Name: Springlake Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2020-01-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-01-18

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 35, Heifers 188, Bulls 162)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $125.20/cwt on 164 head.

Average price

$125.20

164 head · 473 lb average

Value per head Derived

$592

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$133

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

$10.32/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.68

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	468	128.18	600	69
Medium and Large 1	504	124.87	630	70
Medium and Large 3	397	117.86	468	25

One grade step is worth $10.32/cwt here — about $133 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 sale164 hd

125.20

—

VA average8 barns · 1,689 hd

123.52

+1.68

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

38 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	—	450	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	671	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	664	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	764	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	329	174.76/cwt	170.00–176.00	575	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	573	132.55/cwt	129.00–133.00	760	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	404	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	610	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	503	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	704	14
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	368	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	585	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	433	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	671	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	748	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	748	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	438	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	679	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	615	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	843	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	564	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	846	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	510	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	750	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	657	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	815	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	543	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	592	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	349	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	415	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	361	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	473	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	464	129.50/cwt	129.50–129.50	601	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	552	121.57/cwt	110.00–122.00	671	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	758	106.01/cwt	103.00–109.00	804	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	537	119.18/cwt	109.00–120.00	640	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	740	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	814	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	435	118.62/cwt	114.00–121.00	516	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	354	131.75/cwt	122.00–133.00	466	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	455	132.88/cwt	127.50–133.75	605	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	385	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	439	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	648	121.50/cwt	121.50–121.50	787	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	569	128.58/cwt	120.00–130.00	732	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	488	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	703	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	445	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	543	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	639	120.51/cwt	118.75–121.00	770	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	633	120.91/cwt	118.00–121.50	765	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	465	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	465	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	505	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	550	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	442	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	561	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	430	152.70/cwt	151.00–153.00	657	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	342	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	575	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	503	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	699	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 Jan 18, 2020

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

Receipts 385Last week 497Year ago 0

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 35, Heifers 188, Bulls 162)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	450	149.00	149.00
4	—	664	115.00	115.00
5	—	329	170.00–176.00	174.76
9	—	573	129.00–133.00	132.55
11	—	404	151.00	151.00
14	—	503	140.00	140.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	648	121.50	121.50
7	—	569	120.00–130.00	128.58
12	—	488	144.00	144.00
14	—	430	151.00–153.00	152.70
17	—	342	168.00	168.00
2	—	503	139.00	139.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	465	100.00	100.00
1	—	505	109.00	109.00
5	—	442	127.00	127.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	368	159.00	159.00
3	—	433	155.00	155.00
1	—	510	147.00	147.00
3	—	657	124.00	124.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	748	100.00	100.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	438	155.00	155.00
4	—	615	137.00	137.00
6	—	564	150.00	150.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	543	109.00	109.00
13	—	349	119.00	119.00
9	—	435	114.00–121.00	118.62
1	—	385	114.00	114.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	361	131.00	131.00
15	—	464	129.50	129.50
28	—	552	110.00–122.00	121.57
1	—	740	110.00	110.00
3	—	445	122.00	122.00
9	—	639	118.75–121.00	120.51
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	758	103.00–109.00	106.01
13	—	537	109.00–120.00	119.18
18	—	354	122.00–133.00	131.75
30	—	455	127.50–133.75	132.88
6	—	633	118.00–121.50	120.91

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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