Name: Springlake Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2023-02-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-02-04

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 50, Heifers 99, Bulls 124)

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb bulls averaged $172.17/cwt on 97 head.

Average price

$172.17

97 head · 492 lb average

Value per head Derived

$848

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$82

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

$1.54/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−4.41

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	482	172.54	831	39
Medium and Large 1	507	172.02	872	52
Medium and Large 3	438	171.00	749	6thin

One grade step is worth $1.54/cwt here — about $82 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 sale97 hd

172.17

—

VA average8 barns · 559 hd

176.57

−4.41

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

41 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	—	300	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	528	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	700	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	952	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	351	194.00/cwt	194.00–194.00	681	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	570	166.26/cwt	161.00–167.00	948	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	418	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	782	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	495	167.50/cwt	167.50–167.50	829	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	650	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	1,144	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	533	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	853	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	715	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,144	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	325	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	618	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	534	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	999	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	423	196.00/cwt	196.00–196.00	829	5
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	440	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	748	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	382	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	745	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	738	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,181	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	361	165.31/cwt	147.00–168.00	597	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	441	196.00/cwt	196.00–196.00	864	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	462	146.56/cwt	138.00–150.00	677	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	645	143.50/cwt	143.50–143.50	926	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	444	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	666	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	500	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	650	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	645	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	974	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	438	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	749	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	426	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	788	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	500	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	830	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	650	156.50/cwt	156.50–156.50	1,017	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	390	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	581	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	556	157.50/cwt	157.50–157.50	876	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	571	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	777	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	720	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	900	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	556	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	812	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	633	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	874	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	360	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	612	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	357	194.00/cwt	194.00–194.00	693	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	655	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	884	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	750	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	983	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	537	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	784	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	476	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	676	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	585	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,082	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	630	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	844	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	654	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	1,125	5

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 Feb 4, 2023

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

Receipts 273Last week 417Year ago 246

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 50, Heifers 99, Bulls 124)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	300	176.00	176.00
1	—	700	136.00	136.00
7	—	351	194.00	194.00
8	—	570	161.00–167.00	166.26
11	—	418	187.00	187.00
12	—	495	167.50	167.50
12	—	650	156.50	156.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	645	151.00	151.00
12	—	426	185.00	185.00
11	—	500	166.00	166.00
8	—	556	157.50	157.50
5	—	357	194.00	194.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	438	171.00	171.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	650	176.00	176.00
1	—	715	160.00	160.00
5	—	423	196.00	196.00
3	—	382	195.00	195.00
1	—	585	185.00	185.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	533	160.00	160.00
6	—	440	170.00	170.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	325	190.00	190.00
6	—	534	187.00	187.00
4	—	738	160.00	160.00
5	—	441	196.00	196.00
5	—	654	172.00	172.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	361	147.00–168.00	165.31
4	—	645	143.50	143.50
14	—	444	150.00	150.00
2	—	750	131.00	131.00
15	—	537	146.00	146.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	462	138.00–150.00	146.56
1	—	500	130.00	130.00
8	—	556	146.00	146.00
6	—	633	138.00	138.00
7	—	360	170.00	170.00
1	—	655	135.00	135.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	390	149.00	149.00
4	—	571	136.00	136.00
1	—	720	125.00	125.00
6	—	476	142.00	142.00
1	—	630	134.00	134.00

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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