Name: Springlake Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2020-04-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-04-04

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 122, Heifers 167, Bulls 102)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $115.53/cwt on 156 head.

Average price

$115.53

156 head · 476 lb average

Value per head Derived

$550

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$47

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

$1.84/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.21

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	468	116.26	545	81
Medium and Large 1	502	114.83	576	56
Medium and Large 3	435	114.42	497	19thin

One grade step is worth $1.84/cwt here — about $47 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 sale156 hd

115.53

—

VA average9 barns · 1,543 hd

118.74

−3.21

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

40 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 3	—	553	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	752	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	350	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	480	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	505	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	611	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	670	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	657	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	537	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	618	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	574	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	672	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	411	133.50/cwt	133.50–133.50	549	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	485	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	611	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	424	129.75/cwt	129.75–129.75	550	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	663	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	656	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	508	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	610	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	565	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	706	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	740	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	873	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	643	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	829	14
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	638	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	845	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	460	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	543	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	580	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	742	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	539	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	771	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	375	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	544	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	556	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	801	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	383	147.45/cwt	140.00–149.00	565	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	457	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	608	25
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	454	139.25/cwt	127.00–140.00	632	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	338	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	490	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	439	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	562	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	635	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	660	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	361	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	448	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	742	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	742	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	361	121.95/cwt	121.00–122.00	440	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	363	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	439	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	460	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	506	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	655	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	701	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	558	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	631	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	540	113.50/cwt	113.50–113.50	613	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	548	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	592	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	733	102.50/cwt	102.50–102.50	751	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	439	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	509	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	627	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	665	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	444	117.50/cwt	117.50–117.50	522	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	434	113.93/cwt	113.00–114.00	494	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 Apr 4, 2020

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

Receipts 391Last week 267Year ago 0

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 122, Heifers 167, Bulls 102)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	553	136.00	136.00
1	—	460	118.00	118.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	740	118.00	118.00
14	—	643	129.00	129.00
1	—	580	128.00	128.00
12	—	539	143.00	143.00
6	—	383	140.00–149.00	147.45
25	—	457	133.00	133.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	638	132.50	132.50
2	—	375	145.00	145.00
23	—	556	144.00	144.00
18	—	454	127.00–140.00	139.25
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	350	137.00	137.00
4	—	574	117.00	117.00
14	—	411	133.50	133.50
2	—	663	99.00	99.00
11	—	508	120.00	120.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	505	121.00	121.00
4	—	670	98.00	98.00
4	—	485	126.00	126.00
10	—	424	129.75	129.75
3	—	565	125.00	125.00
6	—	338	145.00	145.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	537	115.00	115.00
9	—	439	128.00	128.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	635	104.00	104.00
13	—	361	124.00	124.00
1	—	460	110.00	110.00
7	—	655	107.00	107.00
16	—	558	113.00	113.00
3	—	733	102.50	102.50
15	—	439	116.00	116.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	742	100.00	100.00
21	—	361	121.00–122.00	121.95
18	—	540	113.50	113.50
6	—	627	106.00	106.00
33	—	444	117.50	117.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	363	121.00	121.00
2	—	548	108.00	108.00
14	—	434	113.00–114.00	113.93

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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