Name: Springlake Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2019-08-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-08-17

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 43, Heifers 170, Bulls 172)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $116.48/cwt on 147 head.

Average price

$116.48

147 head · 512 lb average

Value per head Derived

$597

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$78

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

$14.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.54

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	495	121.31	601	64
Medium and Large 1	549	116.00	637	52
Medium and Large 3	487	107.31	523	31

One grade step is worth $14.00/cwt here — about $78 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 sale147 hd

116.48

—

VA average11 barns · 1,865 hd

117.02

−0.54

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

42 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	—	528	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	686	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	700	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	882	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	310	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	363	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	555	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	594	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	457	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	516	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	327	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	504	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	652	104.80/cwt	94.00–106.00	683	10
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	518	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	601	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	555	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	722	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	630	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	636	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	703	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	759	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	370	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	463	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	668	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	668	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	499	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	639	12
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	457	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	585	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	676	124.50/cwt	124.50–124.50	842	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	526	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	563	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	348	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	466	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	723	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	774	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	427	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	581	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	574	114.13/cwt	107.00–116.00	655	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	426	137.16/cwt	130.00–138.00	584	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	700	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	630	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	548	105.50/cwt	105.50–105.50	578	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	546	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	644	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	446	117.59/cwt	104.00–120.00	524	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	490	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	657	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	439	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	619	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	335	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	516	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	535	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	605	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	496	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	635	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	460	114.50/cwt	108.00–116.50	527	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	536	125.75/cwt	125.75–125.75	674	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	325	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	488	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	383	139.93/cwt	130.00–150.00	536	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	515	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	613	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	360	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	508	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	570	112.35/cwt	105.00–114.00	640	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	636	114.72/cwt	106.00–116.50	730	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	634	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	729	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	458	107.93/cwt	103.00–108.50	494	19
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	615	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	756	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

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State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 43, Heifers 170, Bulls 172)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	528	130.00	130.00
4	—	439	141.00	141.00
2	—	383	130.00–150.00	139.93
1	—	615	123.00	123.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	700	126.00	126.00
3	—	555	130.00	130.00
5	—	676	124.50	124.50
1	—	490	134.00	134.00
1	—	325	150.00	150.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	518	116.00	116.00
10	—	457	128.00	128.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	310	117.00	117.00
3	—	630	101.00	101.00
8	—	526	107.00	107.00
19	—	458	103.00–108.50	107.93
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	555	107.00	107.00
2	—	703	108.00	108.00
7	—	348	134.00	134.00
26	—	446	104.00–120.00	117.59
21	—	536	125.75	125.75
7	—	634	115.00	115.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	370	125.00	125.00
3	—	723	107.00	107.00
22	—	546	118.00	118.00
13	—	460	108.00–116.50	114.50
12	—	636	106.00–116.50	114.72
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	457	113.00	113.00
9	—	548	105.50	105.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	327	154.00	154.00
4	—	668	100.00	100.00
9	—	427	136.00	136.00
1	—	700	90.00	90.00
1	—	535	113.00	113.00
19	—	496	128.00	128.00
1	—	360	141.00	141.00
11	—	570	105.00–114.00	112.35
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	652	94.00–106.00	104.80
12	—	499	128.00	128.00
14	—	574	107.00–116.00	114.13
9	—	426	130.00–138.00	137.16
2	—	335	154.00	154.00
1	—	515	119.00	119.00

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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