Name: Springlake Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2023-03-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-03-04

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 77, Heifers 112, Bulls 63)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $168.44/cwt on 95 head.

Average price

$168.44

95 head · 504 lb average

Value per head Derived

$849

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$44

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3

$5.67/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.44

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	508	170.03	864	37
Medium and Large 2	502	168.41	845	44
Medium and Large 3	499	164.36	820	14thin

One grade step is worth $5.67/cwt here — about $44 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 sale95 hd

168.44

—

VA average9 barns · 1,425 hd

171.88

−3.44

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

40 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 2	—	685	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	1,137	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	342	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	735	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	325	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	709	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	558	194.00/cwt	194.00–194.00	1,083	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	675	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	1,154	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	425	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	897	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	495	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	1,020	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	615	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	1,058	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	461	218.49/cwt	188.00–226.00	1,007	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	668	198.00/cwt	198.00–198.00	1,323	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	635	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,270	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	460	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	874	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	540	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	1,004	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	580	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	1,206	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	447	172.74/cwt	167.00–173.00	772	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	358	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	666	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	310	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	670	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	358	213.00/cwt	213.00–213.00	763	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	450	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	1,017	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	718	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,257	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	385	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	662	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	550	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	880	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	730	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	1,161	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	518	188.00/cwt	188.00–188.00	974	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	659	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	1,048	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	542	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	905	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	452	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	777	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	559	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	939	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	631	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	991	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	531	213.06/cwt	203.00–214.00	1,131	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	538	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	888	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	438	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	749	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	435	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	914	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	503	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,006	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	743	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	1,033	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	381	176.11/cwt	170.00–178.00	671	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	479	182.55/cwt	177.00–188.00	874	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	561	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	982	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	625	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	913	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	755	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	951	1

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 Mar 4, 2023

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

Receipts 252Last week 333Year ago 745

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 77, Heifers 112, Bulls 63)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	685	166.00	166.00
5	—	342	215.00	215.00
1	—	615	172.00	172.00
5	—	435	210.00	210.00
11	—	503	200.00	200.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	325	218.00	218.00
2	—	558	194.00	194.00
2	—	675	171.00	171.00
5	—	425	211.00	211.00
5	—	495	206.00	206.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	479	177.00–188.00	182.55
4	—	561	175.00	175.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	461	188.00–226.00	218.49
3	—	668	198.00	198.00
1	—	540	186.00	186.00
2	—	580	208.00	208.00
6	—	358	213.00	213.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	635	200.00	200.00
1	—	310	216.00	216.00
18	—	450	226.00	226.00
2	—	718	175.00	175.00
11	—	531	203.00–214.00	213.06
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	460	190.00	190.00
1	—	730	159.00	159.00
3	—	518	188.00	188.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	447	167.00–173.00	172.74
1	—	550	160.00	160.00
4	—	659	159.00	159.00
12	—	542	167.00	167.00
2	—	743	139.00	139.00
4	—	381	170.00–178.00	176.11
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	358	186.00	186.00
11	—	452	172.00	172.00
13	—	559	168.00	168.00
7	—	631	157.00	157.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	385	172.00	172.00
4	—	538	165.00	165.00
7	—	438	171.00	171.00
1	—	625	146.00	146.00
1	—	755	126.00	126.00

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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