Name: Springlake Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2023-05-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-05-20

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 105, Heifers 113, Bulls 78)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $209.77/cwt on 113 head.

Average price

$209.77

113 head · 478 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,003

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$5

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

$12.48/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+10.50

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	216.11	1,011	52
Medium and Large 3	447	206.86	924	14thin
Medium and Large 1	499	203.62	1,016	47

One grade step is worth $12.48/cwt here — about −$5 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 sale113 hd

209.77

—

VA average10 barns · 1,440 hd

199.26

+10.50

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

35 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	—	340	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	850	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	653	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,273	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	430	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	1,045	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	506	227.31/cwt	218.00–228.50	1,150	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	572	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,230	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	488	226.12/cwt	213.00–227.00	1,103	15
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	756	188.00/cwt	188.00–188.00	1,421	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	469	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	1,140	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	556	235.50/cwt	235.50–235.50	1,309	28
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	445	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	1,099	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	350	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	875	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	634	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	1,433	24
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	538	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,270	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	662	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	1,503	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	455	222.50/cwt	222.50–222.50	1,012	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	625	175.24/cwt	170.00–176.00	1,095	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	345	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	894	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	443	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	930	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	600	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	1,026	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	452	216.24/cwt	209.00–217.00	977	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	638	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	1,129	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	351	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	769	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	730	187.51/cwt	186.00–188.00	1,369	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	537	203.00/cwt	203.00–203.00	1,090	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	453	223.00/cwt	223.00–223.00	1,010	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	368	230.50/cwt	230.50–230.50	848	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	500	192.00/cwt	192.00–192.00	960	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	332	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	860	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	363	223.00/cwt	223.00–223.00	809	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	644	193.00/cwt	193.00–193.00	1,243	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	568	213.00/cwt	213.00–213.00	1,210	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	423	246.32/cwt	220.00–249.00	1,042	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	525	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,050	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	430	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	989	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	546	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,065	13

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 20, 2023

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

Receipts 296Last week 333Year ago 416

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 105, Heifers 113, Bulls 78)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	340	250.00	250.00
3	—	653	195.00	195.00
4	—	430	243.00	243.00
9	—	506	218.00–228.50	227.31
13	—	572	215.00	215.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	488	213.00–227.00	226.12
6	—	332	259.00	259.00
4	—	644	193.00	193.00
6	—	568	213.00	213.00
11	—	423	220.00–249.00	246.32
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	525	200.00	200.00
5	—	430	230.00	230.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	756	188.00	188.00
13	—	445	247.00	247.00
11	—	538	236.00	236.00
3	—	662	227.00	227.00
10	—	345	259.00	259.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	469	243.00	243.00
28	—	556	235.50	235.50
1	—	350	250.00	250.00
24	—	634	226.00	226.00
4	—	730	186.00–188.00	187.51
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	455	222.50	222.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	625	170.00–176.00	175.24
22	—	452	209.00–217.00	216.24
4	—	351	219.00	219.00
13	—	546	195.00	195.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	443	210.00	210.00
2	—	600	171.00	171.00
1	—	500	192.00	192.00
4	—	363	223.00	223.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	638	177.00	177.00
9	—	537	203.00	203.00
24	—	453	223.00	223.00
13	—	368	230.50	230.50

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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