Name: Springlake Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2020-05-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-05-30

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 80, Heifers 116, Bulls 102)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $124.02/cwt on 102 head.

Average price

$124.02

102 head · 521 lb average

Value per head Derived

$646

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$0

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

$6.36/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.03

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	483	126.97	614	42
Medium and Large 1	553	122.19	676	51
Medium and Large 3	509	120.61	614	9thin

One grade step is worth $6.36/cwt here — about −$0 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 sale102 hd

124.02

—

VA average6 barns · 845 hd

127.05

−3.03

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

37 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	—	360	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	608	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	415	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	664	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	632	111.58/cwt	110.00–115.00	705	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	651	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	762	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	585	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	749	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	492	135.39/cwt	127.00–137.50	666	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	463	146.52/cwt	143.50–148.50	678	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	549	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	845	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	534	139.38/cwt	131.00–141.00	744	12
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	440	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	616	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	395	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	573	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	690	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	835	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	733	119.48/cwt	118.00–121.00	876	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	530	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	636	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	455	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	655	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	631	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	852	14
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	385	159.51/cwt	146.00–166.00	614	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	636	138.50/cwt	138.50–138.50	881	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	460	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	690	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	557	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	691	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	640	109.80/cwt	109.00–110.00	703	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	537	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	661	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	447	129.27/cwt	129.25–129.50	578	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	395	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	482	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	608	107.50/cwt	107.50–107.50	654	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	342	144.50/cwt	144.50–144.50	494	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	460	129.50/cwt	129.50–129.50	596	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	375	135.89/cwt	132.00–140.00	510	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	538	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	646	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	464	129.30/cwt	127.50–129.50	600	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	639	112.50/cwt	112.50–112.50	719	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	322	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	570	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	655	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	845	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	510	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	719	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	564	138.51/cwt	133.00–139.00	781	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	422	148.09/cwt	139.00–148.50	625	22
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	600	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	798	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 30, 2020

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

Receipts 298Last week 90Year ago 0

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 80, Heifers 116, Bulls 102)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	360	169.00	169.00
3	—	415	160.00	160.00
3	—	632	110.00–115.00	111.58
8	—	651	117.00	117.00
12	—	585	128.00	128.00
13	—	492	127.00–137.50	135.39
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	322	177.00	177.00
4	—	655	129.00	129.00
8	—	510	141.00	141.00
12	—	564	133.00–139.00	138.51
22	—	422	139.00–148.50	148.09
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	600	133.00	133.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	463	143.50–148.50	146.52
12	—	534	131.00–141.00	139.38
1	—	395	145.00	145.00
1	—	690	121.00	121.00
2	—	733	118.00–121.00	119.48
14	—	631	135.00	135.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	549	154.00	154.00
3	—	385	146.00–166.00	159.51
7	—	636	138.50	138.50
11	—	460	150.00	150.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	440	140.00	140.00
2	—	455	144.00	144.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	530	120.00	120.00
1	—	395	122.00	122.00
2	—	608	107.50	107.50
3	—	460	129.50	129.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	557	124.00	124.00
2	—	375	132.00–140.00	135.89
2	—	538	120.00	120.00
10	—	464	127.50–129.50	129.30
14	—	639	112.50	112.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	640	109.00–110.00	109.80
12	—	537	123.00	123.00
20	—	447	129.25–129.50	129.27
5	—	342	144.50	144.50

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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