Name: Springlake Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2019-08-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-08-24

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 97, Heifers 237, Bulls 97)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $122.20/cwt on 195 head.

Average price

$122.20

195 head · 532 lb average

Value per head Derived

$650

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$96

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

$14.02/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.15

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	518	125.15	648	89
Medium and Large 1	557	122.09	680	83
Medium and Large 3	497	111.13	552	23

One grade step is worth $14.02/cwt here — about $96 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 sale195 hd

122.20

—

VA average8 barns · 1,140 hd

119.04

+3.15

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

40 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	—	570	123.87/cwt	120.50–124.50	706	19
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	351	155.50/cwt	155.50–155.50	546	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	461	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	585	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	452	127.75/cwt	127.75–127.75	577	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	534	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	571	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	585	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	761	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	650	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	780	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	562	125.20/cwt	124.00–125.50	704	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	730	94.06/cwt	91.00–97.00	687	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	647	118.50/cwt	118.50–118.50	767	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	435	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	518	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	551	139.75/cwt	139.75–139.75	770	29
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	406	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	613	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	498	133.50/cwt	133.50–133.50	665	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	343	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	442	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	366	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	461	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	573	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	584	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	640	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	851	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	535	140.50/cwt	140.50–140.50	752	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	354	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	549	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	644	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	760	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	540	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	567	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	703	104.48/cwt	99.00–110.00	734	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	358	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	444	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	464	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	673	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	449	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	647	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	628	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	741	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	515	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	664	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	432	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	510	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	555	124.33/cwt	118.00–124.50	690	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	645	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	606	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	748	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	920	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	627	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	840	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	520	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	666	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	496	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	660	21
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	405	149.88/cwt	135.00–151.00	607	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	632	116.83/cwt	115.00–117.00	738	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	547	126.47/cwt	116.00–126.75	692	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	365	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	569	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	373	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	582	3

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 24, 2019

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

Receipts 514Last week 385Year ago 0

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 97, Heifers 237, Bulls 97)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	570	120.50–124.50	123.87
12	—	650	120.00	120.00
8	—	406	151.00	151.00
8	—	354	155.00	155.00
2	—	628	118.00	118.00
1	—	520	128.00	128.00
21	—	496	133.00	133.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	351	155.50	155.50
10	—	562	124.00–125.50	125.20
9	—	498	133.50	133.50
4	—	644	118.00	118.00
1	—	515	129.00	129.00
15	—	405	135.00–151.00	149.88
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	540	105.00	105.00
3	—	432	118.00	118.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	461	127.00	127.00
2	—	730	91.00–97.00	94.06
2	—	343	129.00	129.00
38	—	555	118.00–124.50	124.33
24	—	632	115.00–117.00	116.83
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	452	127.75	127.75
13	—	647	118.50	118.50
9	—	366	126.00	126.00
2	—	703	99.00–110.00	104.48
38	—	547	116.00–126.75	126.47
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	534	107.00	107.00
7	—	435	119.00	119.00
2	—	573	102.00	102.00
2	—	358	124.00	124.00
1	—	645	94.00	94.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	585	130.00	130.00
14	—	535	140.50	140.50
5	—	449	144.00	144.00
3	—	627	134.00	134.00
3	—	373	156.00	156.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	551	139.75	139.75
12	—	640	133.00	133.00
8	—	464	145.00	145.00
4	—	748	123.00	123.00
1	—	365	156.00	156.00

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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