Name: Springlake Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2023-02-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-02-25

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 49, Heifers 150, Bulls 134)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $175.38/cwt on 133 head.

Average price

$175.38

133 head · 492 lb average

Value per head Derived

$864

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

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

$7.32/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+10.30

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	498	179.99	897	47
Medium and Large 3	438	173.20	759	30
Medium and Large 1	517	172.68	892	56

One grade step is worth $7.32/cwt here — about $4 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 sale133 hd

175.38

—

VA average7 barns · 1,326 hd

165.08

+10.30

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

38 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
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	470	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	870	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	545	197.00/cwt	197.00–197.00	1,074	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	320	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	688	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	661	173.50/cwt	173.50–173.50	1,147	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	499	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	1,078	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	576	203.80/cwt	197.00–204.50	1,174	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	418	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	966	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	650	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	1,196	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	700	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	1,113	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	642	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	1,053	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	735	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,323	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	461	231.50/cwt	231.50–231.50	1,067	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	310	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	682	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	371	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	812	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	665	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	1,024	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	354	183.15/cwt	179.00–184.00	648	6
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	595	199.00/cwt	199.00–199.00	1,184	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	633	194.00/cwt	194.00–194.00	1,228	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	456	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	793	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	731	153.58/cwt	153.00–156.00	1,123	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	534	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	961	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	344	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	602	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	549	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	1,175	14
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	448	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	986	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	535	167.50/cwt	155.00–170.00	896	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	453	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	797	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	563	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,154	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	489	213.57/cwt	195.00–215.00	1,044	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	629	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	1,025	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	357	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	660	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	433	194.94/cwt	181.00–200.00	844	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	458	169.74/cwt	165.00–170.00	777	19
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	645	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	1,206	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	339	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	742	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	534	189.75/cwt	189.75–189.75	1,013	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	363	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	635	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	551	203.50/cwt	203.50–203.50	1,121	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	424	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	996	15

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 25, 2023

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

Receipts 333Last week 185Year ago 332

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 49, Heifers 150, Bulls 134)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	470	185.00	185.00
1	—	545	197.00	197.00
1	—	595	199.00	199.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	735	180.00	180.00
10	—	461	231.50	231.50
4	—	371	219.00	219.00
8	—	633	194.00	194.00
14	—	549	214.00	214.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	310	220.00	220.00
2	—	448	220.00	220.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	320	215.00	215.00
5	—	661	173.50	173.50
8	—	499	216.00	216.00
11	—	576	197.00–204.50	203.80
13	—	418	231.00	231.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	650	184.00	184.00
12	—	563	205.00	205.00
13	—	489	195.00–215.00	213.57
2	—	645	187.00	187.00
8	—	339	219.00	219.00
15	—	424	235.00	235.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	433	181.00–200.00	194.94
8	—	551	203.50	203.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	700	159.00	159.00
7	—	642	164.00	164.00
13	—	456	174.00	174.00
9	—	357	185.00	185.00
17	—	534	189.75	189.75
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	665	154.00	154.00
8	—	344	175.00	175.00
6	—	535	155.00–170.00	167.50
12	—	453	176.00	176.00
3	—	363	175.00	175.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	354	179.00–184.00	183.15
5	—	731	153.00–156.00	153.58
20	—	534	180.00	180.00
6	—	629	163.00	163.00
19	—	458	165.00–170.00	169.74

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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