Name: Springlake Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2020-04-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-04-11

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 37, Heifers 79, Bulls 75)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $124.08/cwt on 77 head.

Average price

$124.08

77 head · 463 lb average

Value per head Derived

$574

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$69

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

$9.06/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.20

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	471	127.56	601	36
Medium and Large 1	456	121.47	554	35
Medium and Large 3	449	118.50	532	6thin

One grade step is worth $9.06/cwt here — about $69 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 sale77 hd

124.08

—

VA average10 barns · 1,502 hd

118.88

+5.20

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

34 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	—	615	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	836	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	453	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	680	15
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	457	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	676	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	562	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	804	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	525	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	777	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	374	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	542	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	325	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	478	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	538	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	732	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	640	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	787	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	489	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	655	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	337	146.50/cwt	146.50–146.50	494	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	418	143.75/cwt	143.75–143.75	601	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	538	127.99/cwt	126.00–130.00	689	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	348	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	508	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	673	116.55/cwt	115.00–118.00	784	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	489	139.50/cwt	139.50–139.50	682	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	670	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	804	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	570	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	684	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	418	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	596	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	567	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	709	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	463	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	607	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	615	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	683	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	454	119.75/cwt	119.75–119.75	544	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	356	129.50/cwt	129.50–129.50	461	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	615	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	584	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	705	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	740	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	362	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	456	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	678	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	753	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	445	129.75/cwt	129.75–129.75	577	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	387	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	480	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	545	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	681	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	745	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	738	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	542	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	699	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	458	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	559	2

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 11, 2020

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

Receipts 191Last week 391Year ago 0

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 37, Heifers 79, Bulls 75)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	615	136.00	136.00
15	—	453	150.00	150.00
7	—	562	143.00	143.00
5	—	374	145.00	145.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	457	148.00	148.00
1	—	525	148.00	148.00
1	—	325	147.00	147.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	538	136.00	136.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	640	123.00	123.00
8	—	489	134.00	134.00
2	—	538	126.00–130.00	127.99
5	—	348	146.00	146.00
1	—	670	120.00	120.00
3	—	570	120.00	120.00
9	—	418	142.50	142.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	337	146.50	146.50
12	—	418	143.75	143.75
2	—	673	115.00–118.00	116.55
7	—	489	139.50	139.50
6	—	567	125.00	125.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	463	131.00	131.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	615	111.00	111.00
14	—	454	119.75	119.75
1	—	705	105.00	105.00
12	—	362	126.00	126.00
5	—	545	125.00	125.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	356	129.50	129.50
2	—	678	111.00	111.00
12	—	445	129.75	129.75
1	—	745	99.00	99.00
11	—	542	129.00	129.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	615	95.00	95.00
3	—	387	124.00	124.00
2	—	458	122.00	122.00

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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