Name: Springlake Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2019-09-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-09-21

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 127, Heifers 252, Bulls 172)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $107.81/cwt on 222 head.

Average price

$107.81

222 head · 497 lb average

Value per head Derived

$536

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$106

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

$12.38/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.71

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	513	110.73	568	94
Medium and Large 2	490	108.32	531	94
Medium and Large 3	470	98.35	462	34

One grade step is worth $12.38/cwt here — about $106 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 sale222 hd

107.81

—

VA average11 barns · 1,674 hd

111.52

−3.71

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	—	659	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	666	7
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	475	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	523	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	557	125.50/cwt	125.50–125.50	699	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	444	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	448	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	535	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	556	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	310	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	341	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	735	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	625	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	494	116.50/cwt	116.50–116.50	576	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	420	131.44/cwt	126.00–132.50	552	19
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	388	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	578	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	370	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	555	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	450	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	504	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	575	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	546	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	459	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	482	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	342	141.32/cwt	130.00–142.00	483	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	495	117.50/cwt	117.50–117.50	582	21
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	635	118.50/cwt	118.50–118.50	752	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	446	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	571	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	715	83.00/cwt	83.00–83.00	593	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	743	88.00/cwt	88.00–88.00	654	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	371	123.50/cwt	123.50–123.50	458	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	417	130.63/cwt	124.00–131.50	545	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	577	110.59/cwt	101.00–111.00	638	24
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	646	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	691	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	320	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	352	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	543	108.60/cwt	100.00–109.50	590	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	358	122.50/cwt	122.50–122.50	439	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	341	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	358	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	649	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	792	20
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	515	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	592	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	345	153.00/cwt	141.00–156.00	528	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	567	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	612	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	442	106.50/cwt	106.50–106.50	471	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	448	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	529	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	633	95.93/cwt	95.00–96.00	607	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	546	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	508	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	732	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	886	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	552	123.50/cwt	123.50–123.50	682	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	635	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	622	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	660	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	634	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	580	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	580	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	637	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	637	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	443	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	470	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	623	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	561	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	453	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	621	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	454	128.77/cwt	121.00–129.50	585	12

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 21, 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 127, Heifers 252, Bulls 172)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	659	101.00	101.00
19	—	420	126.00–132.50	131.44
21	—	495	117.50	117.50
24	—	577	101.00–111.00	110.59
5	—	345	141.00–156.00	153.00
2	—	635	98.00	98.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	494	116.50	116.50
17	—	342	130.00–142.00	141.32
17	—	417	124.00–131.50	130.63
7	—	646	107.00	107.00
7	—	567	108.00	108.00
1	—	660	96.00	96.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	442	106.50	106.50
1	—	580	100.00	100.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	475	110.00	110.00
1	—	515	115.00	115.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	557	125.50	125.50
2	—	370	150.00	150.00
4	—	446	128.00	128.00
20	—	649	122.00	122.00
9	—	732	121.00	121.00
6	—	453	137.00	137.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	388	149.00	149.00
10	—	635	118.50	118.50
18	—	552	123.50	123.50
12	—	454	121.00–129.50	128.77
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	444	101.00	101.00
1	—	715	83.00	83.00
9	—	341	105.00	105.00
8	—	546	93.00	93.00
4	—	623	90.00	90.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	535	104.00	104.00
1	—	310	110.00	110.00
28	—	450	112.00	112.00
2	—	575	95.00	95.00
2	—	743	88.00	88.00
18	—	358	122.50	122.50
14	—	633	95.00–96.00	95.93
3	—	443	106.00	106.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	735	85.00	85.00
4	—	459	105.00	105.00
7	—	371	123.50	123.50
1	—	320	110.00	110.00
42	—	543	100.00–109.50	108.60
26	—	448	118.00	118.00
13	—	637	100.00	100.00

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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