Name: Springlake Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2019-07-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-07-27

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 111, Heifers 231,Bulls 131)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $121.90/cwt on 212 head.

Average price

$121.90

212 head · 497 lb average

Value per head Derived

$606

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$36

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

$8.99/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.45

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	475	124.50	591	114
Medium and Large 1	541	120.30	651	69
Medium and Large 3	481	115.50	555	29

One grade step is worth $8.99/cwt here — about $36 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 sale212 hd

121.90

—

VA average7 barns · 743 hd

117.45

+4.45

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

44 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	—	493	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	685	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	631	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	833	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	725	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	935	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	443	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	567	55
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	735	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	742	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	385	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	508	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	573	127.74/cwt	124.00–128.50	732	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	423	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	613	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	535	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	770	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	457	140.58/cwt	139.00–141.00	642	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	350	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	420	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	550	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	633	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	728	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	772	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	348	140.50/cwt	140.50–140.50	489	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	655	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	694	15
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	452	149.50/cwt	149.50–149.50	676	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	634	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	824	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	620	104.48/cwt	103.00–106.00	648	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	466	118.50/cwt	118.50–118.50	552	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	543	115.50/cwt	115.50–115.50	627	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	494	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	682	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	569	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	683	17
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	460	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	639	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	560	134.45/cwt	131.00–135.50	753	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	539	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	593	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	636	109.84/cwt	106.50–112.00	699	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	644	111.82/cwt	109.00–112.00	720	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	425	143.67/cwt	131.00–145.50	611	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	363	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	472	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	503	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	654	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	548	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	740	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	427	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	619	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	441	119.45/cwt	119.00–119.50	527	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	354	132.66/cwt	128.00–133.00	470	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	551	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	661	20
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	468	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	594	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	525	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	672	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	610	111.87/cwt	104.00–116.00	682	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	382	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	523	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	377	135.42/cwt	130.00–138.00	511	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	540	121.25/cwt	121.25–121.25	655	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	462	127.13/cwt	117.00–128.50	587	26
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	530	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	652	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	634	111.49/cwt	110.00–112.00	707	4

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 27, 2019

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

Receipts 473Last week 346Year ago 0

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 111, Heifers 231,Bulls 131)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	493	139.00	139.00
12	—	423	145.00	145.00
15	—	655	106.00	106.00
17	—	569	120.00	120.00
2	—	503	130.00	130.00
3	—	610	104.00–116.00	111.87
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	573	124.00–128.50	127.74
8	—	348	140.50	140.50
9	—	494	138.00	138.00
16	—	425	131.00–145.50	143.67
2	—	363	130.00	130.00
2	—	525	128.00	128.00
4	—	634	110.00–112.00	111.49
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	468	127.00	127.00
3	—	530	123.00	123.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	631	132.00	132.00
15	—	535	144.00	144.00
16	—	452	149.50	149.50
3	—	427	145.00	145.00
5	—	382	137.00	137.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	725	129.00	129.00
10	—	457	139.00–141.00	140.58
10	—	634	130.00	130.00
17	—	560	131.00–135.50	134.45
3	—	377	130.00–138.00	135.42
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	460	139.00	139.00
6	—	548	135.00	135.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
55	—	443	128.00	128.00
1	—	735	101.00	101.00
3	—	550	115.00	115.00
7	—	466	118.50	118.50
10	—	636	106.50–112.00	109.84
15	—	354	128.00–133.00	132.66
23	—	540	121.25	121.25
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	385	132.00	132.00
2	—	728	106.00	106.00
4	—	543	115.50	115.50
16	—	644	109.00–112.00	111.82
20	—	551	120.00	120.00
26	—	462	117.00–128.50	127.13
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	350	120.00	120.00
2	—	620	103.00–106.00	104.48
9	—	539	110.00	110.00
17	—	441	119.00–119.50	119.45

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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