Name: Springlake Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2019-12-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-12-14

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

*Correction to head counts*

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 15, Heifers 76, Bulls 70)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $115.11/cwt on 63 head.

Average price

$115.11

63 head · 475 lb average

Value per head Derived

$547

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$58

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

$8.07/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.16

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	498	116.29	580	26
Medium and Large 2	452	116.23	525	28
Medium and Large 3	482	108.22	521	9thin

One grade step is worth $8.07/cwt here — about $58 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 sale63 hd

115.11

—

VA average9 barns · 2,814 hd

113.95

+1.16

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

31 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	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	731	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	566	121.50/cwt	121.50–121.50	688	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	501	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	646	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	344	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	499	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	429	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	575	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	685	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	760	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	430	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	589	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	451	145.50/cwt	145.50–145.50	656	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	513	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	610	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	490	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	671	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	515	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	685	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	585	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	755	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	605	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	750	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	735	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	662	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	635	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	730	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	348	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	445	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	437	114.50/cwt	114.50–114.50	500	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	395	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	446	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	600	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	648	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	551	109.50/cwt	109.50–109.50	603	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	434	110.50/cwt	110.50–110.50	480	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	345	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	445	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	467	116.50/cwt	116.50–116.50	544	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	529	108.50/cwt	108.50–108.50	574	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	626	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	707	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	532	119.75/cwt	119.75–119.75	637	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	335	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	492	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	568	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	682	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	413	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	562	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	492	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	635	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	485	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	567	2

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 14, 2019

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

Receipts 161Last week 718Year ago 0

*Correction to head counts*

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 15, Heifers 76, Bulls 70)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	659	111.00	111.00
5	—	566	121.50	121.50
7	—	501	129.00	129.00
8	—	344	145.00	145.00
9	—	429	134.00	134.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	685	111.00	111.00
2	—	335	147.00	147.00
3	—	568	120.00	120.00
6	—	413	136.00	136.00
7	—	492	129.00	129.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	532	119.75	119.75
2	—	485	117.00	117.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	430	137.00	137.00
3	—	513	119.00	119.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	451	145.50	145.50
1	—	585	129.00	129.00
1	—	605	124.00	124.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	490	137.00	137.00
1	—	515	133.00	133.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	735	90.00	90.00
1	—	395	113.00	113.00
1	—	600	108.00	108.00
6	—	434	110.50	110.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	635	115.00	115.00
5	—	348	128.00	128.00
17	—	437	114.50	114.50
4	—	551	109.50	109.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	345	129.00	129.00
6	—	467	116.50	116.50
7	—	529	108.50	108.50
7	—	626	113.00	113.00

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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