Name: Springlake Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2020-06-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-06-27

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 83, Heifers 169, Bulls 124)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $122.53/cwt on 153 head.

Average price

$122.53

153 head · 505 lb average

Value per head Derived

$618

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$55

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

$6.65/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.88

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	125.85	608	62
Medium and Large 1	547	120.83	662	60
Medium and Large 3	464	119.19	553	31

One grade step is worth $6.65/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 sale153 hd

122.53

—

VA average7 barns · 1,134 hd

121.65

+0.88

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

40 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	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	583	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	590	120.08/cwt	110.00–125.00	708	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	412	154.25/cwt	154.25–154.25	636	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	638	116.35/cwt	111.00–117.00	742	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	496	135.37/cwt	126.00–136.00	671	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	375	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	581	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	544	139.71/cwt	125.00–140.50	760	18
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	770	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	878	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	662	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	874	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	365	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	573	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	552	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	811	10
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	585	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	796	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	620	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	831	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	728	121.44/cwt	121.00–121.50	884	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	453	142.48/cwt	139.00–144.00	645	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	654	135.50/cwt	135.50–135.50	886	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	436	121.50/cwt	121.50–121.50	530	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	546	118.60/cwt	113.00–119.00	648	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	460	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	575	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	544	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	636	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	602	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	662	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	466	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	671	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	341	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	486	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	446	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	593	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	395	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	549	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	600	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	636	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	353	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	452	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	544	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	609	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	498	138.50/cwt	138.50–138.50	690	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	715	106.50/cwt	106.50–106.50	761	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	656	116.50/cwt	116.50–116.50	764	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	440	131.64/cwt	126.00–132.00	579	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	567	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	635	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	627	110.50/cwt	110.50–110.50	693	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	480	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	648	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	545	135.84/cwt	135.00–136.00	740	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	580	128.49/cwt	125.00–129.00	745	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	645	119.50/cwt	119.50–119.50	771	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	345	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	580	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	411	155.85/cwt	146.00–156.75	641	12

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 27, 2020

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

Receipts 376Last week 240Year ago 351

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 83, Heifers 169, Bulls 124)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	335	174.00	174.00
3	—	590	110.00–125.00	120.08
6	—	412	154.25	154.25
9	—	638	111.00–117.00	116.35
15	—	496	126.00–136.00	135.37
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	375	155.00	155.00
13	—	498	138.50	138.50
8	—	580	125.00–129.00	128.49
9	—	645	119.50	119.50
10	—	345	168.00	168.00
12	—	411	146.00–156.75	155.85
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	480	135.00	135.00
6	—	545	135.00–136.00	135.84
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	544	125.00–140.50	139.71
9	—	728	121.00–121.50	121.44
10	—	453	139.00–144.00	142.48
5	—	654	135.50	135.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	770	114.00	114.00
3	—	662	132.00	132.00
4	—	365	157.00	157.00
10	—	552	147.00	147.00
5	—	466	144.00	144.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	585	136.00	136.00
1	—	620	134.00	134.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	436	121.50	121.50
3	—	602	110.00	110.00
6	—	353	128.00	128.00
8	—	544	112.00	112.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	546	113.00–119.00	118.60
1	—	395	139.00	139.00
1	—	600	106.00	106.00
4	—	715	106.50	106.50
10	—	656	116.50	116.50
15	—	440	126.00–132.00	131.64
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	460	125.00	125.00
25	—	544	117.00	117.00
10	—	341	142.50	142.50
20	—	446	133.00	133.00
3	—	567	112.00	112.00
3	—	627	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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