Name: Springlake Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2024-02-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-02-10

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 138, Heifers 267, Bulls 243)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $225.77/cwt on 216 head.

Average price

$225.77

216 head · 490 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,106

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

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

$9.66/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.22

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	478	229.82	1,099	101
Medium and Large 1	502	223.40	1,122	73
Medium and Large 3	497	220.16	1,094	42

One grade step is worth $9.66/cwt here — about $5 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 sale216 hd

225.77

—

VA average9 barns · 2,493 hd

226.00

−0.22

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

43 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 3	—	550	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,155	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	671	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	1,080	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	355	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	845	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	427	289.88/cwt	260.00–296.00	1,238	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	499	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	1,267	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	443	231.96/cwt	225.00–233.00	1,028	31
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	629	199.54/cwt	190.00–202.00	1,255	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	670	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,139	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	635	193.00/cwt	193.00–193.00	1,226	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	537	227.54/cwt	218.00–229.00	1,222	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	538	227.33/cwt	210.00–228.50	1,223	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	538	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	1,178	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	642	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	1,201	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	723	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	1,244	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	765	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	1,293	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	454	236.50/cwt	215.00–237.50	1,074	47
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	358	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	848	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	550	278.00/cwt	278.00–278.00	1,529	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	300	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	600	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	378	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	1,176	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	356	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	1,111	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	661	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	1,725	13
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	451	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,082	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	435	309.00/cwt	309.00–309.00	1,344	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	447	234.54/cwt	225.00–235.00	1,048	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	455	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,342	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	550	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,375	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	600	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,320	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	725	223.00/cwt	223.00–223.00	1,617	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	534	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,469	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	640	245.95/cwt	237.50–249.00	1,574	11
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	523	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	1,297	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	569	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,366	20
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	426	294.98/cwt	282.00–297.00	1,257	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	347	302.16/cwt	291.00–303.00	1,048	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	650	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,365	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	625	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,344	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	500	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	1,130	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	390	209.00/cwt	209.00–209.00	815	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	345	303.00/cwt	303.00–303.00	1,045	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	488	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,225	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	448	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,008	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	574	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,263	15

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 Feb 10, 2024

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

Receipts 648Last week 581Year ago 474

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 138, Heifers 267, Bulls 243)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	550	210.00	210.00
8	—	448	225.00	225.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	427	260.00–296.00	289.88
5	—	629	190.00–202.00	199.54
10	—	345	303.00	303.00
16	—	488	251.00	251.00
15	—	574	220.00	220.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	499	254.00	254.00
20	—	569	240.00	240.00
15	—	426	282.00–297.00	294.98
14	—	347	291.00–303.00	302.16
12	—	650	210.00	210.00
1	—	625	215.00	215.00
1	—	500	226.00	226.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	671	161.00	161.00
15	—	538	219.00	219.00
20	—	447	225.00–235.00	234.54
3	—	390	209.00	209.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	355	238.00	238.00
31	—	538	210.00–228.50	227.33
5	—	642	187.00	187.00
2	—	723	172.00	172.00
47	—	454	215.00–237.50	236.50
1	—	300	200.00	200.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	443	225.00–233.00	231.96
1	—	670	170.00	170.00
11	—	635	193.00	193.00
23	—	537	218.00–229.00	227.54
1	—	765	169.00	169.00
6	—	358	237.00	237.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	550	278.00	278.00
9	—	356	312.00	312.00
13	—	661	261.00	261.00
11	—	455	295.00	295.00
5	—	725	223.00	223.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	378	311.00	311.00
21	—	435	309.00	309.00
1	—	550	250.00	250.00
10	—	534	275.00	275.00
11	—	640	237.50–249.00	245.95
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	451	240.00	240.00
1	—	600	220.00	220.00
6	—	523	248.00	248.00

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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