Name: Springlake Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2023-06-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-06-24

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 68, Heifers 126, Bulls 83)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $199.94/cwt on 108 head.

Average price

$199.94

108 head · 498 lb average

Value per head Derived

$995

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$66

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

$5.94/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−6.94

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	474	203.12	964	42
Medium and Large 3	452	202.56	915	9thin
Medium and Large 1	522	197.18	1,030	57

One grade step is worth $5.94/cwt here — about −$66 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 sale108 hd

199.94

—

VA average7 barns · 1,493 hd

206.88

−6.94

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	—	460	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	984	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	388	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	923	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	340	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	816	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	644	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	1,146	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	502	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	1,074	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	574	197.00/cwt	197.00–197.00	1,131	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	663	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	1,452	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	395	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	897	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	533	227.84/cwt	209.00–234.00	1,214	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	640	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,280	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	535	230.50/cwt	230.50–230.50	1,233	16
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	477	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,145	6
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	458	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	953	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	520	196.00/cwt	196.00–196.00	1,019	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	352	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	739	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	440	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	906	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	410	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	886	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	395	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	916	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	358	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	773	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	641	182.33/cwt	175.00–186.00	1,169	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	540	194.00/cwt	194.00–194.00	1,048	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	445	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	943	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	638	212.41/cwt	194.00–215.00	1,355	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	478	239.50/cwt	239.50–239.50	1,145	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	605	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	1,131	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	543	194.00/cwt	194.00–194.00	1,053	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	502	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,079	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	675	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,148	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	555	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	1,049	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	750	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	1,245	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	553	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	995	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	457	208.02/cwt	194.00–209.00	951	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	561	194.00/cwt	194.00–194.00	1,088	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	400	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	916	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	615	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	1,162	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	361	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	773	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	440	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	902	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	353	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	830	2

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 24, 2023

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

Receipts 277Last week 326Year ago 349

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 68, Heifers 126, Bulls 83)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	460	214.00	214.00
3	—	388	238.00	238.00
5	—	340	240.00	240.00
6	—	644	178.00	178.00
7	—	502	214.00	214.00
8	—	574	197.00	197.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	502	215.00	215.00
3	—	675	170.00	170.00
5	—	561	194.00	194.00
1	—	400	229.00	229.00
2	—	353	235.00	235.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	553	180.00	180.00
2	—	440	205.00	205.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	663	219.00	219.00
1	—	395	227.00	227.00
12	—	533	209.00–234.00	227.84
2	—	640	200.00	200.00
6	—	477	240.00	240.00
1	—	410	216.00	216.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	535	230.50	230.50
1	—	395	232.00	232.00
8	—	638	194.00–215.00	212.41
9	—	478	239.50	239.50
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	458	208.00	208.00
2	—	520	196.00	196.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	352	210.00	210.00
3	—	440	206.00	206.00
1	—	605	187.00	187.00
2	—	543	194.00	194.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	358	216.00	216.00
9	—	641	175.00–186.00	182.33
25	—	540	194.00	194.00
2	—	750	166.00	166.00
15	—	457	194.00–209.00	208.02
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	445	212.00	212.00
15	—	555	189.00	189.00
2	—	615	189.00	189.00
9	—	361	214.00	214.00

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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