Name: Springlake Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2020-02-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-02-22

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 72, Heifers 261, Bulls 189)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $129.17/cwt on 228 head.

Average price

$129.17

228 head · 492 lb average

Value per head Derived

$635

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$66

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

$10.11/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.29

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	480	133.27	640	100
Medium and Large 1	534	128.70	688	65
Medium and Large 3	466	123.16	574	63

One grade step is worth $10.11/cwt here — about $66 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 sale228 hd

129.17

—

VA average8 barns · 1,282 hd

126.89

+2.29

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

39 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	—	491	147.89/cwt	140.00–148.50	726	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	654	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	759	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	413	159.65/cwt	154.00–160.00	659	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	443	127.45/cwt	121.00–129.00	565	21
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	341	173.50/cwt	173.50–173.50	592	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	421	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	674	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	343	172.50/cwt	172.50–172.50	592	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	545	115.45/cwt	111.00–116.00	629	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	651	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	768	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	567	144.75/cwt	144.75–144.75	821	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	575	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	799	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	494	150.50/cwt	150.50–150.50	743	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	470	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	705	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	533	160.50/cwt	160.50–160.50	855	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	372	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	625	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	555	160.40/cwt	155.00–161.00	890	10
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	433	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	606	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	725	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	943	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	445	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	712	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	463	163.50/cwt	163.50–163.50	757	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	630	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	693	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	375	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	630	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	645	149.75/cwt	149.75–149.75	966	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	630	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	882	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	520	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	738	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	454	131.15/cwt	126.00–131.50	595	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	735	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	809	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	538	130.67/cwt	120.00–132.00	703	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	546	116.65/cwt	113.00–117.00	637	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	345	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	490	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	541	131.75/cwt	131.75–131.75	713	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	359	138.50/cwt	138.50–138.50	497	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	640	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	678	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	446	131.27/cwt	122.50–132.00	585	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	735	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	786	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	638	120.75/cwt	120.75–120.75	770	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	662	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	788	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	453	135.85/cwt	131.00–136.25	615	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	359	124.46/cwt	116.00–125.00	447	18

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 22, 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 72, Heifers 261, Bulls 189)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	491	140.00–148.50	147.89
6	—	341	173.50	173.50
18	—	421	160.00	160.00
4	—	651	118.00	118.00
15	—	567	144.75	144.75
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	654	116.00	116.00
17	—	413	154.00–160.00	159.65
11	—	343	172.50	172.50
7	—	575	139.00	139.00
20	—	494	150.50	150.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	443	121.00–129.00	127.45
9	—	545	111.00–116.00	115.45
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	470	150.00	150.00
6	—	533	160.50	160.50
4	—	725	130.00	130.00
12	—	445	160.00	160.00
3	—	375	168.00	168.00
10	—	645	149.75	149.75
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	372	168.00	168.00
10	—	555	155.00–161.00	160.40
4	—	463	163.50	163.50
3	—	630	140.00	140.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	433	140.00	140.00
1	—	630	110.00	110.00
1	—	520	142.00	142.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	454	126.00–131.50	131.15
6	—	345	142.00	142.00
24	—	541	131.75	131.75
3	—	735	107.00	107.00
16	—	638	120.75	120.75
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	735	110.00	110.00
35	—	538	120.00–132.00	130.67
19	—	359	138.50	138.50
6	—	662	119.00	119.00
39	—	453	131.00–136.25	135.85
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	546	113.00–117.00	116.65
9	—	640	106.00	106.00
25	—	446	122.50–132.00	131.27
18	—	359	116.00–125.00	124.46

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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