Name: Springlake Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2020-01-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-01-04

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 88, Heifers 155, Bulls 101)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $116.23/cwt on 143 head.

Average price

$116.23

143 head · 498 lb average

Value per head Derived

$579

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$115

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

$5.56/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.81

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	499	117.82	587	79
Medium and Large 1	522	114.88	600	49
Medium and Large 3	420	112.27	472	15thin

One grade step is worth $5.56/cwt here — about $115 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 sale143 hd

116.23

—

VA average6 barns · 502 hd

117.04

−0.81

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
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	629	117.50/cwt	117.50–117.50	739	11
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	562	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	697	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	635	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	699	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	448	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	609	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	775	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	806	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	575	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	730	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	357	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	532	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	430	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	619	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	475	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	594	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	539	143.00/cwt	130.00–143.75	771	17
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	627	136.46/cwt	124.00–138.00	856	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	441	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	662	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	740	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	903	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	544	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	778	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	650	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	878	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	471	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	707	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	700	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	840	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	571	134.25/cwt	121.00–135.00	767	19
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	488	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	708	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	643	118.50/cwt	118.50–118.50	762	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	435	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	626	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	335	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	546	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	520	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	681	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	536	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	600	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	443	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	514	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	546	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	601	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	349	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	391	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	641	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	712	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	541	112.50/cwt	112.50–112.50	609	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	360	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	396	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	730	111.50/cwt	111.50–111.50	814	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	455	119.96/cwt	113.00–120.25	546	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	454	118.61/cwt	113.00–119.00	538	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	339	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	437	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	569	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	774	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	443	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	545	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	365	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	548	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	705	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	768	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	760	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	798	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	363	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	446	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	618	112.87/cwt	107.00–116.00	698	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	495	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	545	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	550	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	660	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	650	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	774	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	427	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	619	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	475	146.61/cwt	139.00–147.50	696	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 Jan 4, 2020

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

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State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 88, Heifers 155, Bulls 101)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	629	117.50	117.50
27	—	536	112.00	112.00
1	—	360	110.00	110.00
3	—	730	111.50	111.50
25	—	455	113.00–120.25	119.96
12	—	339	129.00	129.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	443	116.00	116.00
4	—	546	110.00	110.00
8	—	349	112.00	112.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	641	111.00	111.00
19	—	541	112.50	112.50
16	—	454	113.00–119.00	118.61
1	—	705	109.00	109.00
1	—	760	105.00	105.00
4	—	363	123.00	123.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	562	124.00	124.00
2	—	635	110.00	110.00
2	—	448	136.00	136.00
1	—	775	104.00	104.00
1	—	475	125.00	125.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	575	127.00	127.00
1	—	430	144.00	144.00
8	—	544	143.00	143.00
7	—	650	135.00	135.00
4	—	471	150.00	150.00
1	—	700	120.00	120.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	357	149.00	149.00
17	—	539	130.00–143.75	143.00
9	—	627	124.00–138.00	136.46
8	—	441	150.00	150.00
1	—	740	122.00	122.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	571	121.00–135.00	134.25
11	—	488	145.00	145.00
6	—	643	118.50	118.50
4	—	435	144.00	144.00
2	—	335	163.00	163.00
1	—	520	131.00	131.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	569	136.00	136.00
1	—	365	150.00	150.00
3	—	618	107.00–116.00	112.87
3	—	650	119.00	119.00
9	—	427	145.00	145.00
9	—	475	139.00–147.50	146.61
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	443	123.00	123.00
1	—	495	110.00	110.00
1	—	550	120.00	120.00

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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