Name: Springlake Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2023-09-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-09-30

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 78, Heifers 197, Bulls 180)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $220.15/cwt on 182 head.

Average price

$220.15

182 head · 537 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,181

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$119

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

$10.89/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.90

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	225.01	1,145	73
Medium and Large 1	569	217.42	1,237	92
Medium and Large 3	479	214.12	1,026	17thin

One grade step is worth $10.89/cwt here — about $119 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 sale182 hd

220.15

—

VA average7 barns · 1,367 hd

216.25

+3.90

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

41 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	—	428	235.71/cwt	232.50–236.00	1,009	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	499	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,148	19
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	660	209.51/cwt	200.00–210.00	1,383	20
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	578	229.70/cwt	220.00–232.00	1,328	21
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	656	209.00/cwt	209.00–209.00	1,371	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	360	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	940	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	435	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	1,018	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	473	238.72/cwt	221.00–243.00	1,129	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	737	209.00/cwt	209.00–209.00	1,540	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	547	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,291	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	710	197.00/cwt	197.00–197.00	1,399	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	633	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,329	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	519	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,090	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	715	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,430	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	539	235.46/cwt	226.00–237.00	1,269	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	544	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,197	28
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	630	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	1,436	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	647	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	1,449	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	375	263.00/cwt	263.00–263.00	986	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	765	203.00/cwt	203.00–203.00	1,553	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	478	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	1,176	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	382	223.00/cwt	223.00–223.00	852	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	380	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	1,003	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	451	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,042	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	632	211.50/cwt	211.50–211.50	1,337	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	520	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,066	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	726	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	1,372	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	705	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	1,318	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	552	220.50/cwt	220.50–220.50	1,217	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	641	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	1,333	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	547	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	1,138	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	650	188.00/cwt	188.00–188.00	1,222	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	455	233.50/cwt	233.50–233.50	1,062	23
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	408	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	1,004	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	370	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	895	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	504	225.62/cwt	214.00–228.00	1,137	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	585	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,112	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	451	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	1,001	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	581	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,336	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	383	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	923	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	451	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	988	9

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 30, 2023

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

Receipts 455Last week 189Year ago 497

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 78, Heifers 197, Bulls 180)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	428	232.50–236.00	235.71
19	—	499	230.00	230.00
20	—	660	200.00–210.00	209.51
21	—	578	220.00–232.00	229.70
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	656	209.00	209.00
2	—	360	261.00	261.00
9	—	408	246.00	246.00
12	—	504	214.00–228.00	225.62
15	—	581	230.00	230.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	585	190.00	190.00
7	—	451	222.00	222.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	435	234.00	234.00
3	—	633	210.00	210.00
4	—	519	210.00	210.00
1	—	715	200.00	200.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	473	221.00–243.00	238.72
3	—	737	209.00	209.00
11	—	547	236.00	236.00
3	—	630	228.00	228.00
1	—	380	264.00	264.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	710	197.00	197.00
14	—	539	226.00–237.00	235.46
10	—	647	224.00	224.00
1	—	375	263.00	263.00
1	—	765	203.00	203.00
2	—	478	246.00	246.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	544	220.00	220.00
1	—	705	187.00	187.00
11	—	641	208.00	208.00
23	—	455	233.50	233.50
10	—	370	242.00	242.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	382	223.00	223.00
3	—	547	208.00	208.00
2	—	650	188.00	188.00
9	—	451	219.00	219.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	451	231.00	231.00
33	—	632	211.50	211.50
1	—	520	205.00	205.00
7	—	726	189.00	189.00
32	—	552	220.50	220.50
5	—	383	241.00	241.00

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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