Name: Springlake Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2024-01-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-01-27

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 36, Heifers 109, Bulls 81)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $216.87/cwt on 88 head.

Average price

$216.87

88 head · 532 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,154

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$126

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

$5.71/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+10.87

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	523	219.21	1,146	26
Medium and Large 1	545	216.25	1,178	54
Medium and Large 3	478	213.50	1,019	8thin

One grade step is worth $5.71/cwt here — about $126 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 sale88 hd

216.87

—

VA average6 barns · 862 hd

206.00

+10.87

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

33 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 2	—	335	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	834	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	348	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	877	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	405	291.00/cwt	291.00–291.00	1,179	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	499	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	1,277	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	576	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	1,244	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	388	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	935	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	531	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	1,402	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	643	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,543	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	635	191.64/cwt	191.00–193.00	1,217	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	446	235.50/cwt	235.50–235.50	1,050	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	559	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	1,219	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	719	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	1,611	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	355	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	888	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	545	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	1,395	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	720	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	1,217	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	351	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	825	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	442	233.50/cwt	233.50–233.50	1,032	11
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	615	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,230	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	625	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	1,519	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	727	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	1,665	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	506	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,270	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	650	197.00/cwt	197.00–197.00	1,281	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	413	297.00/cwt	297.00–297.00	1,227	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	550	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,155	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	645	193.50/cwt	193.50–193.50	1,248	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	745	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	1,259	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	575	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	1,259	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	505	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	1,146	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	552	222.50/cwt	222.50–222.50	1,228	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	355	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	831	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	623	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,153	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	438	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	964	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	668	198.50/cwt	198.50–198.50	1,326	12

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 Jan 27, 2024

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

Receipts 226Last week 91Year ago 417

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 36, Heifers 109, Bulls 81)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	335	249.00	249.00
7	—	506	251.00	251.00
3	—	650	197.00	197.00
5	—	413	297.00	297.00
6	—	575	219.00	219.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	348	252.00	252.00
4	—	405	291.00	291.00
8	—	499	256.00	256.00
10	—	576	216.00	216.00
12	—	668	198.50	198.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	505	227.00	227.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	388	241.00	241.00
6	—	635	191.00–193.00	191.64
11	—	446	235.50	235.50
6	—	559	218.00	218.00
1	—	745	169.00	169.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	720	169.00	169.00
4	—	351	235.00	235.00
11	—	442	233.50	233.50
12	—	645	193.50	193.50
24	—	552	222.50	222.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	550	210.00	210.00
2	—	355	234.00	234.00
2	—	623	185.00	185.00
3	—	438	220.00	220.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	531	264.00	264.00
8	—	643	240.00	240.00
4	—	719	224.00	224.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	355	250.00	250.00
1	—	545	256.00	256.00
1	—	625	243.00	243.00
3	—	727	229.00	229.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	615	200.00	200.00

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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