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

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 109, Heifers 196, Bulls 103)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $214.94/cwt on 160 head.

Average price

$214.94

160 head · 521 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,120

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$103

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

$14.18/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.06

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	509	219.35	1,117	72
Medium and Large 1	545	213.77	1,166	63
Medium and Large 3	494	205.18	1,014	25

One grade step is worth $14.18/cwt here — about $103 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 sale160 hd

214.94

—

VA average9 barns · 1,957 hd

218.00

−3.06

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

39 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	—	452	221.70/cwt	198.00–223.50	1,002	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	528	199.00/cwt	199.00–199.00	1,051	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	615	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	1,144	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	543	246.50/cwt	246.50–246.50	1,338	35
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	600	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	1,296	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	330	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	842	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	410	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	939	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	656	209.00/cwt	209.00–209.00	1,371	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	563	218.55/cwt	215.00–219.50	1,230	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	500	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	1,095	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	435	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	935	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	364	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	983	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	452	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,107	5
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	582	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,222	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	541	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,293	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	423	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	935	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	629	183.88/cwt	175.00–186.00	1,157	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	393	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	904	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	617	223.00/cwt	223.00–223.00	1,376	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	466	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,142	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	755	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,586	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	484	225.69/cwt	214.00–227.00	1,092	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	457	220.04/cwt	204.00–223.00	1,006	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	646	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	1,344	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	709	199.00/cwt	199.00–199.00	1,411	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	638	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	1,429	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	720	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	1,627	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	338	260.50/cwt	260.50–260.50	880	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	450	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	990	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	505	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,010	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	738	199.00/cwt	199.00–199.00	1,469	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	373	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	873	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	545	217.50/cwt	217.50–217.50	1,185	22
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	643	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,286	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	591	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,300	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	428	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,027	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	538	213.48/cwt	196.00–214.00	1,149	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	680	213.00/cwt	213.00–213.00	1,448	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	362	223.00/cwt	223.00–223.00	807	5

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 9, 2023

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

Receipts 408Last week 257Year ago 397

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 109, Heifers 196, Bulls 103)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	452	198.00–223.50	221.70
1	—	615	186.00	186.00
4	—	709	199.00	199.00
9	—	373	234.00	234.00
22	—	545	217.50	217.50
7	—	680	213.00	213.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	528	199.00	199.00
5	—	423	221.00	221.00
5	—	629	175.00–186.00	183.88
5	—	362	223.00	223.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	393	230.00	230.00
13	—	457	204.00–223.00	220.04
13	—	646	208.00	208.00
2	—	738	199.00	199.00
33	—	538	196.00–214.00	213.48
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
35	—	543	246.50	246.50
7	—	466	245.00	245.00
4	—	755	210.00	210.00
8	—	638	224.00	224.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	600	216.00	216.00
5	—	364	270.00	270.00
5	—	452	245.00	245.00
6	—	541	239.00	239.00
1	—	720	226.00	226.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	582	210.00	210.00
6	—	617	223.00	223.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	330	255.00	255.00
4	—	410	229.00	229.00
9	—	656	209.00	209.00
10	—	563	215.00–219.50	218.55
11	—	500	219.00	219.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	435	215.00	215.00
1	—	450	220.00	220.00
1	—	505	200.00	200.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	484	214.00–227.00	225.69
2	—	338	260.50	260.50
3	—	643	200.00	200.00
4	—	591	220.00	220.00
5	—	428	240.00	240.00

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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