Name: Springlake Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2023-06-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-06-10

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 124, Heifers 224, Bulls 141)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $220.80/cwt on 196 head.

Average price

$220.80

196 head · 491 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,083

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$59

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

$10.55/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+11.93

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	470	226.53	1,066	75
Medium and Large 3	423	222.89	944	22
Medium and Large 1	521	215.99	1,125	99

One grade step is worth $10.55/cwt here — about −$59 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 sale196 hd

220.80

—

VA average9 barns · 2,045 hd

208.86

+11.93

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

37 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	—	335	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	771	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	646	188.00/cwt	188.00–188.00	1,214	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	498	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,101	26
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	435	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,044	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	569	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,223	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	496	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,141	14
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	525	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,155	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	441	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	1,045	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	351	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	878	8
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	640	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,280	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	561	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,346	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	545	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	1,210	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	465	256.50/cwt	256.50–256.50	1,193	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	530	207.00/cwt	207.00–207.00	1,097	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	647	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	1,475	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	540	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,161	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	350	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	840	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	727	203.00/cwt	203.00–203.00	1,476	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	454	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	1,121	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	444	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	999	13
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	526	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,241	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	362	239.50/cwt	239.50–239.50	867	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	625	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,156	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	658	188.00/cwt	188.00–188.00	1,237	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	454	229.66/cwt	216.00–231.00	1,043	35
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	421	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,010	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	463	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,065	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	535	218.50/cwt	218.50–218.50	1,169	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	626	192.50/cwt	192.50–192.50	1,205	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	355	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	838	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	432	218.53/cwt	210.00–223.00	944	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	442	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	968	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	341	226.66/cwt	197.00–231.00	773	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	573	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	1,226	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	640	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,248	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	544	213.00/cwt	213.00–213.00	1,159	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	335	234.87/cwt	211.00–238.00	787	8

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 10, 2023

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

Receipts 489Last week 425Year ago 437

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 124, Heifers 224, Bulls 141)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	335	230.00	230.00
10	—	646	188.00	188.00
26	—	498	221.00	221.00
3	—	435	240.00	240.00
15	—	573	214.00	214.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	569	215.00	215.00
14	—	496	230.00	230.00
20	—	421	240.00	240.00
2	—	640	195.00	195.00
8	—	335	211.00–238.00	234.87
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	442	219.00	219.00
4	—	544	213.00	213.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	525	220.00	220.00
7	—	441	237.00	237.00
1	—	640	200.00	200.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	351	250.00	250.00
12	—	454	247.00	247.00
9	—	526	236.00	236.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	561	240.00	240.00
1	—	545	222.00	222.00
16	—	465	256.50	256.50
13	—	647	228.00	228.00
1	—	350	240.00	240.00
8	—	727	203.00	203.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	530	207.00	207.00
13	—	444	225.00	225.00
1	—	625	185.00	185.00
7	—	341	197.00–231.00	226.66
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
43	—	540	215.00	215.00
26	—	463	230.00	230.00
20	—	626	192.50	192.50
7	—	355	236.00	236.00
3	—	432	210.00–223.00	218.53
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	362	239.50	239.50
2	—	658	188.00	188.00
35	—	454	216.00–231.00	229.66
25	—	535	218.50	218.50

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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