Name: Springlake Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2023-10-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-10-28

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 46, Heifers 162, Bulls 106)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $184.31/cwt on 131 head.

Average price

$184.31

131 head · 527 lb average

Value per head Derived

$972

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$61

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 1

$6.01/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−15.61

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	502	188.38	945	37
Medium and Large 3	461	184.49	850	15thin
Medium and Large 1	552	182.37	1,006	79

One grade step is worth $6.01/cwt here — about −$61 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 sale131 hd

184.31

—

VA average10 barns · 2,338 hd

199.92

−15.61

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

40 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	—	344	234.50/cwt	234.50–234.50	807	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	428	209.39/cwt	208.00–210.00	896	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	503	223.65/cwt	176.00–228.00	1,125	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	580	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,015	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	655	164.12/cwt	155.00–166.00	1,075	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	660	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	1,096	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	773	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	1,376	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	648	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	1,225	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	565	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	994	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	460	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	971	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	635	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	965	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	533	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,066	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	410	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	738	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	562	178.98/cwt	176.00–180.00	1,006	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	553	228.50/cwt	228.50–228.50	1,264	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	415	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	896	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	714	180.25/cwt	180.00–181.00	1,287	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	620	185.98/cwt	182.00–188.00	1,153	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	457	190.29/cwt	179.00–192.00	870	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	700	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	1,134	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	556	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,251	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	450	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	792	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	538	179.35/cwt	176.00–180.00	965	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	325	193.00/cwt	193.00–193.00	627	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	382	197.00/cwt	197.00–197.00	753	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	349	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	719	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	636	169.57/cwt	165.00–170.00	1,078	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	631	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,073	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	345	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	673	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	513	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	877	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	435	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	914	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	489	179.40/cwt	177.00–181.00	877	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	359	209.50/cwt	209.50–209.50	752	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	455	204.00/cwt	204.00–204.00	928	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	567	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	975	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	329	231.22/cwt	210.00–237.50	761	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	445	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	757	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	525	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	788	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	727	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	1,141	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	456	202.34/cwt	189.00–204.00	923	19

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 Oct 28, 2023

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

Receipts 314Last week 428Year ago 454

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 46, Heifers 162, Bulls 106)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	344	234.50	234.50
10	—	428	208.00–210.00	209.39
12	—	503	176.00–228.00	223.65
12	—	580	175.00	175.00
12	—	655	155.00–166.00	164.12
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	660	166.00	166.00
5	—	435	210.00	210.00
5	—	489	177.00–181.00	179.40
3	—	567	172.00	172.00
4	—	329	210.00–237.50	231.22
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	445	170.00	170.00
2	—	525	150.00	150.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	773	178.00	178.00
2	—	648	189.00	189.00
4	—	460	211.00	211.00
4	—	556	225.00	225.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	565	176.00	176.00
1	—	635	152.00	152.00
1	—	450	176.00	176.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	533	200.00	200.00
7	—	553	228.50	228.50
1	—	415	216.00	216.00
4	—	714	180.00–181.00	180.25
6	—	620	182.00–188.00	185.98
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	410	180.00	180.00
1	—	700	162.00	162.00
12	—	538	176.00–180.00	179.35
1	—	325	193.00	193.00
7	—	631	170.00	170.00
6	—	359	209.50	209.50
9	—	455	204.00	204.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	562	176.00–180.00	178.98
3	—	382	197.00	197.00
6	—	349	206.00	206.00
23	—	636	165.00–170.00	169.57
8	—	727	157.00	157.00
19	—	456	189.00–204.00	202.34
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	457	179.00–192.00	190.29
2	—	345	195.00	195.00
5	—	513	171.00	171.00

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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