Name: Springlake Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2023-09-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-09-23

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 43, Heifers 80, Bulls 66)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $209.80/cwt on 66 head.

Average price

$209.80

66 head · 529 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,110

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$141

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

$7.18/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−9.51

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 3	472	214.11	1,010	9thin
Medium and Large 2	518	211.56	1,096	27
Medium and Large 1	556	206.93	1,151	30

One grade step is worth $7.18/cwt here — about −$141 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 sale66 hd

209.80

—

VA average12 barns · 2,355 hd

219.32

−9.51

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

36 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	—	352	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	866	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	413	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	971	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	563	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	1,205	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	652	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,174	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	493	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	1,124	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	325	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	783	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	445	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,024	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	393	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	971	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	633	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	1,386	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	543	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,314	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	436	236.81/cwt	230.00–239.00	1,032	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	670	223.00/cwt	223.00–223.00	1,494	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	395	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	790	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	530	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,224	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	705	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	1,495	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	590	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	1,375	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	653	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	1,417	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	554	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	1,269	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	755	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,435	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	338	213.00/cwt	213.00–213.00	720	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	646	198.00/cwt	198.00–198.00	1,279	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	458	215.95/cwt	208.00–218.00	989	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	552	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,159	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	456	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,003	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	710	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,385	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	370	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	799	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	642	205.50/cwt	205.50–205.50	1,319	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	538	209.00/cwt	209.00–209.00	1,124	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	450	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	986	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	630	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	1,266	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	390	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	917	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	660	182.89/cwt	175.00–185.00	1,207	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	509	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	1,130	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	584	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	1,232	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	465	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	1,042	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	558	207.15/cwt	200.00–208.00	1,156	10

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 23, 2023

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

Receipts 189Last week 405Year ago 497

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 43, Heifers 80, Bulls 66)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	352	246.00	246.00
3	—	413	235.00	235.00
3	—	563	214.00	214.00
3	—	652	180.00	180.00
8	—	493	228.00	228.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	325	241.00	241.00
2	—	390	235.00	235.00
5	—	660	175.00–185.00	182.89
6	—	509	222.00	222.00
9	—	584	211.00	211.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	465	224.00	224.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	445	230.00	230.00
6	—	554	229.00	229.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	393	247.00	247.00
2	—	633	219.00	219.00
3	—	543	242.00	242.00
4	—	436	230.00–239.00	236.81
1	—	670	223.00	223.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	530	231.00	231.00
1	—	705	212.00	212.00
2	—	590	233.00	233.00
4	—	653	217.00	217.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	395	200.00	200.00
1	—	755	190.00	190.00
3	—	338	213.00	213.00
7	—	552	210.00	210.00
9	—	456	220.00	220.00
6	—	642	205.50	205.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	646	198.00	198.00
10	—	458	208.00–218.00	215.95
1	—	710	195.00	195.00
10	—	558	200.00–208.00	207.15
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	370	216.00	216.00
2	—	538	209.00	209.00
4	—	450	219.00	219.00
1	—	630	201.00	201.00

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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