Name: Springlake Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2020-05-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-05-23

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 12, Heifers 55, Bulls 23)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $127.45/cwt on 48 head.

Average price

$127.45

48 head · 506 lb average

Value per head Derived

$645

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$53

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

$6.31/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.13

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	480	130.31	626	24
Medium and Large 3	430	128.67	553	3thin
Medium and Large 1	547	124.00	679	21

One grade step is worth $6.31/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 sale48 hd

127.45

—

VA average9 barns · 1,159 hd

126.32

+1.13

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

22 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 2	—	560	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	784	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	640	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	877	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	547	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	760	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	720	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	900	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	435	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	596	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	585	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	766	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	350	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	511	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	520	128.01/cwt	127.00–128.50	666	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	555	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	699	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	453	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	616	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	455	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	623	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	480	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	677	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	557	126.50/cwt	126.50–126.50	705	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	465	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	595	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	627	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	715	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	360	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	468	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	469	129.50/cwt	129.50–129.50	607	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	552	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	696	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	385	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	531	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	441	133.25/cwt	133.25–133.25	588	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	367	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	503	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	495	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	614	1

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 23, 2020

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

Receipts 90Last week 439Year ago 0

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 12, Heifers 55, Bulls 23)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	560	140.00	140.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	640	137.00	137.00
3	—	547	139.00	139.00
2	—	720	125.00	125.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	435	137.00	137.00
2	—	585	131.00	131.00
2	—	350	146.00	146.00
4	—	480	141.00	141.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	520	127.00–128.50	128.01
1	—	555	126.00	126.00
1	—	455	137.00	137.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	453	136.00	136.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	557	126.50	126.50
7	—	627	114.00	114.00
4	—	469	129.50	129.50
2	—	385	138.00	138.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	465	128.00	128.00
1	—	360	130.00	130.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	552	126.00	126.00
10	—	441	133.25	133.25
3	—	367	137.00	137.00
1	—	495	124.00	124.00

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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