Name: Springlake Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2020-03-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-03-21

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 20, Heifers 89, Bulls 67)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $122.17/cwt on 78 head.

Average price

$122.17

78 head · 483 lb average

Value per head Derived

$590

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$33

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

$11.64/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.22

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	451	127.14	574	35
Medium and Large 1	538	120.00	646	25
Medium and Large 3	468	115.50	541	18thin

One grade step is worth $11.64/cwt here — about $33 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 sale78 hd

122.17

—

VA average9 barns · 882 hd

118.94

+3.22

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	—	320	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	502	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	495	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	668	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	588	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	794	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	668	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	788	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	515	136.50/cwt	136.50–136.50	703	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	425	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	646	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	313	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	479	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	450	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	707	7
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	555	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	666	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	635	139.50/cwt	139.50–139.50	886	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	565	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	831	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	548	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	608	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	366	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	447	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	446	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	531	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	563	120.50/cwt	120.50–120.50	678	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	575	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	845	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	620	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	862	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	600	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	642	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	369	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	502	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	532	120.82/cwt	120.00–121.00	643	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	440	126.50/cwt	126.50–126.50	557	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	590	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	578	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	500	120.50/cwt	120.50–120.50	603	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	495	139.75/cwt	139.75–139.75	692	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	623	102.50/cwt	102.50–102.50	639	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	715	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	729	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	380	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	505	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	638	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	683	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	473	126.50/cwt	126.50–126.50	598	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	543	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	706	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	468	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	627	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	558	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	759	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	665	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	818	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	416	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	632	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	339	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	512	8

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 21, 2020

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

Receipts 176Last week 376Year ago 0

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 20, Heifers 89, Bulls 67)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	320	157.00	157.00
1	—	495	135.00	135.00
3	—	588	135.00	135.00
3	—	668	118.00	118.00
6	—	515	136.50	136.50
8	—	425	152.00	152.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	495	139.75	139.75
2	—	558	136.00	136.00
2	—	665	123.00	123.00
5	—	416	152.00	152.00
8	—	339	151.00	151.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	543	130.00	130.00
4	—	468	134.00	134.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	313	153.00	153.00
7	—	450	157.00	157.00
1	—	575	147.00	147.00
1	—	620	139.00	139.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	555	120.00	120.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	635	139.50	139.50
4	—	565	147.00	147.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	548	111.00	111.00
5	—	366	122.00	122.00
7	—	446	119.00	119.00
1	—	590	98.00	98.00
2	—	623	102.50	102.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	563	120.50	120.50
1	—	500	120.50	120.50
1	—	715	102.00	102.00
3	—	380	133.00	133.00
5	—	638	107.00	107.00
6	—	473	126.50	126.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	600	107.00	107.00
11	—	369	136.00	136.00
11	—	532	120.00–121.00	120.82
12	—	440	126.50	126.50

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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