Name: Springlake Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2023-06-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-06-03

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 111, Heifers 196, Bulls 118)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $228.52/cwt on 180 head.

Average price

$228.52

180 head · 485 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,109

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$56

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

$19.10/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+14.32

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	466	236.29	1,101	86
Medium and Large 3	426	232.45	990	26
Medium and Large 1	532	217.19	1,156	68

One grade step is worth $19.10/cwt here — about −$56 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 sale180 hd

228.52

—

VA average8 barns · 1,122 hd

214.20

+14.32

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

41 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	727	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,418	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	349	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	852	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	453	237.95/cwt	221.00–238.50	1,078	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	615	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,230	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	645	196.77/cwt	196.50–200.00	1,269	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	435	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	870	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	653	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	1,345	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	527	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,107	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	740	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,517	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	375	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	926	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	667	197.00/cwt	197.00–197.00	1,314	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	479	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,154	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	428	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,023	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	565	224.71/cwt	205.00–227.50	1,270	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	620	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,209	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	642	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,412	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	420	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	966	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	364	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	903	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	560	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	1,361	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	758	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,440	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	633	228.96/cwt	211.00–230.00	1,449	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	370	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	907	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	447	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,118	16
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	544	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	1,322	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	639	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	1,380	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	461	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,157	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	456	227.94/cwt	224.00–229.00	1,039	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	760	198.50/cwt	198.50–198.50	1,509	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	560	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	1,182	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	367	249.27/cwt	237.00–249.75	915	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	542	218.50/cwt	218.50–218.50	1,184	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	537	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,208	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	370	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	870	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	572	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,264	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	430	234.11/cwt	229.00–235.00	1,007	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	349	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	859	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	422	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,009	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	480	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,104	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	663	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	1,333	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	503	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,212	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	368	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	846	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 Jun 3, 2023

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

Receipts 425Last week 296Year ago 376

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 111, Heifers 196, Bulls 118)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	727	195.00	195.00
18	—	560	243.00	243.00
2	—	758	190.00	190.00
18	—	633	211.00–230.00	228.96
3	—	370	245.00	245.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	642	220.00	220.00
8	—	364	248.00	248.00
16	—	447	250.00	250.00
10	—	544	243.00	243.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	420	230.00	230.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	461	251.00	251.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	349	244.00	244.00
1	—	615	200.00	200.00
2	—	653	206.00	206.00
3	—	527	210.00	210.00
1	—	370	235.00	235.00
7	—	430	229.00–235.00	234.11
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
34	—	453	221.00–238.50	237.95
4	—	740	205.00	205.00
5	—	639	216.00	216.00
27	—	367	237.00–249.75	249.27
16	—	537	225.00	225.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	645	196.50–200.00	196.77
19	—	456	224.00–229.00	227.94
1	—	760	198.50	198.50
3	—	560	211.00	211.00
30	—	542	218.50	218.50
3	—	368	230.00	230.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	435	200.00	200.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	375	247.00	247.00
3	—	667	197.00	197.00
4	—	479	241.00	241.00
6	—	428	239.00	239.00
8	—	565	205.00–227.50	224.71
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	620	195.00	195.00
9	—	572	221.00	221.00
8	—	349	246.00	246.00
13	—	422	239.00	239.00
2	—	480	230.00	230.00
3	—	663	201.00	201.00
21	—	503	241.00	241.00

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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