Name: Springlake Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2023-05-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-05-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 136, Heifers 227, Bulls 193)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $200.82/cwt on 202 head.

Average price

$200.82

202 head · 478 lb average

Value per head Derived

$960

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$147

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

$18.24/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.34

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	472	205.67	970	84
Medium and Large 1	492	199.65	983	96
Medium and Large 3	440	187.43	824	22

One grade step is worth $18.24/cwt here — about $147 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 sale202 hd

200.82

—

VA average10 barns · 1,630 hd

196.48

+4.34

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

42 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	—	354	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	807	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	654	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,275	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	419	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	943	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	586	204.00/cwt	204.00–204.00	1,195	23
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	501	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	1,072	28
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	490	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	980	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	335	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	771	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	633	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	1,386	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	546	235.51/cwt	217.00–236.00	1,286	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	393	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	904	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	445	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	1,041	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	548	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	1,299	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	465	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	1,102	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	629	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,384	18
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	620	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,178	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	760	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	1,224	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	513	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,129	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	460	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	1,049	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	455	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	887	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	580	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,073	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	637	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,147	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	541	194.00/cwt	194.00–194.00	1,050	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	715	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	1,173	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	723	194.00/cwt	194.00–194.00	1,403	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	605	155.70/cwt	149.00–159.00	942	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	364	192.67/cwt	191.00–194.00	701	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	419	196.17/cwt	189.00–197.00	822	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	364	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	834	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	528	193.50/cwt	193.50–193.50	1,022	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	440	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	924	31
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	661	188.00/cwt	188.00–188.00	1,243	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	600	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,140	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	642	173.23/cwt	166.00–174.00	1,112	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	368	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	802	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	448	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	923	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	558	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	965	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	432	204.15/cwt	154.00–211.00	882	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	550	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,100	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	356	224.16/cwt	200.00–228.00	798	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	589	203.00/cwt	203.00–203.00	1,196	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	508	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,067	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	419	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	947	20

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 May 6, 2023

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

Receipts 556Last week 226Year ago 338

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 136, Heifers 227, Bulls 193)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	354	228.00	228.00
10	—	654	195.00	195.00
16	—	419	225.00	225.00
23	—	586	204.00	204.00
28	—	501	214.00	214.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	490	200.00	200.00
6	—	661	188.00	188.00
8	—	356	200.00–228.00	224.16
8	—	589	203.00	203.00
11	—	508	210.00	210.00
20	—	419	226.00	226.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	600	190.00	190.00
8	—	432	154.00–211.00	204.15
1	—	550	200.00	200.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	335	230.00	230.00
7	—	633	219.00	219.00
10	—	445	234.00	234.00
12	—	548	237.00	237.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
38	—	546	217.00–236.00	235.51
2	—	393	230.00	230.00
13	—	465	237.00	237.00
18	—	629	220.00	220.00
5	—	723	194.00	194.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	620	190.00	190.00
1	—	760	161.00	161.00
2	—	513	220.00	220.00
5	—	460	228.00	228.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	455	195.00	195.00
1	—	580	185.00	185.00
9	—	637	180.00	180.00
18	—	364	229.00	229.00
24	—	528	193.50	193.50
31	—	440	210.00	210.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
35	—	541	194.00	194.00
1	—	715	164.00	164.00
10	—	642	166.00–174.00	173.23
15	—	368	218.00	218.00
35	—	448	206.00	206.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	605	149.00–159.00	155.70
7	—	364	191.00–194.00	192.67
10	—	419	189.00–197.00	196.17
2	—	558	173.00	173.00

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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