Name: Springlake Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2020-01-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-01-25

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 71, Heifers 158, Bulls 112)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $124.86/cwt on 122 head.

Average price

$124.86

122 head · 470 lb average

Value per head Derived

$587

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$42

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

$13.85/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.44

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	450	127.79	575	54
Medium and Large 1	498	127.52	635	43
Medium and Large 3	468	113.94	533	25

One grade step is worth $13.85/cwt here — about $42 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 sale122 hd

124.86

—

VA average7 barns · 1,021 hd

125.30

−0.44

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

40 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
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	543	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	673	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	462	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	675	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	668	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	908	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	795	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	835	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	653	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	771	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	720	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	914	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	548	147.50/cwt	147.50–147.50	808	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	542	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	780	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	440	144.50/cwt	144.50–144.50	636	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	356	155.03/cwt	130.00–159.00	552	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	755	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	853	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	423	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	541	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	330	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	426	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	655	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	694	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	566	114.50/cwt	114.50–114.50	648	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	367	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	429	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	325	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	414	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	541	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	698	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	354	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	460	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	446	113.50/cwt	113.50–113.50	506	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	543	128.50/cwt	128.50–128.50	698	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	446	128.50/cwt	128.50–128.50	573	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	573	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	705	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	555	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	672	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	633	117.50/cwt	117.50–117.50	744	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	750	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	848	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	374	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	497	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	625	119.50/cwt	119.50–119.50	747	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	440	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	550	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	499	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	649	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	351	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	562	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	417	139.39/cwt	138.00–140.00	581	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	530	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	631	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	655	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	747	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	320	162.50/cwt	162.50–162.50	520	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	504	130.51/cwt	123.00–131.00	658	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	573	120.61/cwt	116.00–121.00	691	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	423	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	592	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	655	114.17/cwt	110.00–115.00	748	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	328	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	584	3

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 25, 2020

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

Receipts 341Last week 385Year ago 0

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 71, Heifers 158, Bulls 112)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	543	124.00	124.00
2	—	653	118.00	118.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	462	146.00	146.00
8	—	668	136.00	136.00
1	—	720	127.00	127.00
4	—	548	147.50	147.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	795	105.00	105.00
3	—	542	144.00	144.00
6	—	440	144.50	144.50
8	—	356	130.00–159.00	155.03
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	755	113.00	113.00
13	—	423	128.00	128.00
3	—	325	127.50	127.50
14	—	541	129.00	129.00
19	—	354	130.00	130.00
2	—	625	119.50	119.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	330	129.00	129.00
16	—	543	128.50	128.50
17	—	446	128.50	128.50
1	—	555	121.00	121.00
2	—	633	117.50	117.50
2	—	750	113.00	113.00
4	—	374	133.00	133.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	655	106.00	106.00
5	—	566	114.50	114.50
6	—	367	117.00	117.00
12	—	446	113.50	113.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	573	123.00	123.00
8	—	499	130.00	130.00
10	—	351	160.00	160.00
10	—	417	138.00–140.00	139.39
1	—	655	114.00	114.00
1	—	320	162.50	162.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	440	125.00	125.00
2	—	530	119.00	119.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	504	123.00–131.00	130.51
13	—	573	116.00–121.00	120.61
11	—	423	140.00	140.00
6	—	655	110.00–115.00	114.17
3	—	328	178.00	178.00

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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