Name: Springlake Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2020-02-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-02-01

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 59, Bulls 152, Heifers 187)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $127.31/cwt on 162 head.

Average price

$127.31

162 head · 494 lb average

Value per head Derived

$629

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$127

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

$6.07/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.94

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	490	129.00	632	81
Medium and Large 1	532	126.61	674	59
Medium and Large 3	410	122.93	504	22

One grade step is worth $6.07/cwt here — about $127 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 sale162 hd

127.31

—

VA average7 barns · 1,347 hd

124.36

+2.94

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

41 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	—	355	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	536	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	663	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	769	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	581	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	732	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	419	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	595	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	497	141.73/cwt	136.00–142.00	704	21
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	350	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	494	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	360	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	544	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	635	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	870	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	708	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	864	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	548	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	800	13
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	340	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	510	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	454	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	695	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	385	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	578	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	565	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	701	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	745	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	820	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	648	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	868	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	446	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	696	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	436	133.31/cwt	125.50–134.00	581	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	356	113.09/cwt	110.00–114.00	403	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	448	129.75/cwt	129.75–129.75	581	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	488	114.05/cwt	110.00–116.00	557	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	501	140.50/cwt	140.50–140.50	704	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	421	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	594	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	337	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	516	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	582	127.49/cwt	126.00–128.00	742	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	540	106.97/cwt	95.00–110.00	578	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	456	133.25/cwt	125.00–133.75	608	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	760	103.78/cwt	99.00–105.00	789	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	633	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	696	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	354	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	464	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	538	125.50/cwt	125.50–125.50	675	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	655	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	753	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	361	134.50/cwt	134.50–134.50	486	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	633	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	728	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	730	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	745	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	550	129.25/cwt	129.25–129.25	711	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	547	129.86/cwt	126.00–130.00	710	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	320	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	413	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	685	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	754	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	525	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	646	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	532	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	803	10

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 Feb 1, 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 59, Bulls 152, Heifers 187)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	355	151.00	151.00
4	—	663	116.00	116.00
12	—	581	126.00	126.00
14	—	419	142.00	142.00
21	—	497	136.00–142.00	141.73
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	350	141.00	141.00
18	—	501	140.50	140.50
15	—	421	141.00	141.00
9	—	337	153.00	153.00
8	—	582	126.00–128.00	127.49
7	—	655	115.00	115.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	488	110.00–116.00	114.05
5	—	540	95.00–110.00	106.97
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	360	151.00	151.00
3	—	635	137.00	137.00
3	—	708	122.00	122.00
13	—	548	146.00	146.00
8	—	454	153.00	153.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	340	150.00	150.00
1	—	385	150.00	150.00
1	—	565	124.00	124.00
1	—	745	110.00	110.00
5	—	648	134.00	134.00
6	—	446	156.00	156.00
10	—	532	151.00	151.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	685	110.00	110.00
1	—	525	123.00	123.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	436	125.50–134.00	133.31
17	—	361	134.50	134.50
8	—	633	115.00	115.00
4	—	730	102.00	102.00
27	—	547	126.00–130.00	129.86
1	—	320	129.00	129.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	356	110.00–114.00	113.09
13	—	448	129.75	129.75
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	456	125.00–133.75	133.25
5	—	760	99.00–105.00	103.78
5	—	633	110.00	110.00
4	—	354	131.00	131.00
3	—	538	125.50	125.50
24	—	550	129.25	129.25

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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