Name: Springlake Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2019-06-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-06-08

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 29, Heifers 93, Bulls 91)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $120.34/cwt on 85 head.

Average price

$120.34

85 head · 491 lb average

Value per head Derived

$591

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$43

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

$6.87/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.69

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	474	123.71	587	34
Medium and Large 3	458	119.61	547	23
Medium and Large 1	539	116.84	630	28

One grade step is worth $6.87/cwt here — about −$43 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 sale85 hd

120.34

—

VA average4 barns · 803 hd

122.02

−1.69

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

37 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	—	658	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	836	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	437	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	603	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	571	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	725	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	491	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	653	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	375	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	529	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	578	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	740	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	641	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	814	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	491	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	653	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	425	138.33/cwt	130.00–139.00	588	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	480	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	590	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	540	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	626	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	380	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	502	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	735	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	735	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	625	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	706	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	462	122.50/cwt	122.50–122.50	566	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	544	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	631	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	500	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	575	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	755	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	747	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	625	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	688	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	369	133.50/cwt	133.50–133.50	493	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	555	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	694	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	435	123.50/cwt	123.50–123.50	537	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	680	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	680	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	513	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	641	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	368	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	464	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	454	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	540	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	475	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	622	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	575	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	805	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	740	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	881	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	620	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	862	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	541	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	757	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	335	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	486	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	513	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	718	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	628	134.05/cwt	130.00–138.00	842	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	439	134.53/cwt	133.00–135.00	591	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	470	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	588	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	575	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	834	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 Jun 8, 2019

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

Receipts 213Last week 0Year ago 0

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 29, Heifers 93, Bulls 91)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	658	127.00	127.00
8	—	437	138.00	138.00
13	—	571	127.00	127.00
16	—	491	133.00	133.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	375	141.00	141.00
3	—	578	128.00	128.00
4	—	641	127.00	127.00
8	—	491	133.00	133.00
13	—	425	130.00–139.00	138.33
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	480	123.00	123.00
2	—	540	116.00	116.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	380	132.00	132.00
1	—	735	100.00	100.00
3	—	625	113.00	113.00
5	—	462	122.50	122.50
18	—	544	116.00	116.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	500	115.00	115.00
1	—	755	99.00	99.00
3	—	625	110.00	110.00
7	—	369	133.50	133.50
7	—	555	125.00	125.00
15	—	435	123.50	123.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	680	100.00	100.00
2	—	513	125.00	125.00
3	—	368	126.00	126.00
17	—	454	119.00	119.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	475	131.00	131.00
1	—	575	140.00	140.00
1	—	740	119.00	119.00
2	—	620	139.00	139.00
7	—	541	140.00	140.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	335	145.00	145.00
2	—	513	140.00	140.00
2	—	628	130.00–138.00	134.05
4	—	439	133.00–135.00	134.53
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	470	125.00	125.00
2	—	575	145.00	145.00

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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