Name: Springlake Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2023-11-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-11-04

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 40, Heifers 102, Bulls 70)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $188.69/cwt on 89 head.

Average price

$188.69

89 head · 541 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,021

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$11

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

$10.05/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−6.26

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	492	192.68	947	32
Medium and Large 1	578	187.08	1,082	49
Medium and Large 3	513	182.63	936	8thin

One grade step is worth $10.05/cwt here — about $11 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 sale89 hd

188.69

—

VA average9 barns · 1,600 hd

194.95

−6.26

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

35 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	—	584	208.27/cwt	200.00–211.00	1,216	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	494	212.79/cwt	206.00–215.00	1,051	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	660	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	1,247	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	625	194.00/cwt	194.00–194.00	1,213	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	421	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	922	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	370	212.50/cwt	197.50–220.00	786	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	535	238.50/cwt	238.50–238.50	1,276	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	627	199.00/cwt	199.00–199.00	1,248	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	628	196.00/cwt	196.00–196.00	1,231	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	465	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	1,083	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	622	150.72/cwt	140.00–172.00	937	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	380	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	859	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	486	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,118	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	510	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	974	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	635	183.00/cwt	183.00–183.00	1,162	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	330	211.13/cwt	187.00–219.00	697	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	551	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,295	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	553	192.00/cwt	192.00–192.00	1,062	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	465	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	837	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	553	186.75/cwt	167.00–189.00	1,033	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	440	188.00/cwt	188.00–188.00	827	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	735	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	1,169	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	732	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,391	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	633	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	1,133	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	610	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	824	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	522	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	992	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	730	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,095	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	433	215.70/cwt	196.00–219.00	934	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	448	205.50/cwt	205.50–205.50	921	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	565	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	1,175	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	633	194.00/cwt	194.00–194.00	1,228	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	450	188.00/cwt	188.00–188.00	846	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	507	218.95/cwt	213.00–220.00	1,110	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	375	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	814	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	458	204.50/cwt	204.50–204.50	937	8

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 Nov 4, 2023

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

Receipts 212Last week 314Year ago 344

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 40, Heifers 102, Bulls 70)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	584	200.00–211.00	208.27
8	—	494	206.00–215.00	212.79
11	—	660	189.00	189.00
1	—	625	194.00	194.00
4	—	421	219.00	219.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	370	197.50–220.00	212.50
7	—	433	196.00–219.00	215.70
2	—	565	208.00	208.00
4	—	633	194.00	194.00
7	—	507	213.00–220.00	218.95
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	450	188.00	188.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	535	238.50	238.50
2	—	628	196.00	196.00
5	—	465	233.00	233.00
2	—	380	226.00	226.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	627	199.00	199.00
4	—	486	230.00	230.00
5	—	551	235.00	235.00
3	—	732	190.00	190.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	510	191.00	191.00
1	—	635	183.00	183.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	622	140.00–172.00	150.72
4	—	330	187.00–219.00	211.13
1	—	465	180.00	180.00
10	—	553	167.00–189.00	186.75
1	—	730	150.00	150.00
13	—	448	205.50	205.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	553	192.00	192.00
4	—	735	159.00	159.00
18	—	633	179.00	179.00
1	—	375	217.00	217.00
8	—	458	204.50	204.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	440	188.00	188.00
1	—	610	135.00	135.00
5	—	522	190.00	190.00

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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