Name: Springlake Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2019-11-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-11-16

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 96, Heifers 199, Bulls 207)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $114.04/cwt on 180 head.

Average price

$114.04

180 head · 491 lb average

Value per head Derived

$560

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$103

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

$13.66/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.01

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	470	115.51	543	92
Medium and Large 1	527	114.37	603	75
Medium and Large 3	432	101.85	440	13thin

One grade step is worth $13.66/cwt here — about $103 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 sale180 hd

114.04

—

VA average10 barns · 2,648 hd

112.03

+2.01

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

44 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	550	113.42/cwt	111.00–113.50	624	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	379	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	451	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	451	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	568	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	504	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	625	22
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	556	124.52/cwt	120.00–125.00	692	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	494	124.84/cwt	120.00–125.00	617	28
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	656	112.50/cwt	112.50–112.50	738	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	645	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	671	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	453	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	589	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	658	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	869	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	733	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	946	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	436	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	436	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	485	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	475	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	352	118.95/cwt	118.00–124.00	419	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	455	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	496	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	628	112.32/cwt	105.00–114.00	705	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	425	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	472	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	445	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	512	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	337	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	475	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	645	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	742	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	425	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	561	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	358	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	494	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	636	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	700	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	447	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	510	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	356	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	388	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	472	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	642	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	647	131.34/cwt	124.00–131.75	850	18
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	533	134.50/cwt	134.50–134.50	717	5
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	530	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	689	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	305	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	430	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	502	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	597	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	577	119.75/cwt	119.75–119.75	691	22
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	497	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	586	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	421	132.41/cwt	120.00–136.00	557	19
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	547	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	667	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	730	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	759	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	453	117.50/cwt	117.50–117.50	532	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	700	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	714	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	541	116.50/cwt	105.00–117.25	630	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	545	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	518	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	355	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	497	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	556	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	734	14
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	369	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	513	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	620	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	794	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

Sat Nov 16, 2019

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

Receipts 502Last week 502Year ago 0

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 96, Heifers 199, Bulls 207)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	550	111.00–113.50	113.42
6	—	379	119.00	119.00
11	—	628	105.00–114.00	112.32
1	—	425	111.00	111.00
4	—	730	104.00	104.00
22	—	453	117.50	117.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	436	100.00	100.00
1	—	485	98.00	98.00
4	—	356	109.00	109.00
2	—	545	95.00	95.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	352	118.00–124.00	118.95
1	—	455	109.00	109.00
4	—	636	110.00	110.00
36	—	447	114.00	114.00
1	—	700	102.00	102.00
31	—	541	105.00–117.25	116.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	451	126.00	126.00
1	—	445	115.00	115.00
3	—	547	122.00	122.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	504	124.00	124.00
11	—	556	120.00–125.00	124.52
16	—	337	141.00	141.00
4	—	645	115.00	115.00
6	—	497	118.00	118.00
19	—	421	120.00–136.00	132.41
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	494	120.00–125.00	124.84
8	—	656	112.50	112.50
1	—	645	104.00	104.00
11	—	425	132.00	132.00
3	—	358	138.00	138.00
1	—	305	141.00	141.00
3	—	502	119.00	119.00
22	—	577	119.75	119.75
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	453	130.00	130.00
2	—	658	132.00	132.00
5	—	533	134.50	134.50
4	—	369	139.00	139.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	733	129.00	129.00
11	—	472	136.00	136.00
18	—	647	124.00–131.75	131.34
2	—	355	140.00	140.00
14	—	556	132.00	132.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	530	130.00	130.00
1	—	620	128.00	128.00

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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