Name: Springlake Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2023-04-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-04-22

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 109, Heifers 171, Bulls 114)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $184.81/cwt on 148 head.

Average price

$184.81

148 head · 485 lb average

Value per head Derived

$897

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$87

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

$7.32/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.71

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	463	188.25	872	71
Medium and Large 3	457	183.04	837	26
Medium and Large 1	530	180.92	959	51

One grade step is worth $7.32/cwt here — about −$87 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 sale148 hd

184.81

—

VA average12 barns · 2,302 hd

188.52

−3.71

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

44 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	—	470	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	978	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	639	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	1,208	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	333	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	833	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	502	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,104	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	427	229.82/cwt	213.00–236.00	981	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	570	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	1,248	16
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	462	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,132	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	715	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	1,366	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	463	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	926	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	440	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	933	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	641	207.19/cwt	195.00–208.00	1,328	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	460	212.50/cwt	212.50–212.50	978	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	320	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	768	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	627	209.00/cwt	209.00–209.00	1,310	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	637	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,147	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	632	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	1,125	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	352	252.50/cwt	252.50–252.50	889	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	543	227.69/cwt	207.50–229.00	1,236	16
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	559	222.78/cwt	210.00–227.00	1,245	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	449	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,082	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	456	180.46/cwt	170.00–181.50	823	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	540	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	907	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	520	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	946	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	640	188.56/cwt	181.00–191.00	1,207	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	541	180.64/cwt	173.00–181.00	977	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	737	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	1,135	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	409	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	961	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	380	203.00/cwt	203.00–203.00	771	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	584	204.00/cwt	204.00–204.00	1,191	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	499	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	1,083	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	552	188.00/cwt	188.00–188.00	1,038	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	625	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	1,038	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	340	243.11/cwt	202.50–250.00	827	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	553	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	1,006	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	376	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	752	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	440	184.50/cwt	184.50–184.50	812	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	715	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	1,280	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	466	183.50/cwt	183.50–183.50	855	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	375	202.00/cwt	202.00–202.00	758	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	447	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	849	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	457	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	809	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	361	199.02/cwt	191.00–200.00	718	20
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	539	202.00/cwt	202.00–202.00	1,089	6
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	645	198.00/cwt	198.00–198.00	1,277	3

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 22, 2023

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

Receipts 394Last week 559Year ago 613

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 109, Heifers 171, Bulls 114)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	470	208.00	208.00
4	—	639	189.00	189.00
6	—	333	250.00	250.00
9	—	502	220.00	220.00
11	—	427	213.00–236.00	229.82
16	—	570	219.00	219.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	520	182.00	182.00
4	—	553	182.00	182.00
5	—	447	190.00	190.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	640	181.00–191.00	188.56
4	—	409	235.00	235.00
1	—	380	203.00	203.00
7	—	584	204.00	204.00
7	—	499	217.00	217.00
7	—	340	202.50–250.00	243.11
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	462	245.00	245.00
1	—	715	191.00	191.00
2	—	440	212.00	212.00
6	—	627	209.00	209.00
5	—	352	252.50	252.50
8	—	559	210.00–227.00	222.78
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	463	200.00	200.00
6	—	539	202.00	202.00
3	—	645	198.00	198.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	641	195.00–208.00	207.19
1	—	460	212.50	212.50
2	—	320	240.00	240.00
16	—	543	207.50–229.00	227.69
15	—	449	241.00	241.00
2	—	715	179.00	179.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	637	180.00	180.00
14	—	552	188.00	188.00
24	—	440	184.50	184.50
5	—	457	177.00	177.00
20	—	361	191.00–200.00	199.02
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	632	178.00	178.00
21	—	541	173.00–181.00	180.64
3	—	737	154.00	154.00
17	—	466	183.50	183.50
3	—	375	202.00	202.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	456	170.00–181.50	180.46
6	—	540	168.00	168.00
1	—	625	166.00	166.00
8	—	376	200.00	200.00

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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