Name: Springlake Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2019-07-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-07-13

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 156, Heifers 244, Bulls 181)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $120.71/cwt on 219 head.

Average price

$120.71

219 head · 504 lb average

Value per head Derived

$608

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$71

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

$10.20/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.27

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	486	124.29	603	109
Medium and Large 1	550	118.73	653	73
Medium and Large 3	466	114.08	532	37

One grade step is worth $10.20/cwt here — about $71 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 sale219 hd

120.71

—

VA average12 barns · 2,240 hd

119.43

+1.27

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

41 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	—	375	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	476	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	630	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	693	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	425	137.74/cwt	129.00–138.50	585	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	574	122.05/cwt	108.00–123.00	701	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	496	128.03/cwt	123.00–129.00	635	24
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	648	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	732	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	573	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	699	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	346	142.45/cwt	140.00–143.00	493	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	420	136.96/cwt	131.00–137.75	575	25
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	494	132.75/cwt	132.75–132.75	656	27
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	520	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	603	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	560	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	666	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	438	123.75/cwt	123.00–124.00	542	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	715	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	715	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	393	129.52/cwt	126.00–133.00	509	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	453	129.50/cwt	129.50–129.50	587	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	645	108.76/cwt	104.00–109.00	702	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	542	119.72/cwt	110.00–120.00	649	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	770	92.00/cwt	92.00–92.00	708	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	348	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	445	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	462	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	573	6
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	558	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	725	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	510	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	658	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	539	133.50/cwt	133.50–133.50	720	25
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	452	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	628	18
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	633	129.25/cwt	129.25–129.25	818	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	356	137.43/cwt	129.00–139.00	489	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	748	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	920	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	433	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	559	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	551	136.73/cwt	129.00–137.00	753	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	648	126.50/cwt	126.50–126.50	820	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	448	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	636	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	739	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	924	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	437	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	511	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	538	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	586	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	359	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	434	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	653	97.00/cwt	97.00–97.00	633	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	444	131.92/cwt	125.00–132.25	586	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	541	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	638	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	367	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	486	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	631	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	675	11

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 Jul 13, 2019

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

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State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 156, Heifers 244, Bulls 181)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	375	127.00	127.00
6	—	630	110.00	110.00
13	—	425	129.00–138.50	137.74
16	—	574	108.00–123.00	122.05
24	—	496	123.00–129.00	128.03
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	648	113.00	113.00
10	—	573	122.00	122.00
11	—	346	140.00–143.00	142.45
25	—	420	131.00–137.75	136.96
27	—	494	132.75	132.75
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	520	116.00	116.00
3	—	560	119.00	119.00
12	—	438	123.00–124.00	123.75
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	715	100.00	100.00
2	—	393	126.00–133.00	129.52
15	—	453	129.50	129.50
20	—	645	104.00–109.00	108.76
35	—	542	110.00–120.00	119.72
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	770	92.00	92.00
3	—	348	128.00	128.00
42	—	444	125.00–132.25	131.92
37	—	541	118.00	118.00
15	—	367	132.50	132.50
11	—	631	107.00	107.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	437	117.00	117.00
9	—	538	109.00	109.00
6	—	359	121.00	121.00
3	—	653	97.00	97.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	462	124.00	124.00
2	—	558	130.00	130.00
1	—	510	129.00	129.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	539	133.50	133.50
18	—	452	139.00	139.00
12	—	633	129.25	129.25
7	—	356	129.00–139.00	137.43
2	—	748	123.00	123.00
2	—	433	129.00	129.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	551	129.00–137.00	136.73
14	—	648	126.50	126.50
8	—	448	142.00	142.00
4	—	739	125.00	125.00

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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