Name: Springlake Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2020-01-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-01-11

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 77, Heifers 224, Bulls 196)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $121.09/cwt on 194 head.

Average price

$121.09

194 head · 482 lb average

Value per head Derived

$584

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$26

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

$9.46/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.42

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	447	124.42	556	79
Medium and Large 1	525	120.35	631	82
Medium and Large 3	462	114.97	531	33

One grade step is worth $9.46/cwt here — about $26 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 sale194 hd

121.09

—

VA average10 barns · 1,436 hd

122.51

−1.42

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 2	—	715	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	744	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	515	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	577	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	378	132.70/cwt	124.00–134.00	502	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	436	117.48/cwt	117.00–119.00	512	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	355	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	476	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	444	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	542	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	775	89.00/cwt	89.00–89.00	690	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	573	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	756	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	494	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	716	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	632	117.86/cwt	116.00–118.00	745	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	456	121.95/cwt	117.00–122.50	556	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	634	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	729	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	346	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	446	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	603	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	603	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	612	137.50/cwt	137.50–137.50	842	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	735	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	926	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	540	148.50/cwt	148.50–148.50	802	21
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	650	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	670	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	550	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	666	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	329	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	408	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	435	150.50/cwt	150.50–150.50	655	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	377	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	596	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	590	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	797	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	543	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	657	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	366	153.87/cwt	144.00–158.00	563	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	470	150.50/cwt	150.50–150.50	707	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	639	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	863	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	728	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	925	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	417	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	609	25
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	569	136.47/cwt	133.00–137.00	777	23
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	657	124.50/cwt	124.50–124.50	818	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	350	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	564	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	488	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	683	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	625	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	731	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	545	103.79/cwt	102.00–104.00	566	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	554	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	654	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	495	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	579	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	531	122.02/cwt	113.00–124.50	648	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	515	122.97/cwt	122.00–125.00	633	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	486	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	530	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	345	163.07/cwt	152.00–164.50	563	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	424	145.95/cwt	145.50–146.00	619	21
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	502	141.50/cwt	141.50–141.50	710	32
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	643	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	804	4

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 11, 2020

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

Receipts 497Last week 344Year ago 0

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 77, Heifers 224, Bulls 196)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	715	104.00	104.00
21	—	355	134.00	134.00
33	—	444	122.00	122.00
4	—	634	115.00	115.00
4	—	329	124.00	124.00
1	—	495	117.00	117.00
14	—	531	113.00–124.50	122.02
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	515	112.00	112.00
8	—	378	124.00–134.00	132.70
14	—	632	116.00–118.00	117.86
21	—	456	117.00–122.50	121.95
38	—	554	118.00	118.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	436	117.00–119.00	117.48
1	—	775	89.00	89.00
9	—	346	129.00	129.00
2	—	603	100.00	100.00
9	—	545	102.00–104.00	103.79
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	573	132.00	132.00
8	—	494	145.00	145.00
17	—	345	152.00–164.50	163.07
21	—	424	145.50–146.00	145.95
4	—	643	125.00	125.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	417	146.00	146.00
23	—	569	133.00–137.00	136.47
7	—	657	124.50	124.50
7	—	350	161.00	161.00
3	—	488	140.00	140.00
1	—	625	117.00	117.00
32	—	502	141.50	141.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	515	122.00–125.00	122.97
4	—	486	109.00	109.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	612	137.50	137.50
1	—	735	126.00	126.00
9	—	543	121.00	121.00
7	—	366	144.00–158.00	153.87
6	—	470	150.50	150.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	540	148.50	148.50
4	—	435	150.50	150.50
3	—	377	158.00	158.00
1	—	590	135.00	135.00
10	—	639	135.00	135.00
5	—	728	127.00	127.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	650	103.00	103.00
1	—	550	121.00	121.00

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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