Name: Springlake Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2023-08-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-08-12

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 65, Heifers 152, Bulls 101)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $202.55/cwt on 136 head.

Average price

$202.55

136 head · 522 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,057

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$158

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

$9.22/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−4.03

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	499	207.19	1,033	47
Medium and Large 1	553	200.53	1,109	74
Medium and Large 3	442	197.97	875	15thin

One grade step is worth $9.22/cwt here — about $158 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 sale136 hd

202.55

—

VA average9 barns · 1,347 hd

206.58

−4.03

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

40 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	—	496	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	1,076	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	578	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	1,248	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	675	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	1,256	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	338	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	767	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	518	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,062	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	620	197.23/cwt	189.00–206.00	1,223	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	534	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	1,250	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	390	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	924	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	732	200.22/cwt	190.00–205.00	1,466	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	650	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,365	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	523	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	1,192	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	637	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	1,382	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	432	204.50/cwt	204.50–204.50	883	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	615	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	1,039	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	461	233.37/cwt	220.00–235.00	1,076	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	376	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	899	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	551	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,295	14
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	463	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,019	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	469	211.88/cwt	198.00–213.00	994	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	545	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	981	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	627	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,386	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	464	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	1,081	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	453	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	978	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	641	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	1,211	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	410	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	931	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	473	213.66/cwt	200.00–216.00	1,011	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	371	216.50/cwt	216.50–216.50	803	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	705	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	1,227	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	536	203.96/cwt	186.00–204.50	1,093	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	729	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	1,268	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	466	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	1,007	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	535	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	963	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	345	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	690	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	549	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,098	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	421	223.00/cwt	223.00–223.00	939	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	643	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,222	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	348	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	797	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	575	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,150	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	343	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	737	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	637	191.51/cwt	184.00–192.00	1,220	16

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 Aug 12, 2023

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

Receipts 318Last week 264Year ago 377

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 65, Heifers 152, Bulls 101)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	496	217.00	217.00
16	—	578	216.00	216.00
1	—	675	186.00	186.00
2	—	338	227.00	227.00
2	—	518	205.00	205.00
2	—	620	189.00–206.00	197.23
7	—	421	223.00	223.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	410	227.00	227.00
7	—	473	200.00–216.00	213.66
2	—	643	190.00	190.00
6	—	348	229.00	229.00
4	—	575	200.00	200.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	466	216.00	216.00
3	—	535	180.00	180.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	534	234.00	234.00
1	—	650	210.00	210.00
4	—	376	239.00	239.00
3	—	627	221.00	221.00
6	—	464	233.00	233.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	390	237.00	237.00
3	—	732	190.00–205.00	200.22
6	—	637	217.00	217.00
9	—	461	220.00–235.00	233.37
14	—	551	235.00	235.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	523	228.00	228.00
2	—	463	220.00	220.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	432	204.50	204.50
1	—	615	169.00	169.00
2	—	545	180.00	180.00
3	—	345	200.00	200.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	469	198.00–213.00	211.88
33	—	536	186.00–204.50	203.96
7	—	729	174.00	174.00
4	—	343	215.00	215.00
16	—	637	184.00–192.00	191.51
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	453	216.00	216.00
5	—	641	189.00	189.00
6	—	371	216.50	216.50
1	—	705	174.00	174.00
15	—	549	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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