Name: Springlake Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2020-03-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-03-14

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 53, Heifers 185, Bulls 138)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $111.06/cwt on 136 head.

Average price

$111.06

136 head · 480 lb average

Value per head Derived

$533

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

per head · Medium and Large 3 over Medium and Large 1

$1.27/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−8.97

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 3	470	111.88	526	40
Medium and Large 2	498	110.83	552	48
Medium and Large 1	470	110.60	520	48

One grade step is worth $1.27/cwt here — about $6 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 sale136 hd

111.06

—

VA average11 barns · 2,333 hd

120.03

−8.97

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

42 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	—	628	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	835	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	536	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	777	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	537	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	800	6
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	429	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	558	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	715	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	837	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	461	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	645	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	355	150.25/cwt	150.25–150.25	533	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	500	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	670	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	580	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	800	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	371	149.75/cwt	149.75–149.75	556	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	450	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	603	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	445	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	619	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	343	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	515	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	491	128.63/cwt	121.00–129.00	632	20
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	365	149.50/cwt	149.50–149.50	546	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	425	136.52/cwt	135.00–137.00	580	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	433	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	576	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	660	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	686	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	409	138.00/cwt	130.00–140.00	564	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	655	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	799	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	504	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	690	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	547	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	673	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	375	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	529	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	576	134.50/cwt	134.50–134.50	775	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	640	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	736	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	576	135.75/cwt	135.75–135.75	782	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	462	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	559	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	638	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	606	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	440	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	480	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	337	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	425	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	643	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	547	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	451	117.00/cwt	112.00–117.25	528	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	510	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	525	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	550	109.50/cwt	109.50–109.50	602	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	638	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	606	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	446	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	513	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	536	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	568	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	305	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	369	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	357	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	432	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	753	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	700	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	551	106.87/cwt	105.00–107.00	589	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	364	117.02/cwt	108.00–118.50	426	7

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 14, 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 53, Heifers 185, Bulls 138)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	628	133.00	133.00
9	—	536	145.00	145.00
1	—	715	117.00	117.00
5	—	461	140.00	140.00
1	—	580	138.00	138.00
4	—	371	149.75	149.75
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	537	149.00	149.00
3	—	355	150.25	150.25
2	—	450	134.00	134.00
10	—	445	139.00	139.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	429	130.00	130.00
1	—	500	134.00	134.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	343	150.00	150.00
20	—	491	121.00–129.00	128.63
1	—	660	104.00	104.00
16	—	409	130.00–140.00	138.00
1	—	375	141.00	141.00
8	—	576	134.50	134.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	365	149.50	149.50
12	—	425	135.00–137.00	136.52
2	—	655	122.00	122.00
9	—	504	137.00	137.00
1	—	640	115.00	115.00
5	—	576	135.75	135.75
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	433	133.00	133.00
9	—	547	123.00	123.00
3	—	462	121.00	121.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	638	95.00	95.00
18	—	440	109.00	109.00
1	—	510	103.00	103.00
14	—	550	109.50	109.50
1	—	305	121.00	121.00
10	—	357	121.00	121.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	337	126.00	126.00
5	—	638	95.00	95.00
20	—	446	115.00	115.00
2	—	753	93.00	93.00
15	—	551	105.00–107.00	106.87
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	643	85.00	85.00
22	—	451	112.00–117.25	117.00
7	—	536	106.00	106.00
7	—	364	108.00–118.50	117.02

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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