Name: Springlake Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2019-08-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-08-10

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 115, Heifers 232, Bulls 170)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $120.44/cwt on 215 head.

Average price

$120.44

215 head · 508 lb average

Value per head Derived

$612

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$59

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

$11.80/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.31

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	480	123.24	592	110
Medium and Large 1	547	118.60	649	89
Medium and Large 3	478	111.44	533	16thin

One grade step is worth $11.80/cwt here — about $59 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 sale215 hd

120.44

—

VA average9 barns · 1,744 hd

120.13

+0.31

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	—	549	136.50/cwt	136.50–136.50	749	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	639	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	843	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	358	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	419	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	557	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	596	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	733	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	806	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	496	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	650	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	663	107.73/cwt	99.00–109.50	714	12
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	410	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	545	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	544	133.50/cwt	133.50–133.50	726	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	457	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	512	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	635	110.50/cwt	110.50–110.50	702	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	534	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	582	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	426	137.50/cwt	137.50–137.50	586	23
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	499	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	649	14
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	505	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	616	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	745	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	939	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	534	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	582	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	359	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	470	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	641	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	705	20
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	455	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	592	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	580	119.45/cwt	111.00–120.50	693	18
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	650	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	832	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	349	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	510	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	395	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	541	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	541	116.50/cwt	116.50–116.50	630	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	463	127.00/cwt	114.00–127.50	588	27
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	527	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	601	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	640	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	723	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	500	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	580	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	628	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	835	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	710	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	916	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	449	129.50/cwt	129.50–129.50	581	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	550	118.50/cwt	118.50–118.50	652	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	690	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	745	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	344	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	513	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	355	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	515	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	434	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	621	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	461	141.34/cwt	129.00–142.00	652	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	633	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	665	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	715	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	779	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	383	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	498	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	579	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	706	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	429	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	588	10

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 10, 2019

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State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 115, Heifers 232, Bulls 170)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	549	136.50	136.50
1	—	745	126.00	126.00
4	—	349	146.00	146.00
6	—	628	133.00	133.00
7	—	434	143.00	143.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	639	132.00	132.00
30	—	544	133.50	133.50
1	—	395	137.00	137.00
2	—	710	129.00	129.00
20	—	461	129.00–142.00	141.34
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	410	133.00	133.00
1	—	505	122.00	122.00
1	—	650	128.00	128.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	358	117.00	117.00
5	—	457	112.00	112.00
5	—	534	109.00	109.00
2	—	633	105.00	105.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	557	107.00	107.00
11	—	635	110.50	110.50
25	—	359	131.00	131.00
33	—	541	116.50	116.50
37	—	449	129.50	129.50
1	—	715	109.00	109.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	733	110.00	110.00
4	—	534	109.00	109.00
20	—	641	110.00	110.00
27	—	463	114.00–127.50	127.00
32	—	550	118.50	118.50
1	—	690	108.00	108.00
2	—	383	130.00	130.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	496	131.00	131.00
23	—	426	137.50	137.50
4	—	640	113.00	113.00
7	—	344	149.00	149.00
13	—	579	122.00	122.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	663	99.00–109.50	107.73
14	—	499	130.00	130.00
18	—	580	111.00–120.50	119.45
1	—	500	116.00	116.00
3	—	355	145.00	145.00
10	—	429	137.00	137.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	455	130.00	130.00
6	—	527	114.00	114.00

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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