Name: Springlake Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2019-09-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-09-07

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 199, Heifers 322, Bulls 237)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $110.76/cwt on 284 head.

Average price

$110.76

284 head · 501 lb average

Value per head Derived

$555

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$56

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

$7.31/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.30

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	497	111.91	556	110
Medium and Large 1	511	111.51	570	137
Medium and Large 3	478	104.59	500	37

One grade step is worth $7.31/cwt here — about $56 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 sale284 hd

110.76

—

VA average9 barns · 1,587 hd

110.47

+0.30

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

46 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	—	333	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	466	6
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	537	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	655	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	646	122.50/cwt	122.50–122.50	791	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	373	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	504	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	539	115.34/cwt	113.00–115.50	622	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	454	111.50/cwt	111.50–111.50	506	48
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	565	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	571	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	338	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	460	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	649	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	662	13
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	533	124.50/cwt	124.50–124.50	664	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	465	124.50/cwt	124.50–124.50	579	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	453	114.68/cwt	111.00–115.00	520	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	546	112.96/cwt	112.50–113.00	617	60
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	471	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	513	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	587	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	646	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	425	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	523	19
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	455	123.14/cwt	115.00–123.50	560	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	637	126.75/cwt	126.75–126.75	807	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	645	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	581	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	340	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	374	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	737	99.50/cwt	99.50–99.50	733	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	483	119.84/cwt	115.50–120.50	579	23
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	573	112.33/cwt	110.00–112.75	644	19
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	610	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	634	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	550	128.50/cwt	128.50–128.50	707	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	365	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	383	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	743	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	750	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	446	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	495	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	417	125.73/cwt	121.00–127.00	524	28
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	487	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	584	27
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	695	97.00/cwt	97.00–97.00	674	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	725	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	812	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	717	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	817	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	457	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	484	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	636	97.50/cwt	97.50–97.50	620	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	352	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	412	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	425	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	429	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	355	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	422	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	510	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	587	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	468	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	510	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	372	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	487	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	534	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	555	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	368	115.50/cwt	115.50–115.50	425	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	636	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	661	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	530	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	546	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	649	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	681	5

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 Sep 7, 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 199, Heifers 322, Bulls 237)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	333	140.00	140.00
13	—	649	102.00	102.00
19	—	425	123.00	123.00
19	—	573	110.00–112.75	112.33
27	—	487	120.00	120.00
1	—	695	97.00	97.00
3	—	510	115.00	115.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	565	101.00	101.00
6	—	471	109.00	109.00
1	—	425	101.00	101.00
2	—	530	103.00	103.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	338	136.00	136.00
15	—	587	110.00	110.00
23	—	483	115.50–120.50	119.84
28	—	417	121.00–127.00	125.73
1	—	355	119.00	119.00
5	—	649	105.00	105.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	537	122.00	122.00
1	—	610	104.00	104.00
1	—	725	112.00	112.00
6	—	468	109.00	109.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	646	122.50	122.50
17	—	533	124.50	124.50
24	—	455	115.00–123.50	123.14
3	—	717	114.00	114.00
7	—	372	131.00	131.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	373	135.00	135.00
21	—	465	124.50	124.50
27	—	637	126.75	126.75
33	—	550	128.50	128.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	539	113.00–115.50	115.34
39	—	453	111.00–115.00	114.68
1	—	340	110.00	110.00
2	—	743	101.00	101.00
18	—	636	97.50	97.50
19	—	368	115.50	115.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
48	—	454	111.50	111.50
60	—	546	112.50–113.00	112.96
3	—	737	99.50	99.50
4	—	446	111.00	111.00
9	—	352	117.00	117.00
13	—	636	104.00	104.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	645	90.00	90.00
6	—	365	105.00	105.00
15	—	457	106.00	106.00
15	—	534	104.00	104.00

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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