Name: Springlake Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2024-02-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-02-17

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 72, Heifers 145, Bulls 147)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $233.49/cwt on 125 head.

Average price

$233.49

125 head · 500 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,166

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$121

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

$5.63/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.73

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 3	453	236.44	1,071	17thin
Medium and Large 2	496	235.50	1,169	51
Medium and Large 1	516	230.82	1,192	57

One grade step is worth $5.63/cwt here — about −$121 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 sale125 hd

233.49

—

VA average8 barns · 1,167 hd

228.76

+4.73

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
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	372	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	1,120	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	449	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	1,111	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	335	304.00/cwt	304.00–304.00	1,018	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	559	278.50/cwt	278.50–278.50	1,557	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	748	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	1,773	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	610	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	1,379	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	625	254.50/cwt	254.50–254.50	1,591	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	430	246.50/cwt	246.50–246.50	1,060	7
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	523	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,308	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	648	254.50/cwt	254.50–254.50	1,649	8
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	700	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	1,512	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	766	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	1,823	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	450	296.50/cwt	296.50–296.50	1,334	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	453	298.00/cwt	298.00–298.00	1,350	8
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	427	266.88/cwt	249.00–275.00	1,140	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	460	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,196	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	507	274.21/cwt	260.00–275.00	1,390	20
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	421	299.00/cwt	299.00–299.00	1,259	19
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	573	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,433	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	628	209.00/cwt	209.00–209.00	1,313	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	348	308.00/cwt	308.00–308.00	1,072	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	530	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,171	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	503	274.00/cwt	274.00–274.00	1,378	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	648	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	1,406	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	338	304.58/cwt	289.00–306.00	1,029	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	529	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	1,233	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	574	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	1,418	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	473	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,135	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	625	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,219	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	660	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	1,214	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	736	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	1,354	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	640	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,280	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	419	298.85/cwt	285.00–300.50	1,252	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	361	262.05/cwt	247.00–263.50	946	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	543	238.50/cwt	238.50–238.50	1,295	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	755	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	1,389	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	595	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	1,297	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	530	261.97/cwt	249.00–268.00	1,388	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	625	196.00/cwt	196.00–196.00	1,225	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	535	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	1,102	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	360	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	922	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	385	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	982	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	455	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	1,106	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 17, 2024

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

Receipts 364Last week 648Year ago 185

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 72, Heifers 145, Bulls 147)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	372	301.00	301.00
2	—	748	237.00	237.00
3	—	625	254.50	254.50
10	—	450	296.50	296.50
3	—	530	249.00–268.00	261.97
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	335	304.00	304.00
9	—	559	278.50	278.50
8	—	648	254.50	254.50
8	—	766	238.00	238.00
8	—	453	298.00	298.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	610	226.00	226.00
2	—	523	250.00	250.00
1	—	700	216.00	216.00
3	—	427	249.00–275.00	266.88
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	449	247.50	247.50
17	—	529	233.00	233.00
2	—	473	240.00	240.00
4	—	736	184.00	184.00
9	—	640	200.00	200.00
1	—	755	184.00	184.00
1	—	595	218.00	218.00
10	—	360	256.00	256.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	430	246.50	246.50
1	—	625	195.00	195.00
4	—	535	206.00	206.00
5	—	385	255.00	255.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	660	184.00	184.00
11	—	361	247.00–263.50	262.05
14	—	543	238.50	238.50
10	—	625	196.00	196.00
15	—	455	243.00	243.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	460	260.00	260.00
3	—	530	221.00	221.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	507	260.00–275.00	274.21
19	—	421	299.00	299.00
17	—	573	250.00	250.00
3	—	628	209.00	209.00
2	—	348	308.00	308.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	503	274.00	274.00
6	—	648	217.00	217.00
12	—	338	289.00–306.00	304.58
7	—	574	247.00	247.00
18	—	419	285.00–300.50	298.85

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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