Name: Springlake Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2020-02-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-02-29

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 59, Heifers 157, Bulls 127)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $122.97/cwt on 130 head.

Average price

$122.97

130 head · 479 lb average

Value per head Derived

$589

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$49

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

$7.17/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.49

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	126.49	565	55
Medium and Large 1	523	120.71	631	58
Medium and Large 3	432	119.32	515	17thin

One grade step is worth $7.17/cwt here — about $49 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 sale130 hd

122.97

—

VA average6 barns · 855 hd

124.46

−1.49

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

34 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 1	—	708	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	899	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	639	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	856	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	546	152.50/cwt	152.50–152.50	833	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	418	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	631	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	566	149.50/cwt	149.50–149.50	846	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	447	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	688	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	695	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	924	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	355	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	561	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	351	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	576	6
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	415	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	589	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	726	100.50/cwt	100.50–100.50	730	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	552	119.50/cwt	119.50–119.50	660	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	526	119.76/cwt	118.00–120.00	630	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	615	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	633	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	347	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	430	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	634	114.50/cwt	114.50–114.50	726	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	635	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	705	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	337	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	458	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	451	119.50/cwt	119.50–119.50	539	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	359	136.18/cwt	132.00–137.00	489	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	454	124.50/cwt	124.50–124.50	565	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	461	124.94/cwt	120.00–125.25	576	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	511	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	588	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	343	168.50/cwt	168.50–168.50	578	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	660	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	805	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	342	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	571	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	568	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	755	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	415	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	606	22
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	480	143.50/cwt	143.50–143.50	689	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	457	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	571	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	654	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	752	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	493	139.50/cwt	139.50–139.50	688	21
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	583	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	758	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	431	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	647	14

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 29, 2020

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

Receipts 343Last week 522Year ago 0

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 59, Heifers 157, Bulls 127)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	708	127.00	127.00
2	—	418	151.00	151.00
7	—	566	149.50	149.50
1	—	695	133.00	133.00
3	—	355	158.00	158.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	639	134.00	134.00
9	—	546	152.50	152.50
8	—	447	154.00	154.00
6	—	351	164.00	164.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	415	142.00	142.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	726	100.50	100.50
18	—	552	119.50	119.50
8	—	634	114.50	114.50
6	—	359	132.00–137.00	136.18
21	—	454	124.50	124.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	526	118.00–120.00	119.76
3	—	635	111.00	111.00
19	—	337	136.00	136.00
17	—	461	120.00–125.25	124.94
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	615	103.00	103.00
7	—	347	124.00	124.00
5	—	451	119.50	119.50
4	—	511	115.00	115.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	343	168.50	168.50
6	—	568	133.00	133.00
22	—	415	146.00	146.00
4	—	654	115.00	115.00
21	—	493	139.50	139.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	660	122.00	122.00
11	—	342	167.00	167.00
10	—	480	143.50	143.50
6	—	583	130.00	130.00
14	—	431	150.00	150.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	457	125.00	125.00

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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