Name: Springlake Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2023-05-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-05-13

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 85, Heifers 149, Bulls 99)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $193.46/cwt on 122 head.

Average price

$193.46

122 head · 483 lb average

Value per head Derived

$934

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$19

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

$9.83/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.93

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	456	199.30	910	46
Medium and Large 1	515	190.18	979	49
Medium and Large 3	470	189.47	891	27

One grade step is worth $9.83/cwt here — about $19 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 sale122 hd

193.46

—

VA average8 barns · 1,743 hd

190.53

+2.93

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

38 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	—	494	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,092	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	572	199.81/cwt	180.00–202.00	1,143	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	404	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	921	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	656	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	1,207	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	336	220.37/cwt	210.00–223.00	740	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	570	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,140	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	545	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	1,237	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	454	233.61/cwt	231.00–234.00	1,061	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	450	187.50/cwt	187.50–187.50	844	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	565	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	1,277	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	633	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,456	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	629	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,415	11
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	563	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,267	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	379	225.50/cwt	225.50–225.50	855	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	425	202.59/cwt	187.00–204.50	861	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	570	184.31/cwt	179.00–185.00	1,051	9
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	457	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,051	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	550	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,155	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	360	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	749	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	637	167.92/cwt	164.00–169.00	1,070	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	720	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	1,026	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	361	193.00/cwt	193.00–193.00	697	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	471	242.50/cwt	242.50–242.50	1,142	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	547	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,264	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	540	193.50/cwt	193.50–193.50	1,045	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	366	208.32/cwt	200.00–209.00	762	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	421	225.19/cwt	205.00–227.00	948	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	549	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,098	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	550	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	1,001	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	735	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	1,191	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	443	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	886	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	523	192.21/cwt	185.00–193.00	1,005	20
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	465	207.50/cwt	207.50–207.50	965	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	775	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,240	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	432	196.33/cwt	180.00–198.00	848	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	635	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	1,130	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	327	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	752	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	507	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	1,095	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 May 13, 2023

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

Receipts 333Last week 556Year ago 438

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 85, Heifers 149, Bulls 99)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	494	221.00	221.00
10	—	572	180.00–202.00	199.81
6	—	404	228.00	228.00
6	—	656	184.00	184.00
5	—	336	210.00–223.00	220.37
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	570	200.00	200.00
12	—	421	205.00–227.00	225.19
5	—	327	230.00	230.00
3	—	507	216.00	216.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	549	200.00	200.00
7	—	465	207.50	207.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	545	227.00	227.00
8	—	454	231.00–234.00	233.61
3	—	633	230.00	230.00
4	—	379	225.50	225.50
1	—	550	210.00	210.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	565	226.00	226.00
11	—	629	225.00	225.00
15	—	471	242.50	242.50
21	—	547	231.00	231.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	563	225.00	225.00
3	—	457	230.00	230.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	450	187.50	187.50
2	—	360	208.00	208.00
9	—	637	164.00–169.00	167.92
16	—	443	200.00	200.00
20	—	523	185.00–193.00	192.21
1	—	775	160.00	160.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	425	187.00–204.50	202.59
10	—	540	193.50	193.50
13	—	366	200.00–209.00	208.32
1	—	550	182.00	182.00
1	—	735	162.00	162.00
3	—	635	178.00	178.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	570	179.00–185.00	184.31
1	—	720	142.50	142.50
7	—	361	193.00	193.00
10	—	432	180.00–198.00	196.33

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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