Name: Springlake Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2020-02-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-02-08

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 39, Heifers 87, Bulls 68)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $124.46/cwt on 76 head.

Average price

$124.46

76 head · 485 lb average

Value per head Derived

$604

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$28

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

$11.36/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.25

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	129.67	580	33
Medium and Large 1	549	122.03	670	25
Medium and Large 3	467	118.31	552	18thin

One grade step is worth $11.36/cwt here — about $28 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 sale76 hd

124.46

—

VA average9 barns · 1,211 hd

124.72

−0.25

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

35 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	—	520	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	707	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	650	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	741	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	337	176.64/cwt	172.00–179.00	595	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	577	134.50/cwt	134.50–134.50	776	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	486	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	729	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	421	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	678	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	650	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	884	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	437	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	704	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	573	148.50/cwt	148.50–148.50	851	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	450	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	635	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	570	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	741	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	433	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	572	14
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	615	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	849	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	533	155.50/cwt	155.50–155.50	829	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	444	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	710	7
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	478	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	607	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	768	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	914	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	533	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	618	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	642	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	636	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	352	120.50/cwt	120.50–120.50	424	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	463	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	611	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	646	108.76/cwt	105.00–109.50	703	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	355	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	476	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	344	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	609	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	492	149.50/cwt	149.50–149.50	736	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	445	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	561	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	544	123.55/cwt	118.00–124.00	672	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	605	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	659	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	525	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	656	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	415	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	685	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	532	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	612	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	415	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	490	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	355	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	572	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	670	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	724	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	555	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	722	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 Feb 8, 2020

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

Receipts 194Last week 398Year ago 0

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 39, Heifers 87, Bulls 68)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	520	136.00	136.00
2	—	650	114.00	114.00
3	—	337	172.00–179.00	176.64
6	—	577	134.50	134.50
7	—	486	150.00	150.00
9	—	421	161.00	161.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	344	177.00	177.00
7	—	492	149.50	149.50
12	—	415	165.00	165.00
1	—	355	161.00	161.00
1	—	670	108.00	108.00
2	—	555	130.00	130.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	532	115.00	115.00
1	—	415	118.00	118.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	650	136.00	136.00
3	—	437	161.00	161.00
6	—	573	148.50	148.50
2	—	768	119.00	119.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	450	141.00	141.00
1	—	570	130.00	130.00
1	—	615	138.00	138.00
6	—	533	155.50	155.50
7	—	444	160.00	160.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	478	127.00	127.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	433	132.00	132.00
8	—	355	134.00	134.00
1	—	605	109.00	109.00
10	—	525	125.00	125.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	533	116.00	116.00
3	—	642	99.00	99.00
5	—	352	120.50	120.50
7	—	445	126.00	126.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	463	132.00	132.00
6	—	646	105.00–109.50	108.76
13	—	544	118.00–124.00	123.55

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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