Name: Springlake Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2020-03-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-03-07

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 93, Heifers 219, Bulls 159)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $124.03/cwt on 201 head.

Average price

$124.03

201 head · 495 lb average

Value per head Derived

$614

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$32

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 1

$7.50/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.63

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	484	127.77	619	99
Medium and Large 3	420	120.70	507	30
Medium and Large 1	541	120.27	651	72

One grade step is worth $7.50/cwt here — about −$32 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 sale201 hd

124.03

—

VA average10 barns · 1,838 hd

127.65

−3.63

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

45 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 3	—	545	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	741	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	430	153.25/cwt	153.25–153.25	659	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	341	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	600	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	504	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	718	24
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	656	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	781	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	405	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	518	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	575	139.50/cwt	139.50–139.50	802	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	425	149.25/cwt	149.25–149.25	634	25
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	351	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	593	8
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	555	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	733	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	633	143.50/cwt	143.50–143.50	908	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	545	153.33/cwt	145.00–154.00	836	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	728	126.50/cwt	126.50–126.50	921	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	725	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	798	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	528	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	845	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	725	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	928	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	455	162.50/cwt	162.50–162.50	739	9
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	465	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	628	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	462	167.50/cwt	167.50–167.50	774	16
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	366	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	622	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	647	139.50/cwt	139.50–139.50	903	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	345	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	614	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	635	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	699	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	573	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	791	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	645	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	800	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	502	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	723	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	453	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	621	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	485	121.50/cwt	121.50–121.50	589	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	752	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	782	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	443	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	545	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	745	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	760	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	548	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	701	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	509	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	616	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	370	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	496	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	652	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	750	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	550	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	666	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	355	135.50/cwt	135.50–135.50	481	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	635	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	572	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	440	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	532	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	580	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	661	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	725	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	725	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	541	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	671	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	637	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	745	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	454	127.75/cwt	127.75–127.75	580	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	331	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	407	11

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 Mar 7, 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 93, Heifers 219, Bulls 159)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	545	136.00	136.00
1	—	405	128.00	128.00
3	—	453	137.00	137.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	430	153.25	153.25
8	—	341	176.00	176.00
10	—	575	139.50	139.50
2	—	645	124.00	124.00
12	—	502	144.00	144.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	504	142.50	142.50
7	—	656	119.00	119.00
25	—	425	149.25	149.25
8	—	351	169.00	169.00
1	—	635	110.00	110.00
17	—	573	138.00	138.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	555	132.00	132.00
1	—	725	110.00	110.00
4	—	465	135.00	135.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	633	143.50	143.50
12	—	528	160.00	160.00
3	—	725	128.00	128.00
16	—	462	167.50	167.50
7	—	366	170.00	170.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	545	145.00–154.00	153.33
3	—	728	126.50	126.50
9	—	455	162.50	162.50
9	—	647	139.50	139.50
1	—	345	178.00	178.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	485	121.50	121.50
3	—	752	104.00	104.00
22	—	443	123.00	123.00
3	—	370	134.00	134.00
12	—	652	115.00	115.00
1	—	580	114.00	114.00
4	—	725	100.00	100.00
26	—	541	124.00	124.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	745	102.00	102.00
28	—	548	128.00	128.00
1	—	550	121.00	121.00
18	—	355	135.50	135.50
8	—	637	117.00	117.00
42	—	454	127.75	127.75
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	509	121.00	121.00
1	—	635	90.00	90.00
12	—	440	121.00	121.00
11	—	331	123.00	123.00

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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