Name: Springlake Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2019-12-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-12-07

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 84, Heifers 317, Bulls 317)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $105.27/cwt on 284 head.

Average price

$105.27

284 head · 495 lb average

Value per head Derived

$521

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$109

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

$11.23/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−7.24

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	520	107.66	560	124
Medium and Large 2	479	105.98	507	117
Medium and Large 3	467	96.42	451	43

One grade step is worth $11.23/cwt here — about $109 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

105.27

—

VA average10 barns · 2,272 hd

112.50

−7.24

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	—	625	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	594	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	344	143.50/cwt	143.50–143.50	494	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	432	134.13/cwt	130.00–135.00	579	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	660	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	660	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	571	116.02/cwt	98.00–118.00	662	31
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	503	126.71/cwt	117.00–128.00	637	43
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	347	144.50/cwt	144.50–144.50	501	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	373	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	526	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	723	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	824	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	467	144.33/cwt	133.00–145.50	674	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	521	141.50/cwt	141.50–141.50	737	8
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	400	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	480	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	750	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	803	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	637	129.25/cwt	129.25–129.25	823	13
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	575	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	690	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	740	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	858	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	550	95.50/cwt	95.50–95.50	525	11
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	560	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	666	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	551	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	744	20
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	455	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	632	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	428	148.50/cwt	148.50–148.50	636	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	523	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	680	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	655	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	596	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	652	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	652	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	539	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	512	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	498	132.54/cwt	107.00–134.00	660	37
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	415	134.15/cwt	129.00–134.50	557	33
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	355	139.63/cwt	130.00–142.00	496	20
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	459	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	459	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	713	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	670	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	545	109.28/cwt	106.00–109.50	596	47
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	459	108.48/cwt	96.00–109.50	498	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	639	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	652	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	351	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	393	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	564	116.70/cwt	99.00–118.00	658	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	570	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	542	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	367	101.62/cwt	97.00–102.00	373	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	449	108.25/cwt	108.25–108.25	486	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	541	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	568	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	452	95.57/cwt	94.00–96.00	432	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	458	98.50/cwt	98.50–98.50	451	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	637	87.00/cwt	87.00–87.00	554	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	675	74.00/cwt	74.00–74.00	500	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	741	97.00/cwt	97.00–97.00	719	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	361	109.21/cwt	100.00–110.00	394	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	642	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	642	9

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 Dec 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 84, Heifers 317, Bulls 317)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	625	95.00	95.00
13	—	344	143.50	143.50
17	—	432	130.00–135.00	134.13
17	—	660	100.00	100.00
31	—	571	98.00–118.00	116.02
43	—	503	117.00–128.00	126.71
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	652	100.00	100.00
37	—	498	107.00–134.00	132.54
33	—	415	129.00–134.50	134.15
20	—	355	130.00–142.00	139.63
15	—	564	99.00–118.00	116.70
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	539	95.00	95.00
9	—	459	100.00	100.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	347	144.50	144.50
8	—	521	141.50	141.50
1	—	575	120.00	120.00
1	—	740	116.00	116.00
1	—	455	139.00	139.00
6	—	428	148.50	148.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	373	141.00	141.00
3	—	723	114.00	114.00
11	—	467	133.00–145.50	144.33
13	—	637	129.25	129.25
20	—	551	135.00	135.00
2	—	523	130.00	130.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	400	120.00	120.00
1	—	750	107.00	107.00
3	—	560	119.00	119.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	550	95.50	95.50
14	—	367	97.00–102.00	101.62
14	—	452	94.00–96.00	95.57
3	—	637	87.00	87.00
1	—	675	74.00	74.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	655	91.00	91.00
2	—	713	94.00	94.00
1	—	570	95.00	95.00
41	—	449	108.25	108.25
33	—	541	105.00	105.00
5	—	458	98.50	98.50
25	—	361	100.00–110.00	109.21
9	—	642	100.00	100.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
47	—	545	106.00–109.50	109.28
40	—	459	96.00–109.50	108.48
18	—	639	102.00	102.00
13	—	351	112.00	112.00
6	—	741	97.00	97.00

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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