Name: Springlake Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2023-07-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-07-15

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 134, Heifers 157, Bulls 75)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $194.26/cwt on 120 head.

Average price

$194.26

120 head · 490 lb average

Value per head Derived

$952

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$151

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3

$16.57/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.85

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	459	197.76	908	56
Medium and Large 1	531	192.63	1,023	56
Medium and Large 3	418	181.19	758	8thin

One grade step is worth $16.57/cwt here — about $151 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 sale120 hd

194.26

—

VA average10 barns · 1,775 hd

197.11

−2.85

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

36 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	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	806	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	425	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	973	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	570	192.00/cwt	192.00–192.00	1,094	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	499	209.00/cwt	209.00–209.00	1,043	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	651	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	1,211	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	588	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	1,223	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	540	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	1,220	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	435	231.26/cwt	221.00–233.00	1,006	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	449	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,037	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	641	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,513	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	630	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	1,436	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	371	231.81/cwt	208.00–235.00	860	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	305	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	641	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	575	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	978	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	550	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,265	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	470	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	940	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	730	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	1,540	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	610	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,129	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	415	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	631	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	515	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	834	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	623	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	1,134	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	354	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	765	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	544	186.98/cwt	171.00–189.00	1,017	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	452	196.00/cwt	196.00–196.00	886	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	630	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	1,159	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	448	198.00/cwt	198.00–198.00	887	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	546	193.00/cwt	193.00–193.00	1,054	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	420	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	739	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	353	202.50/cwt	202.50–202.50	715	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	452	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	796	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	495	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	1,099	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	411	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	925	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	337	224.43/cwt	200.00–236.00	756	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	645	194.00/cwt	194.00–194.00	1,251	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	573	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,060	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	448	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	896	6

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 Jul 15, 2023

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

Receipts 366Last week 337Year ago 465

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 134, Heifers 157, Bulls 75)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	340	237.00	237.00
5	—	425	229.00	229.00
5	—	570	192.00	192.00
8	—	499	209.00	209.00
8	—	651	186.00	186.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	588	208.00	208.00
7	—	495	222.00	222.00
13	—	411	225.00	225.00
3	—	337	200.00–236.00	224.43
3	—	645	194.00	194.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	573	185.00	185.00
6	—	448	200.00	200.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	540	226.00	226.00
13	—	435	221.00–233.00	231.26
2	—	630	228.00	228.00
9	—	371	208.00–235.00	231.81
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	449	231.00	231.00
10	—	641	236.00	236.00
14	—	550	230.00	230.00
1	—	470	200.00	200.00
3	—	730	211.00	211.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	610	185.00	185.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	305	210.00	210.00
1	—	575	170.00	170.00
10	—	630	184.00	184.00
15	—	448	198.00	198.00
29	—	546	193.00	193.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	415	152.00	152.00
1	—	515	162.00	162.00
3	—	353	202.50	202.50
3	—	452	176.00	176.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	623	182.00	182.00
15	—	354	216.00	216.00
17	—	544	171.00–189.00	186.98
21	—	452	196.00	196.00
1	—	420	176.00	176.00

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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