Name: Springlake Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2020-03-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-03-28

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 43, Heifers 137, Bulls 87)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $128.30/cwt on 125 head.

Average price

$128.30

125 head · 461 lb average

Value per head Derived

$591

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$58

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

$12.07/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.93

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	462	131.56	608	64
Medium and Large 1	459	127.93	588	39
Medium and Large 3	460	119.49	550	22

One grade step is worth $12.07/cwt here — about $58 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 sale125 hd

128.30

—

VA average8 barns · 838 hd

126.37

+1.93

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

37 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	—	520	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	676	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	660	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	772	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	360	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	558	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	421	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	610	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	492	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	704	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	581	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	749	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	446	155.50/cwt	155.50–155.50	694	5
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	655	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	845	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	550	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	814	6
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	715	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	808	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	375	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	585	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	740	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	851	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	623	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	866	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	549	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	615	7
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	532	137.32/cwt	132.00–140.00	731	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	475	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	708	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	358	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	562	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	430	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	675	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	532	153.77/cwt	152.00–155.00	818	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	455	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	573	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	357	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	493	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	432	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	570	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	537	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	698	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	605	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	593	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	348	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	449	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	611	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	703	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	462	120.54/cwt	115.00–121.50	557	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	640	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	691	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	546	124.50/cwt	124.50–124.50	680	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	361	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	491	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	441	128.69/cwt	127.00–129.00	568	19
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	565	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	740	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	506	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	744	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	412	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	602	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	338	166.50/cwt	166.50–166.50	563	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	533	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	640	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	458	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	632	3

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 28, 2020

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

Receipts 267Last week 176Year ago 0

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 43, Heifers 137, Bulls 87)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	520	130.00	130.00
1	—	660	117.00	117.00
6	—	360	155.00	155.00
6	—	421	145.00	145.00
7	—	492	143.00	143.00
7	—	581	129.00	129.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	565	131.00	131.00
8	—	506	147.00	147.00
12	—	412	146.00	146.00
17	—	338	166.50	166.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	533	120.00	120.00
3	—	458	138.00	138.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	446	155.50	155.50
6	—	550	148.00	148.00
1	—	375	156.00	156.00
1	—	740	115.00	115.00
3	—	623	139.00	139.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	655	129.00	129.00
1	—	715	113.00	113.00
3	—	532	132.00–140.00	137.32
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	475	149.00	149.00
2	—	358	157.00	157.00
4	—	430	157.00	157.00
10	—	532	152.00–155.00	153.77
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	549	112.00	112.00
1	—	605	98.00	98.00
7	—	348	129.00	129.00
7	—	462	115.00–121.50	120.54
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	455	126.00	126.00
15	—	357	138.00	138.00
22	—	432	132.00	132.00
22	—	537	130.00	130.00
4	—	611	115.00	115.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	640	108.00	108.00
8	—	546	124.50	124.50
9	—	361	136.00	136.00
19	—	441	127.00–129.00	128.69

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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