Name: Springlake Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2023-11-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-11-18

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 63, Heifers 91, Bulls 67)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $187.03/cwt on 73 head.

Average price

$187.03

73 head · 517 lb average

Value per head Derived

$967

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$125

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

$11.81/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.98

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	459	194.21	891	24
Medium and Large 3	466	191.50	893	6thin
Medium and Large 1	557	182.40	1,016	43

One grade step is worth $11.81/cwt here — about −$125 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 sale73 hd

187.03

—

VA average9 barns · 1,696 hd

191.01

−3.98

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

34 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	—	509	223.00/cwt	223.00–223.00	1,135	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	573	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	1,094	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	495	223.00/cwt	223.00–223.00	1,104	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	663	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	1,107	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	341	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	805	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	401	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	906	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	355	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	817	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	675	203.00/cwt	203.00–203.00	1,370	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	515	192.00/cwt	192.00–192.00	989	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	490	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,156	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	449	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,078	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	547	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,231	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	549	183.00/cwt	183.00–183.00	1,005	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	442	194.41/cwt	192.00–195.00	859	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	553	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	1,261	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	720	203.00/cwt	203.00–203.00	1,462	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	445	198.00/cwt	198.00–198.00	881	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	745	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,304	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	558	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	993	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	452	196.00/cwt	196.00–196.00	886	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	727	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	1,512	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	647	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	1,372	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	353	203.00/cwt	203.00–203.00	717	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	632	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	1,068	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	642	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	1,066	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	380	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	726	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	520	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	926	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	367	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	778	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	573	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	1,066	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	505	224.10/cwt	224.00–225.00	1,132	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	424	228.50/cwt	228.50–228.50	969	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	325	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	666	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	460	183.00/cwt	183.00–183.00	842	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	648	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	1,089	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 18, 2023

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

Receipts 221Last week 257Year ago 402

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 63, Heifers 91, Bulls 67)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	509	223.00	223.00
10	—	573	191.00	191.00
1	—	495	223.00	223.00
3	—	663	167.00	167.00
5	—	341	236.00	236.00
5	—	401	226.00	226.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	642	166.00	166.00
1	—	380	191.00	191.00
2	—	573	186.00	186.00
10	—	505	224.00–225.00	224.10
7	—	424	228.50	228.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	355	230.00	230.00
1	—	675	203.00	203.00
5	—	449	240.00	240.00
2	—	553	228.00	228.00
2	—	720	203.00	203.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	515	192.00	192.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	490	236.00	236.00
17	—	547	225.00	225.00
9	—	727	208.00	208.00
13	—	647	212.00	212.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	549	183.00	183.00
10	—	442	192.00–195.00	194.41
5	—	745	175.00	175.00
2	—	353	203.00	203.00
10	—	632	169.00	169.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	445	198.00	198.00
5	—	520	178.00	178.00
6	—	367	212.00	212.00
1	—	460	183.00	183.00
2	—	648	168.00	168.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	558	178.00	178.00
3	—	452	196.00	196.00
1	—	325	205.00	205.00

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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