Name: Springlake Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2023-08-26
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-08-26

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 52, Heifers 110, Bulls 79)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $203.11/cwt on 100 head.

Average price

$203.11

100 head · 509 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,034

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$271

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3

$16.30/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−6.63

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	519	206.55	1,073	49
Medium and Large 2	506	200.62	1,015	47
Medium and Large 3	421	190.25	801	4thin

One grade step is worth $16.30/cwt here — about $271 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 sale100 hd

203.11

—

VA average8 barns · 1,233 hd

209.74

−6.63

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	—	615	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,138	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	653	178.34/cwt	175.00–180.00	1,165	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	581	194.00/cwt	194.00–194.00	1,127	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	434	216.43/cwt	213.00–217.00	939	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	497	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	1,024	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	460	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	920	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	463	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,019	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	518	218.14/cwt	211.00–222.00	1,130	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	553	204.00/cwt	204.00–204.00	1,128	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	440	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	906	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	544	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,197	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	642	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	1,355	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	723	162.05/cwt	159.00–165.00	1,172	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	338	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	733	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	448	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	968	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	620	209.00/cwt	209.00–209.00	1,296	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	455	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	842	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	755	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	1,170	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	453	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	951	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	633	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,171	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	500	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	900	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	449	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	1,015	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	520	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	863	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	355	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	728	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	570	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	969	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	630	192.00/cwt	192.00–192.00	1,210	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	350	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	767	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	633	183.09/cwt	172.00–184.50	1,159	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	350	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	774	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	504	207.00/cwt	207.00–207.00	1,043	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	424	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	916	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	563	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,126	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	461	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	950	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	546	213.00/cwt	213.00–213.00	1,163	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 Aug 26, 2023

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

Receipts 241Last week 303Year ago 297

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 52, Heifers 110, Bulls 79)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	615	185.00	185.00
3	—	653	175.00–180.00	178.34
6	—	581	194.00	194.00
7	—	434	213.00–217.00	216.43
9	—	497	206.00	206.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	460	200.00	200.00
3	—	630	192.00	192.00
1	—	350	221.00	221.00
6	—	504	207.00	207.00
8	—	424	216.00	216.00
8	—	563	200.00	200.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	453	210.00	210.00
1	—	570	170.00	170.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	463	220.00	220.00
3	—	518	211.00–222.00	218.14
4	—	620	209.00	209.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	544	220.00	220.00
7	—	642	211.00	211.00
9	—	449	226.00	226.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	448	216.00	216.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	553	204.00	204.00
16	—	440	206.00	206.00
2	—	723	159.00–165.00	162.05
1	—	500	180.00	180.00
7	—	350	219.00	219.00
9	—	633	172.00–184.50	183.09
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	338	217.00	217.00
1	—	755	155.00	155.00
5	—	633	185.00	185.00
18	—	461	206.00	206.00
23	—	546	213.00	213.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	455	185.00	185.00
1	—	520	166.00	166.00
2	—	355	205.00	205.00

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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