Name: Springlake Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2020-05-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-05-16

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 107, Heifers 193, Bulls 139)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $129.76/cwt on 174 head.

Average price

$129.76

174 head · 482 lb average

Value per head Derived

$625

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$53

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

$5.99/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.12

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	459	132.46	608	81
Medium and Large 3	423	131.04	555	19thin
Medium and Large 1	522	126.47	661	74

One grade step is worth $5.99/cwt here — about −$53 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 sale174 hd

129.76

—

VA average10 barns · 1,596 hd

124.64

+5.12

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

39 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	—	335	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	546	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	475	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	603	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	566	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	674	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	500	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	660	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	432	138.50/cwt	138.50–138.50	598	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	655	112.50/cwt	112.50–112.50	737	16
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	705	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	860	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	470	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	653	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	553	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	752	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	434	146.50/cwt	146.50–146.50	636	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	644	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	824	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	450	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	639	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	546	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	759	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	390	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	620	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	720	121.50/cwt	121.50–121.50	875	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	580	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	713	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	452	131.75/cwt	128.00–132.00	596	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	533	123.50/cwt	123.50–123.50	658	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	371	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	501	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	631	132.15/cwt	128.00–133.00	834	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	368	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	596	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	605	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	653	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	705	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	705	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	437	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	551	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	432	130.25/cwt	130.25–130.25	563	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	466	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	615	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	550	125.50/cwt	125.50–125.50	690	33
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	427	143.39/cwt	139.00–144.00	612	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	363	142.25/cwt	142.25–142.25	516	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	668	110.50/cwt	110.50–110.50	738	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	625	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	656	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	534	128.50/cwt	128.50–128.50	686	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	359	143.50/cwt	143.50–143.50	515	23
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	488	137.02/cwt	128.00–137.50	669	19
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	458	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	623	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	365	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	551	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	553	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	680	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	657	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	769	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	344	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	554	11

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 May 16, 2020

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

Receipts 439Last week 385Year ago 0

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 107, Heifers 193, Bulls 139)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	335	163.00	163.00
1	—	475	127.00	127.00
9	—	566	119.00	119.00
11	—	500	132.00	132.00
12	—	432	138.50	138.50
16	—	655	112.50	112.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	427	139.00–144.00	143.39
19	—	488	128.00–137.50	137.02
1	—	365	151.00	151.00
5	—	553	123.00	123.00
6	—	657	117.00	117.00
11	—	344	161.00	161.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	458	136.00	136.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	705	122.00	122.00
2	—	470	139.00	139.00
2	—	553	136.00	136.00
11	—	434	146.50	146.50
6	—	631	128.00–133.00	132.15
10	—	368	162.00	162.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	644	128.00	128.00
18	—	450	142.00	142.00
33	—	546	139.00	139.00
2	—	390	159.00	159.00
3	—	720	121.50	121.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	580	123.00	123.00
32	—	452	128.00–132.00	131.75
5	—	625	105.00	105.00
19	—	534	128.50	128.50
23	—	359	143.50	143.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	533	123.50	123.50
6	—	371	135.00	135.00
11	—	432	130.25	130.25
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	605	108.00	108.00
1	—	705	100.00	100.00
3	—	437	126.00	126.00
23	—	466	132.00	132.00
33	—	550	125.50	125.50
5	—	363	142.25	142.25
8	—	668	110.50	110.50

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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