Name: Springlake Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2023-06-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-06-17

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 76, Heifers 157, Bulls 93)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $210.69/cwt on 144 head.

Average price

$210.69

144 head · 506 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,067

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$7

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

$3.43/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.14

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	510	212.56	1,084	62
Medium and Large 3	453	209.64	950	22
Medium and Large 1	522	209.13	1,091	60

One grade step is worth $3.43/cwt here — about −$7 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 sale144 hd

210.69

—

VA average8 barns · 2,255 hd

213.83

−3.14

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 2	—	673	197.00/cwt	197.00–197.00	1,326	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	404	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	929	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	465	202.00/cwt	202.00–202.00	939	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	353	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	766	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	360	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	832	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	423	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	888	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	540	209.50/cwt	209.50–209.50	1,131	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	725	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,305	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	363	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	839	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	705	188.00/cwt	188.00–188.00	1,325	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	505	236.50/cwt	236.50–236.50	1,194	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	568	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	1,238	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	448	218.75/cwt	218.75–218.75	980	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	646	195.50/cwt	195.50–195.50	1,263	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	610	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,348	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	614	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,351	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	535	207.00/cwt	207.00–207.00	1,107	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	541	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	1,147	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	456	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	990	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	631	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	1,180	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	310	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	698	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	442	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	1,048	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	715	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	1,108	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	446	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	946	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	528	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	1,230	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	364	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	903	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	545	238.89/cwt	220.00–241.50	1,302	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	740	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,406	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	347	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	868	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	405	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	992	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	438	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	964	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	678	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,356	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	351	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	835	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	355	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	834	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	437	227.08/cwt	215.00–230.00	992	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	624	196.99/cwt	185.00–203.00	1,229	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	503	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	1,177	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	577	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	1,246	10

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 17, 2023

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

Receipts 326Last week 489Year ago 268

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 76, Heifers 157, Bulls 93)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	673	197.00	197.00
9	—	404	230.00	230.00
15	—	505	236.50	236.50
12	—	568	218.00	218.00
5	—	351	238.00	238.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	423	210.00	210.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	355	235.00	235.00
5	—	437	215.00–230.00	227.08
3	—	624	185.00–203.00	196.99
13	—	503	234.00	234.00
10	—	577	216.00	216.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	465	202.00	202.00
2	—	363	231.00	231.00
1	—	705	188.00	188.00
29	—	448	218.75	218.75
10	—	646	195.50	195.50
19	—	541	212.00	212.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	353	217.00	217.00
5	—	535	207.00	207.00
1	—	715	155.00	155.00
10	—	446	212.00	212.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	360	231.00	231.00
26	—	540	209.50	209.50
3	—	725	180.00	180.00
24	—	456	217.00	217.00
6	—	631	187.00	187.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	610	221.00	221.00
1	—	310	225.00	225.00
12	—	442	237.00	237.00
9	—	528	233.00	233.00
4	—	364	248.00	248.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	614	220.00	220.00
16	—	545	220.00–241.50	238.89
2	—	740	190.00	190.00
3	—	347	250.00	250.00
1	—	405	245.00	245.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	438	220.00	220.00
2	—	678	200.00	200.00

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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