Name: Springlake Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2019-08-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-08-03

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 86, Heifers 208, Bulls 123)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $124.07/cwt on 208 head.

Average price

$124.07

208 head · 487 lb average

Value per head Derived

$604

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$102

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

$10.01/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.32

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	481	126.94	611	107
Medium and Large 1	518	122.84	636	70
Medium and Large 3	435	116.93	509	31

One grade step is worth $10.01/cwt here — about $102 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 sale208 hd

124.07

—

VA average9 barns · 1,863 hd

121.75

+2.32

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 1	—	490	137.61/cwt	131.00–138.50	674	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	507	137.50/cwt	137.50–137.50	697	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	542	126.75/cwt	126.75–126.75	687	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	546	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	699	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	442	117.18/cwt	117.00–119.00	518	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	640	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	870	12
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	495	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	693	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	583	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	743	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	566	128.50/cwt	128.50–128.50	727	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	636	114.36/cwt	106.00–115.00	727	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	355	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	470	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	537	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	607	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	555	144.75/cwt	144.75–144.75	803	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	453	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	643	23
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	433	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	606	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	424	143.74/cwt	140.00–144.00	609	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	366	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	485	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	620	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	682	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	680	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	680	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	426	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	630	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	537	149.25/cwt	149.25–149.25	801	21
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	638	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	746	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	334	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	511	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	729	106.50/cwt	106.50–106.50	776	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	565	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	638	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	560	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	605	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	700	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	826	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	625	142.25/cwt	142.25–142.25	889	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	328	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	512	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	687	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	776	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	428	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	514	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	730	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	759	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	330	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	380	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	375	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	536	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	443	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	594	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	365	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	533	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	352	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	524	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	437	132.40/cwt	130.00–133.00	579	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	450	124.50/cwt	124.50–124.50	560	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	452	127.79/cwt	118.00–128.00	578	47
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	356	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	431	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	380	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	559	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	565	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	740	1

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 Aug 3, 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 86, Heifers 208, Bulls 123)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	490	131.00–138.50	137.61
11	—	583	127.50	127.50
8	—	433	140.00	140.00
4	—	638	117.00	117.00
3	—	328	156.00	156.00
1	—	365	146.00	146.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	507	137.50	137.50
17	—	566	128.50	128.50
16	—	424	140.00–144.00	143.74
8	—	334	153.00	153.00
7	—	687	113.00	113.00
3	—	352	149.00	149.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	437	130.00–133.00	132.40
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	542	126.75	126.75
14	—	636	106.00–115.00	114.36
8	—	366	132.50	132.50
4	—	729	106.50	106.50
2	—	428	120.00	120.00
23	—	450	124.50	124.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
33	—	546	128.00	128.00
17	—	355	132.50	132.50
7	—	620	110.00	110.00
2	—	565	113.00	113.00
1	—	730	104.00	104.00
47	—	452	118.00–128.00	127.79
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	442	117.00–119.00	117.18
6	—	537	113.00	113.00
1	—	680	100.00	100.00
1	—	560	108.00	108.00
1	—	330	115.00	115.00
12	—	356	121.00	121.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	640	136.00	136.00
9	—	555	144.75	144.75
9	—	426	148.00	148.00
1	—	700	118.00	118.00
1	—	375	143.00	143.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	495	140.00	140.00
1	—	565	131.00	131.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	453	142.00	142.00
21	—	537	149.25	149.25
4	—	625	142.25	142.25
2	—	443	134.00	134.00
2	—	380	147.00	147.00

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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