Name: Springlake Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2020-06-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-06-20

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 31, Heifers 138, Bulls 71)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $115.99/cwt on 107 head.

Average price

$115.99

107 head · 529 lb average

Value per head Derived

$614

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$169

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

$17.35/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.11

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	360	131.00	472	2thin
Medium and Large 2	548	117.62	644	43
Medium and Large 3	465	115.37	536	26
Medium and Large 1	564	113.65	640	36

One grade step is worth $17.35/cwt here — about −$169 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 sale107 hd

115.99

—

VA average9 barns · 1,469 hd

119.10

−3.11

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

36 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	—	475	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	575	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	568	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	744	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	668	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	862	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	605	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	780	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	423	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	558	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	506	133.50/cwt	133.50–133.50	676	7
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	437	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	603	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	360	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	569	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	570	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	792	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	760	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	950	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	663	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	869	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	903	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	858	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	442	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	513	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	585	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	790	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	518	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	746	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	442	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	628	5
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	525	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	725	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	650	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	865	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	465	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	591	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	630	110.42/cwt	108.00–111.00	696	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	542	118.03/cwt	115.00–118.50	640	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	633	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	658	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	353	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	420	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	548	114.50/cwt	114.50–114.50	627	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	641	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	679	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	460	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	557	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	547	116.14/cwt	110.00–116.50	635	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	360	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	472	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	350	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	413	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	795	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	763	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	639	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	831	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	578	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	780	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	410	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	562	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	498	133.50/cwt	133.50–133.50	665	19
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	427	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	555	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	758	97.00/cwt	97.00–97.00	735	3

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 20, 2020

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

Receipts 240Last week 595Year ago 446

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 31, Heifers 138, Bulls 71)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	475	121.00	121.00
2	—	568	131.00	131.00
2	—	668	129.00	129.00
3	—	605	129.00	129.00
4	—	423	132.00	132.00
7	—	506	133.50	133.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	639	130.00	130.00
7	—	578	135.00	135.00
8	—	410	137.00	137.00
19	—	498	133.50	133.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	427	130.00	130.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	437	138.00	138.00
1	—	525	138.00	138.00
2	—	650	133.00	133.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	360	158.00	158.00
1	—	570	139.00	139.00
3	—	760	125.00	125.00
4	—	663	131.00	131.00
4	—	903	95.00	95.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	585	135.00	135.00
2	—	518	144.00	144.00
5	—	442	142.00	142.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	442	116.00	116.00
2	—	633	104.00	104.00
6	—	353	119.00	119.00
7	—	548	114.50	114.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	465	127.00	127.00
10	—	630	108.00–111.00	110.42
22	—	542	115.00–118.50	118.03
1	—	350	118.00	118.00
1	—	795	96.00	96.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	641	106.00	106.00
8	—	460	121.00	121.00
18	—	547	110.00–116.50	116.14
3	—	758	97.00	97.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	360	131.00	131.00

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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