Name: Springlake Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2023-08-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-08-19

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 48, Heifers 156, Bulls 99)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $202.94/cwt on 118 head.

Average price

$202.94

118 head · 519 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,054

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$81

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

$11.08/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−7.53

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	491	206.58	1,013	50
Medium and Large 1	546	200.72	1,097	62
Medium and Large 3	477	195.50	932	6thin

One grade step is worth $11.08/cwt here — about $81 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 sale118 hd

202.94

—

VA average10 barns · 1,587 hd

210.46

−7.53

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

34 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	—	480	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	998	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	355	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	802	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	410	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	902	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	671	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	1,282	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	508	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,067	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	576	196.81/cwt	189.00–198.00	1,134	15
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	513	213.80/cwt	200.00–228.00	1,097	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	430	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	1,006	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	555	201.55/cwt	186.00–203.50	1,119	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	363	224.94/cwt	215.00–226.00	817	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	524	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	1,184	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	646	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	1,395	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	472	209.38/cwt	200.00–210.00	988	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	710	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	1,179	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	570	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,083	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	743	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,523	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	325	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	676	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	532	203.50/cwt	203.50–203.50	1,083	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	579	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,100	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	730	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	1,299	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	444	208.60/cwt	205.00–210.00	926	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	450	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,035	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	435	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	892	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	578	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	1,104	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	555	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,055	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	651	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	1,243	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	652	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	1,219	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	620	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,054	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	351	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	793	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	503	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	1,061	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	470	202.00/cwt	202.00–202.00	949	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	408	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	914	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	360	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	810	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	628	187.68/cwt	183.00–188.00	1,179	15

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 19, 2023

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

Receipts 303Last week 318Year ago 346

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 48, Heifers 156, Bulls 99)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	480	208.00	208.00
3	—	355	226.00	226.00
4	—	410	220.00	220.00
7	—	671	191.00	191.00
13	—	508	210.00	210.00
15	—	576	189.00–198.00	196.81
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	579	190.00	190.00
4	—	651	191.00	191.00
5	—	351	226.00	226.00
8	—	503	211.00	211.00
1	—	470	202.00	202.00
6	—	408	224.00	224.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	555	190.00	190.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	513	200.00–228.00	213.80
1	—	430	234.00	234.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	524	226.00	226.00
8	—	646	216.00	216.00
3	—	743	205.00	205.00
4	—	450	230.00	230.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	570	190.00	190.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	555	186.00–203.50	201.55
17	—	472	200.00–210.00	209.38
1	—	730	178.00	178.00
2	—	360	225.00	225.00
15	—	628	183.00–188.00	187.68
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	363	215.00–226.00	224.94
1	—	710	166.00	166.00
17	—	532	203.50	203.50
14	—	444	205.00–210.00	208.60
7	—	652	187.00	187.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	325	208.00	208.00
1	—	435	205.00	205.00
2	—	578	191.00	191.00
1	—	620	170.00	170.00

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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