Name: Springlake Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2023-04-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-04-01

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Stated Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 61, Heifers 133, Bulls 95)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $189.62/cwt on 109 head.

Average price

$189.62

109 head · 455 lb average

Value per head Derived

$863

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$109

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

$5.70/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.17

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	443	192.73	854	38
Medium and Large 1	480	188.23	903	55
Medium and Large 3	398	187.03	745	16thin

One grade step is worth $5.70/cwt here — about $109 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 sale109 hd

189.62

—

VA average7 barns · 1,626 hd

188.45

+1.17

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

39 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	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	600	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	361	218.53/cwt	206.00–223.00	789	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	669	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	1,264	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	417	233.50/cwt	233.50–233.50	974	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	563	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,182	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	489	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	1,110	18
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	575	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,150	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	445	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,028	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	667	203.00/cwt	203.00–203.00	1,354	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	554	188.00/cwt	188.00–188.00	1,042	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	500	183.00/cwt	183.00–183.00	915	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	437	186.50/cwt	186.50–186.50	815	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	536	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	1,211	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	433	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,022	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	540	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	1,210	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	657	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	1,110	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	347	198.00/cwt	198.00–198.00	687	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	543	187.90/cwt	170.00–189.00	1,020	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	566	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	1,234	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	370	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	829	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	363	221.75/cwt	202.00–225.00	805	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	355	204.00/cwt	204.00–204.00	724	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	660	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,254	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	352	188.00/cwt	188.00–188.00	662	8
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	640	197.00/cwt	197.00–197.00	1,261	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	735	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	1,330	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	447	213.00/cwt	213.00–213.00	952	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	342	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	770	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	460	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	920	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	506	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	1,103	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	373	197.35/cwt	188.00–198.00	736	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	785	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,138	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	605	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	1,125	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	423	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	964	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	574	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	1,194	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	420	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	840	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	432	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	825	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	370	188.00/cwt	188.00–188.00	696	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	449	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	853	27

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 Apr 1, 2023

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

Receipts 289Last week 396Year ago 377

Stated Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 61, Heifers 133, Bulls 95)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	300	200.00	200.00
4	—	361	206.00–223.00	218.53
4	—	669	189.00	189.00
7	—	417	233.50	233.50
9	—	563	210.00	210.00
18	—	489	227.00	227.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	355	204.00	204.00
2	—	660	190.00	190.00
9	—	342	225.00	225.00
1	—	460	200.00	200.00
5	—	506	218.00	218.00
6	—	423	228.00	228.00
7	—	574	208.00	208.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	420	200.00	200.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	575	200.00	200.00
1	—	640	197.00	197.00
2	—	735	181.00	181.00
3	—	447	213.00	213.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	445	231.00	231.00
3	—	667	203.00	203.00
3	—	540	224.00	224.00
4	—	566	218.00	218.00
7	—	363	202.00–225.00	221.75
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	536	226.00	226.00
6	—	433	236.00	236.00
3	—	370	224.00	224.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	554	188.00	188.00
16	—	373	188.00–198.00	197.35
3	—	605	186.00	186.00
12	—	432	191.00	191.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	500	183.00	183.00
7	—	437	186.50	186.50
8	—	352	188.00	188.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	657	169.00	169.00
6	—	347	198.00	198.00
16	—	543	170.00–189.00	187.90
1	—	785	145.00	145.00
2	—	370	188.00	188.00
27	—	449	190.00	190.00

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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