Name: Springlake Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2020-06-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-06-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 109, Heifers 162, Bulls 149)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $123.85/cwt on 131 head.

Average price

$123.85

131 head · 495 lb average

Value per head Derived

$613

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$55

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

$7.57/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.33

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	474	127.60	604	61
Medium and Large 1	560	121.04	678	38
Medium and Large 3	457	120.03	549	32

One grade step is worth $7.57/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 sale131 hd

123.85

—

VA average10 barns · 1,650 hd

124.18

−0.33

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	—	490	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	617	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	365	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	573	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	430	137.50/cwt	131.00–144.00	591	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	654	127.75/cwt	127.75–127.75	835	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	577	133.50/cwt	133.50–133.50	770	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	514	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	673	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	544	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	794	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	643	139.75/cwt	139.75–139.75	899	16
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	390	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	605	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	780	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	905	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	443	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	647	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	551	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	771	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	640	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	858	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	443	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	629	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	365	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	591	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	665	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	831	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	760	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	980	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	477	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	696	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	349	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	447	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	455	118.86/cwt	117.00–119.00	541	15
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	638	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	861	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	543	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	787	24
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	530	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	737	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	585	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	790	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	361	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	498	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	537	124.25/cwt	124.25–124.25	667	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	447	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	577	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	570	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	656	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	600	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	642	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	549	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	637	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	500	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	730	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	725	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	761	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	639	113.50/cwt	113.50–113.50	725	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	445	129.50/cwt	129.50–129.50	576	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	555	122.83/cwt	121.50–123.00	682	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	631	111.50/cwt	111.50–111.50	704	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	415	146.50/cwt	146.50–146.50	608	25
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	445	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	579	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	380	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	509	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	669	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	850	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	582	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	792	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	342	166.19/cwt	159.00–167.00	568	9

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 Jun 6, 2020

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

Receipts 420Last week 298Year ago 213

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 109, Heifers 162, Bulls 149)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	490	126.00	126.00
2	—	365	157.00	157.00
2	—	430	131.00–144.00	137.50
5	—	654	127.75	127.75
12	—	577	133.50	133.50
18	—	514	131.00	131.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	500	146.00	146.00
25	—	415	146.50	146.50
1	—	380	134.00	134.00
4	—	669	127.00	127.00
8	—	582	136.00	136.00
9	—	342	159.00–167.00	166.19
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	445	130.00	130.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	544	146.00	146.00
16	—	643	139.75	139.75
1	—	365	162.00	162.00
1	—	665	125.00	125.00
1	—	760	129.00	129.00
6	—	477	146.00	146.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	390	155.00	155.00
1	—	780	116.00	116.00
4	—	443	146.00	146.00
4	—	551	140.00	140.00
6	—	638	135.00	135.00
24	—	543	145.00	145.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	640	134.00	134.00
6	—	443	142.00	142.00
1	—	530	139.00	139.00
1	—	585	135.00	135.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	349	128.00	128.00
15	—	455	117.00–119.00	118.86
1	—	570	115.00	115.00
1	—	600	107.00	107.00
7	—	549	116.00	116.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	361	138.00	138.00
15	—	537	124.25	124.25
24	—	447	129.00	129.00
8	—	631	111.50	111.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	725	105.00	105.00
8	—	639	113.50	113.50
9	—	445	129.50	129.50
18	—	555	121.50–123.00	122.83

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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