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

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Grade Feeder Cattle (Steers 39, Heifers 108, Bulls 110)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $172.08/cwt on 105 head.

Average price

$172.08

105 head · 532 lb average

Value per head Derived

$916

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$55

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

$19.36/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−19.10

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	489	175.81	860	39
Medium and Large 1	566	172.28	974	56
Medium and Large 3	514	156.45	804	10thin

One grade step is worth $19.36/cwt here — about $55 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 sale105 hd

172.08

—

VA average10 barns · 2,213 hd

191.18

−19.10

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	—	654	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	1,138	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	410	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	902	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	579	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	1,193	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	504	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	1,048	21
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	455	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	819	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	429	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	935	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	510	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	1,081	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	527	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	1,207	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	630	194.38/cwt	184.00–197.00	1,225	5
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	435	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	870	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	474	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	782	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	452	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,017	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	395	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	905	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	448	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	1,012	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	728	190.50/cwt	190.50–190.50	1,387	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	725	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	1,095	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	558	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	1,222	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	554	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	975	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	560	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	986	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	356	185.62/cwt	176.00–189.00	661	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	370	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	651	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	637	166.63/cwt	151.00–168.00	1,061	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	530	152.50/cwt	152.50–152.50	808	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	441	176.05/cwt	170.00–177.00	776	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	630	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	1,046	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	739	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	1,079	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	458	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	820	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	667	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	1,161	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	710	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	852	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	550	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	853	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	505	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,061	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	363	213.05/cwt	199.00–227.50	773	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	565	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	1,164	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	380	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	726	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	633	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	886	2

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 11, 2023

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

Receipts 257Last week 212Year ago 110

State Grade Feeder Cattle (Steers 39, Heifers 108, Bulls 110)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	654	174.00	174.00
8	—	410	220.00	220.00
10	—	579	206.00	206.00
21	—	504	208.00	208.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	455	180.00	180.00
1	—	550	155.00	155.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	429	218.00	218.00
3	—	667	174.00	174.00
12	—	505	210.00	210.00
4	—	363	199.00–227.50	213.05
6	—	565	206.00	206.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	510	212.00	212.00
5	—	630	184.00–197.00	194.38
3	—	448	226.00	226.00
6	—	728	190.50	190.50
11	—	558	219.00	219.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	527	229.00	229.00
3	—	452	225.00	225.00
1	—	395	229.00	229.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	435	200.00	200.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	474	165.00	165.00
2	—	370	176.00	176.00
1	—	530	152.50	152.50
1	—	710	120.00	120.00
2	—	633	140.00	140.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	725	151.00	151.00
10	—	554	176.00	176.00
8	—	356	176.00–189.00	185.62
14	—	441	170.00–177.00	176.05
6	—	630	166.00	166.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	560	176.00	176.00
12	—	637	151.00–168.00	166.63
5	—	739	146.00	146.00
13	—	458	179.00	179.00
1	—	380	191.00	191.00

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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