Name: Springlake Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2023-03-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-03-11

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 88, Heifers 213, Bulls 186)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $184.16/cwt on 180 head.

Average price

$184.16

180 head · 468 lb average

Value per head Derived

$861

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$42

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

$8.83/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+6.83

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	187.47	859	90
Medium and Large 3	419	185.71	778	28
Medium and Large 1	504	178.64	900	62

One grade step is worth $8.83/cwt here — about −$42 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 sale180 hd

184.16

—

VA average10 barns · 2,351 hd

177.33

+6.83

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

37 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	—	642	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	1,130	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	355	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	852	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	575	196.00/cwt	196.00–196.00	1,127	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	496	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,096	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	421	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	985	20
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	426	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	993	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	325	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	822	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	547	214.56/cwt	201.00–215.50	1,174	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	752	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	1,308	14
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	738	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	1,299	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	451	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	1,033	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	661	198.00/cwt	198.00–198.00	1,309	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	554	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	1,202	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	555	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	916	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	545	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	1,123	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	358	187.20/cwt	178.00–188.00	670	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	650	194.00/cwt	194.00–194.00	1,261	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	364	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	877	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	461	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	899	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	453	192.54/cwt	176.00–194.00	872	37
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	510	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	969	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	542	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	976	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	636	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	1,043	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	544	183.75/cwt	183.75–183.75	1,000	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	664	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	1,082	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	580	195.53/cwt	185.00–196.50	1,134	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	363	187.81/cwt	180.00–189.00	682	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	725	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	1,117	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	458	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	820	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	534	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	999	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	362	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	666	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	552	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	1,043	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	448	196.00/cwt	196.00–196.00	878	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	342	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	821	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	643	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	1,138	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	434	204.45/cwt	170.00–209.00	887	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	497	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,093	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 Mar 11, 2023

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

Receipts 487Last week 252Year ago 184

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 88, Heifers 213, Bulls 186)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	642	176.00	176.00
8	—	355	240.00	240.00
13	—	575	196.00	196.00
18	—	496	221.00	221.00
20	—	421	234.00	234.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	426	233.00	233.00
12	—	580	185.00–196.50	195.53
13	—	342	240.00	240.00
4	—	643	177.00	177.00
15	—	497	220.00	220.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	552	189.00	189.00
8	—	434	170.00–209.00	204.45
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	325	253.00	253.00
15	—	547	201.00–215.50	214.56
14	—	752	174.00	174.00
5	—	650	194.00	194.00
10	—	461	195.00	195.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	738	176.00	176.00
11	—	451	229.00	229.00
4	—	661	198.00	198.00
7	—	554	217.00	217.00
2	—	545	206.00	206.00
4	—	364	241.00	241.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	510	190.00	190.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	555	165.00	165.00
7	—	636	164.00	164.00
19	—	544	183.75	183.75
8	—	363	180.00–189.00	187.81
2	—	725	154.00	154.00
24	—	458	179.00	179.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	358	178.00–188.00	187.20
37	—	453	176.00–194.00	192.54
7	—	664	163.00	163.00
19	—	534	187.00	187.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	542	180.00	180.00
16	—	362	184.00	184.00
6	—	448	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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