Name: Springlake Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2020-04-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-04-18

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 195, Heifers 222, Bulls 95)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $121.84/cwt on 216 head.

Average price

$121.84

216 head · 504 lb average

Value per head Derived

$614

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$144

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 1

$11.36/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.77

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	424	128.62	546	79
Medium and Large 3	422	120.13	507	32
Medium and Large 1	588	117.26	690	105

One grade step is worth $11.36/cwt here — about −$144 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 sale216 hd

121.84

—

VA average9 barns · 1,063 hd

117.07

+4.77

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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	418	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	585	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	657	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	782	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	497	142.07/cwt	139.00–142.50	706	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	538	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	673	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	661	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	787	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	497	138.75/cwt	138.75–138.75	690	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	553	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	702	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	455	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	569	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	365	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	566	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	565	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	689	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	333	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	539	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	424	141.24/cwt	138.00–142.00	599	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	445	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	592	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	390	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	577	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	772	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	919	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	657	136.71/cwt	124.00–137.00	898	45
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	350	146.50/cwt	146.50–146.50	513	13
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	442	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	601	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	746	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	918	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	544	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	794	35
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	542	148.50/cwt	148.50–148.50	805	6
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	570	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	747	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	595	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	779	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	455	144.18/cwt	143.50–144.25	656	31
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	615	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	849	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	439	146.29/cwt	143.50–146.50	642	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	373	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	481	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	451	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	575	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	475	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	580	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	440	129.50/cwt	129.50–129.50	570	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	530	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	583	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	775	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	791	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	879	92.00/cwt	92.00–92.00	809	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	628	111.97/cwt	111.50–114.00	703	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	363	126.96/cwt	126.00–127.00	461	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	485	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	563	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	445	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	534	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	734	97.50/cwt	97.50–97.50	716	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	551	125.10/cwt	121.50–128.50	689	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	531	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	690	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	340	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	422	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	353	124.50/cwt	124.50–124.50	439	12

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 18, 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 195, Heifers 222, Bulls 95)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	418	140.00	140.00
4	—	661	119.00	119.00
12	—	497	138.75	138.75
1	—	365	155.00	155.00
11	—	565	122.00	122.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	657	119.00	119.00
8	—	497	139.00–142.50	142.07
6	—	553	127.00	127.00
5	—	333	162.00	162.00
16	—	424	138.00–142.00	141.24
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	538	125.00	125.00
1	—	455	125.00	125.00
9	—	445	133.00	133.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	390	148.00	148.00
13	—	772	119.00	119.00
45	—	657	124.00–137.00	136.71
6	—	746	123.00	123.00
35	—	544	146.00	146.00
1	—	595	131.00	131.00
31	—	455	143.50–144.25	144.18
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	350	146.50	146.50
6	—	542	148.50	148.50
1	—	615	138.00	138.00
28	—	439	143.50–146.50	146.29
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	442	136.00	136.00
2	—	570	131.00	131.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	373	129.00	129.00
20	—	451	127.50	127.50
1	—	775	102.00	102.00
7	—	879	92.00	92.00
37	—	628	111.50–114.00	111.97
5	—	734	97.50	97.50
33	—	551	121.50–128.50	125.10
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	475	122.00	122.00
44	—	440	129.50	129.50
26	—	363	126.00–127.00	126.96
8	—	531	130.00	130.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	530	110.00	110.00
1	—	485	116.00	116.00
13	—	445	120.00	120.00
1	—	340	124.00	124.00
12	—	353	124.50	124.50

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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