141.50
2	—	463	159.00	159.00

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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