Name: Springlake Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2023-12-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-12-16

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 25, Heifers 80, Bulls 66)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $190.37/cwt on 69 head.

Average price

$190.37

69 head · 530 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,009

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$190

per head · Medium and Large 3 over Medium and Large 1

$16.43/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.55

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 3	418	201.50	841	2thin
Medium and Large 2	490	198.94	975	24
Medium and Large 1	557	185.07	1,032	43

One grade step is worth $16.43/cwt here — about −$190 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 sale69 hd

190.37

—

VA average8 barns · 906 hd

191.92

−1.55

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

31 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	—	410	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	943	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	570	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,197	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	662	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	1,152	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	496	231.32/cwt	227.00–232.00	1,147	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	502	228.53/cwt	220.00–232.00	1,147	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	596	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	1,240	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	380	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	874	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	640	213.00/cwt	213.00–213.00	1,363	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	558	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	1,356	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	680	209.00/cwt	209.00–209.00	1,421	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	451	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	1,118	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	363	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	842	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	448	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	1,116	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	470	199.00/cwt	199.00–199.00	935	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	765	194.00/cwt	194.00–194.00	1,484	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	645	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	1,142	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	365	204.00/cwt	204.00–204.00	745	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	542	192.00/cwt	192.00–192.00	1,041	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	459	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	918	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	754	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,093	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	539	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	1,326	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	470	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	879	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	635	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	1,092	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	443	211.50/cwt	211.50–211.50	937	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	554	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	1,030	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	315	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	668	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	385	204.00/cwt	204.00–204.00	785	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	555	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	999	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	620	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	1,066	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	424	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	996	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	360	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	850	3

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 Dec 16, 2023

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

Receipts 171Last week 309Year ago 239

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 25, Heifers 80, Bulls 66)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	410	230.00	230.00
6	—	570	210.00	210.00
6	—	662	174.00	174.00
7	—	496	227.00–232.00	231.32
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	502	220.00–232.00	228.53
4	—	596	208.00	208.00
1	—	620	172.00	172.00
6	—	424	235.00	235.00
3	—	360	236.00	236.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	555	180.00	180.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	380	230.00	230.00
1	—	640	213.00	213.00
2	—	558	243.00	243.00
3	—	448	249.00	249.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	680	209.00	209.00
4	—	451	248.00	248.00
2	—	363	232.00	232.00
1	—	765	194.00	194.00
5	—	539	246.00	246.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	470	199.00	199.00
1	—	365	204.00	204.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	645	177.00	177.00
17	—	459	200.00	200.00
5	—	754	145.00	145.00
9	—	554	186.00	186.00
1	—	315	212.00	212.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	542	192.00	192.00
1	—	470	187.00	187.00
2	—	635	172.00	172.00
9	—	443	211.50	211.50
3	—	385	204.00	204.00

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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