Name: Springlake Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2019-08-31
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-08-31

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 63, Heifers 215, Bulls 116)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $114.29/cwt on 201 head.

Average price

$114.29

201 head · 513 lb average

Value per head Derived

$587

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$162

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3

$7.09/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.68

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	565	116.24	657	76
Medium and Large 2	496	115.04	570	84
Medium and Large 3	453	109.15	495	41

One grade step is worth $7.09/cwt here — about $162 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 sale201 hd

114.29

—

VA average6 barns · 1,268 hd

116.96

−2.68

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

39 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 2	—	640	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	717	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	429	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	605	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	646	114.25/cwt	114.25–114.25	738	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	537	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	601	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	330	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	515	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	540	135.50/cwt	135.50–135.50	732	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	496	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	635	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	550	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	638	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	554	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	637	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	454	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	536	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	430	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	559	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	347	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	538	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	583	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	705	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	415	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	591	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	464	119.50/cwt	119.50–119.50	554	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	369	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	450	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	448	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	479	19
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	623	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	785	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	661	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	754	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	483	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	623	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	366	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	468	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	651	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	703	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	359	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	420	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	627	130.11/cwt	120.00–131.00	816	12
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	570	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	735	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	433	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	619	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	573	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	693	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	757	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	840	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	715	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	715	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	537	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	580	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	552	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	745	9
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	415	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	535	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	360	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	562	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	350	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	543	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	405	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	478	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	440	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	506	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	610	97.00/cwt	97.00–97.00	592	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	460	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	658	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	449	143.50/cwt	143.50–143.50	644	7

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 31, 2019

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

Receipts 394Last week 514Year ago 0

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 63, Heifers 215, Bulls 116)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	640	112.00	112.00
16	—	415	142.50	142.50
10	—	483	129.00	129.00
4	—	573	121.00	121.00
4	—	350	155.00	155.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	429	141.00	141.00
2	—	550	116.00	116.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	496	128.00	128.00
11	—	583	121.00	121.00
5	—	661	114.00	114.00
4	—	433	143.00	143.00
1	—	360	156.00	156.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	646	114.25	114.25
24	—	554	115.00	115.00
16	—	464	119.50	119.50
4	—	366	128.00	128.00
3	—	757	111.00	111.00
1	—	405	118.00	118.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
33	—	537	112.00	112.00
32	—	454	118.00	118.00
10	—	369	122.00	122.00
7	—	651	108.00	108.00
1	—	715	100.00	100.00
1	—	440	115.00	115.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	448	107.00	107.00
11	—	359	117.00	117.00
8	—	537	108.00	108.00
3	—	610	97.00	97.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	330	156.00	156.00
1	—	430	130.00	130.00
12	—	627	120.00–131.00	130.11
9	—	552	135.00	135.00
7	—	460	143.00	143.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	540	135.50	135.50
3	—	347	155.00	155.00
2	—	623	126.00	126.00
7	—	449	143.50	143.50
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	570	129.00	129.00
1	—	415	129.00	129.00

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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