Name: Springlake Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2023-09-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-09-02

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 38, Heifers 94, Bulls 47)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $208.43/cwt on 69 head.

Average price

$208.43

69 head · 519 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,081

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$28

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

$10.48/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−6.77

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	513	211.30	1,085	28
Medium and Large 1	521	208.30	1,085	31
Medium and Large 3	526	200.82	1,056	10thin

One grade step is worth $10.48/cwt here — about $28 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 sale69 hd

208.43

—

VA average7 barns · 1,211 hd

215.21

−6.77

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

32 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	—	320	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	792	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	403	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	987	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	649	192.00/cwt	192.00–192.00	1,246	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	496	208.87/cwt	202.00–210.00	1,036	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	579	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	1,193	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	700	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,330	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	557	236.21/cwt	219.00–245.00	1,316	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	377	251.29/cwt	241.00–256.50	947	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	570	194.00/cwt	194.00–194.00	1,106	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	342	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	804	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	385	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	963	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	635	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,499	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	455	213.36/cwt	207.00–214.00	971	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	540	241.91/cwt	221.00–244.00	1,306	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	544	201.03/cwt	197.00–203.00	1,094	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	650	188.00/cwt	188.00–188.00	1,222	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	435	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	1,070	7
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	625	196.00/cwt	196.00–196.00	1,225	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	433	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	927	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	463	217.53/cwt	205.00–219.00	1,007	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	535	196.00/cwt	196.00–196.00	1,049	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	556	207.00/cwt	207.00–207.00	1,151	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	643	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,254	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	544	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	1,132	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	363	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	842	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	490	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	907	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	720	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	1,325	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	700	188.00/cwt	188.00–188.00	1,316	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	640	194.00/cwt	194.00–194.00	1,242	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	640	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	1,210	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	385	253.41/cwt	250.00–257.00	976	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	483	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	1,092	2

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 Sep 2, 2023

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

Receipts 179Last week 241Year ago 181

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 38, Heifers 94, Bulls 47)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	320	247.50	247.50
2	—	403	245.00	245.00
5	—	649	192.00	192.00
7	—	496	202.00–210.00	208.87
7	—	579	206.00	206.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	700	190.00	190.00
2	—	385	250.00–257.00	253.41
2	—	483	226.00	226.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	535	196.00	196.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	557	219.00–245.00	236.21
3	—	377	241.00–256.50	251.29
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	385	250.00	250.00
5	—	635	236.00	236.00
11	—	540	221.00–244.00	241.91
7	—	435	246.00	246.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	625	196.00	196.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	570	194.00	194.00
10	—	463	205.00–219.00	217.53
5	—	643	195.00	195.00
7	—	544	208.00	208.00
4	—	363	232.00	232.00
1	—	700	188.00	188.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	342	235.00	235.00
12	—	455	207.00–214.00	213.36
1	—	650	188.00	188.00
8	—	556	207.00	207.00
1	—	720	184.00	184.00
6	—	640	194.00	194.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	544	197.00–203.00	201.03
2	—	433	214.00	214.00
1	—	490	185.00	185.00
1	—	640	189.00	189.00

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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