Name: Springlake Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2020-04-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-04-25

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 71, Heifers 196, Bulls 109)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $126.97/cwt on 177 head.

Average price

$126.97

177 head · 475 lb average

Value per head Derived

$603

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$55

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

$11.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.25

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	465	130.22	605	88
Medium and Large 1	501	126.67	635	54
Medium and Large 3	462	119.22	550	35

One grade step is worth $11.00/cwt here — about $55 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 sale177 hd

126.97

—

VA average12 barns · 1,475 hd

121.71

+5.25

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

38 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	—	413	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	603	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	660	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	785	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	492	144.25/cwt	144.25–144.25	710	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	355	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	561	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	503	139.07/cwt	121.00–140.25	700	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	570	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	713	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	428	132.57/cwt	130.00–135.00	567	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	650	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	767	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	580	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	725	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	345	161.50/cwt	161.50–161.50	557	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	420	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	613	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	390	157.50/cwt	157.50–157.50	614	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	461	146.63/cwt	142.00–147.00	676	14
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	755	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	914	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	437	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	647	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	725	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	863	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	639	135.40/cwt	131.00–136.50	865	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	665	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	865	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	544	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	805	7
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	505	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	692	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	780	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	952	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	555	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	805	15
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	342	162.50/cwt	162.50–162.50	556	6
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	405	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	563	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	628	110.13/cwt	109.00–116.00	692	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	549	125.50/cwt	125.50–125.50	689	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	625	116.19/cwt	113.00–117.00	726	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	457	132.36/cwt	124.00–132.75	605	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	556	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	634	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	451	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	595	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	350	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	445	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	543	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	706	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	337	125.01/cwt	123.50–129.00	421	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	365	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	478	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	700	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	728	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	349	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	457	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	605	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	641	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	455	120.32/cwt	117.00–121.00	547	18

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 25, 2020

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

Receipts 376Last week 512Year ago 0

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 71, Heifers 196, Bulls 109)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	413	146.00	146.00
4	—	355	158.00	158.00
17	—	503	121.00–140.25	139.07
2	—	650	118.00	118.00
13	—	580	125.00	125.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	660	119.00	119.00
15	—	492	144.25	144.25
11	—	570	125.00	125.00
5	—	345	161.50	161.50
20	—	420	146.00	146.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	428	130.00–135.00	132.57
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	390	157.50	157.50
14	—	461	142.00–147.00	146.63
1	—	725	119.00	119.00
5	—	639	131.00–136.50	135.40
2	—	780	122.00	122.00
15	—	555	145.00	145.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	755	121.00	121.00
14	—	437	148.00	148.00
1	—	665	130.00	130.00
7	—	544	148.00	148.00
6	—	342	162.50	162.50
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	505	137.00	137.00
1	—	405	139.00	139.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	628	109.00–116.00	110.13
23	—	549	125.50	125.50
18	—	451	132.00	132.00
7	—	365	131.00	131.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	625	113.00–117.00	116.19
44	—	457	124.00–132.75	132.36
2	—	350	127.00	127.00
19	—	543	130.00	130.00
1	—	700	104.00	104.00
17	—	349	131.00	131.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	556	114.00	114.00
7	—	337	123.50–129.00	125.01
1	—	605	106.00	106.00
18	—	455	117.00–121.00	120.32

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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