Name: Springlake Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2023-07-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-07-22

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 86, Heifers 187, Bulls 128)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $201.67/cwt on 166 head.

Average price

$201.67

166 head · 496 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,001

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$114

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

$9.02/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.92

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	484	204.23	989	70
Medium and Large 1	536	202.22	1,083	63
Medium and Large 3	448	195.21	875	33

One grade step is worth $9.02/cwt here — about $114 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 sale166 hd

201.67

—

VA average9 barns · 885 hd

200.75

+0.92

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

45 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	585	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,082	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	570	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,197	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	459	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	1,092	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	454	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,067	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	439	195.17/cwt	181.00–196.50	857	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	462	207.44/cwt	196.00–208.00	958	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	631	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,230	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	510	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	1,051	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	505	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,010	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	350	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	809	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	663	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,492	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	750	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	1,133	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	620	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	961	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	745	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	1,572	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	420	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	941	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	642	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	1,470	22
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	505	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	1,081	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	665	192.00/cwt	192.00–192.00	1,277	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	567	209.00/cwt	209.00–209.00	1,185	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	429	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	978	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	322	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	728	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	385	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	824	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	353	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	755	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	700	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,225	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	627	179.62/cwt	170.00–186.00	1,126	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	505	197.00/cwt	197.00–197.00	995	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	558	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,116	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	615	198.00/cwt	198.00–198.00	1,218	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	533	188.00/cwt	188.00–188.00	1,002	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	733	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	1,253	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	590	183.00/cwt	183.00–183.00	1,080	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	421	233.50/cwt	233.50–233.50	983	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	491	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	1,124	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	345	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	776	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	536	204.00/cwt	204.00–204.00	1,093	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	345	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	738	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	369	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	760	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	448	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	874	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	666	197.48/cwt	196.00–199.00	1,315	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	443	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	908	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	552	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,319	22
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	363	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	842	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	521	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	1,219	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	450	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	936	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	543	204.36/cwt	190.00–205.00	1,110	23

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 22, 2023

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

Receipts 401Last week 366Year ago 194

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 86, Heifers 187, Bulls 128)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	585	185.00	185.00
8	—	353	214.00	214.00
1	—	700	175.00	175.00
5	—	627	170.00–186.00	179.62
22	—	536	204.00	204.00
2	—	448	195.00	195.00
31	—	450	208.00	208.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	439	181.00–196.50	195.17
1	—	750	151.00	151.00
1	—	620	155.00	155.00
6	—	533	188.00	188.00
1	—	590	183.00	183.00
13	—	369	206.00	206.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	462	196.00–208.00	207.44
13	—	631	195.00	195.00
3	—	733	171.00	171.00
2	—	345	214.00	214.00
23	—	543	190.00–205.00	204.36
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	570	210.00	210.00
10	—	459	238.00	238.00
2	—	663	225.00	225.00
1	—	420	224.00	224.00
2	—	363	232.00	232.00
9	—	521	234.00	234.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	454	235.00	235.00
1	—	510	206.00	206.00
1	—	350	231.00	231.00
2	—	745	211.00	211.00
22	—	642	229.00	229.00
22	—	552	239.00	239.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	505	200.00	200.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	505	214.00	214.00
11	—	665	192.00	192.00
11	—	567	209.00	209.00
6	—	429	228.00	228.00
3	—	322	226.00	226.00
1	—	385	214.00	214.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	505	197.00	197.00
2	—	443	205.00	205.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	558	200.00	200.00
1	—	615	198.00	198.00
17	—	421	233.50	233.50
13	—	491	229.00	229.00
7	—	345	225.00	225.00
4	—	666	196.00–199.00	197.48

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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