Name: Springlake Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2023-01-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-01-27

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Springlake Weaned/ Vaccinated Sale

Stated Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 67, Heifers 57)

Value Added cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $191.06/cwt on 67 head.

Average price

$191.06

67 head · 665 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,271

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$73

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

$20.59/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+7.37

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	634	196.59	1,247	49
Medium and Large 1	750	176.00	1,320	18thin

One grade step is worth $20.59/cwt here — about −$73 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 sale67 hd

191.06

—

VA average7 barns · 647 hd

183.69

+7.37

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

9 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 1Value Added	—	730	141.50/cwt	141.50–141.50	1,033	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	643	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	997	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	452	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	759	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	548	164.50/cwt	164.50–164.50	901	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	750	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	1,320	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	447	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	961	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	842	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,389	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	550	209.00/cwt	209.00–209.00	1,150	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	655	196.00/cwt	196.00–196.00	1,284	22

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

Fri Jan 27, 2023

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

Receipts 124Last week 426Year ago 282

Springlake Weaned/ Vaccinated Sale

Stated Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 67, Heifers 57)

Value Added cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	730	141.50	141.50
20	—	643	155.00	155.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	452	168.00	168.00
18	—	548	164.50	164.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	750	176.00	176.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	447	215.00	215.00
8	—	842	165.00	165.00
14	—	550	209.00	209.00
22	—	655	196.00	196.00

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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