Name: Springlake Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2023-04-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-04-29

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 46, Heifers 107, Bulls 73)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $191.17/cwt on 89 head.

Average price

$191.17

89 head · 493 lb average

Value per head Derived

$942

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$52

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

$10.96/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.40

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	468	197.04	921	39
Medium and Large 3	435	190.32	829	6thin
Medium and Large 1	523	186.08	973	44

One grade step is worth $10.96/cwt here — about −$52 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 sale89 hd

191.17

—

VA average9 barns · 1,685 hd

186.77

+4.40

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

32 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	—	574	204.00/cwt	204.00–204.00	1,171	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	658	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,217	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	402	207.00/cwt	207.00–207.00	832	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	421	278.00/cwt	278.00–278.00	1,170	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	496	217.24/cwt	200.00–221.00	1,078	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	479	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,059	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	556	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	1,295	9
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	430	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	860	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	376	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	752	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	533	189.05/cwt	180.00–190.00	1,008	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	643	213.00/cwt	213.00–213.00	1,370	8
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	605	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	1,216	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	640	213.00/cwt	213.00–213.00	1,363	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	469	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,266	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	455	190.67/cwt	187.00–191.00	868	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	541	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,028	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	558	229.17/cwt	214.00–233.00	1,279	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	475	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	1,226	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	360	198.00/cwt	198.00–198.00	713	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	454	188.31/cwt	171.00–197.00	855	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	575	203.00/cwt	203.00–203.00	1,167	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	455	203.00/cwt	203.00–203.00	924	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	432	206.71/cwt	186.00–208.00	893	17
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	395	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	897	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	380	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	741	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	642	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	1,079	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	528	199.00/cwt	199.00–199.00	1,051	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	705	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,163	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	638	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,085	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	530	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	959	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	635	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	1,200	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	356	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	851	4

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 29, 2023

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

Receipts 226Last week 394Year ago 411

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 46, Heifers 107, Bulls 73)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	574	204.00	204.00
10	—	658	185.00	185.00
6	—	421	278.00	278.00
11	—	496	200.00–221.00	217.24
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	402	207.00	207.00
10	—	479	221.00	221.00
1	—	575	203.00	203.00
3	—	635	189.00	189.00
4	—	356	239.00	239.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	455	203.00	203.00
3	—	528	199.00	199.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	556	233.00	233.00
3	—	640	213.00	213.00
7	—	469	270.00	270.00
1	—	395	227.00	227.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	430	200.00	200.00
2	—	605	201.00	201.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	643	213.00	213.00
10	—	558	214.00–233.00	229.17
2	—	475	258.00	258.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	376	200.00	200.00
10	—	533	180.00–190.00	189.05
17	—	432	186.00–208.00	206.71
4	—	638	170.00	170.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	455	187.00–191.00	190.67
18	—	541	190.00	190.00
4	—	380	195.00	195.00
8	—	642	168.00	168.00
1	—	705	165.00	165.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	360	198.00	198.00
3	—	454	171.00–197.00	188.31
1	—	530	181.00	181.00

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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