Name: Springlake Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2020-07-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-07-18

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 107, Heifers 290, Bulls 142)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $119.06/cwt on 171 head.

Average price

$119.06

171 head · 504 lb average

Value per head Derived

$600

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$56

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

$3.66/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.13

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	500	120.33	602	87
Medium and Large 1	531	118.38	628	53
Medium and Large 3	468	116.67	546	31

One grade step is worth $3.66/cwt here — about $56 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 sale171 hd

119.06

—

VA average7 barns · 1,064 hd

116.93

+2.13

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

45 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	—	557	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	808	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	448	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	623	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	352	162.50/cwt	162.50–162.50	572	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	630	131.50/cwt	131.50–131.50	828	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	457	116.50/cwt	116.50–116.50	532	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	450	123.75/cwt	123.75–123.75	557	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	715	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	736	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	538	116.03/cwt	111.00–116.50	624	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	445	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	521	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	728	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	713	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	405	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	458	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	780	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	788	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	361	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	495	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	640	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	678	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	344	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	447	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	647	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	712	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	543	113.50/cwt	113.50–113.50	616	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	371	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	508	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	454	123.50/cwt	123.50–123.50	561	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	373	123.30/cwt	118.00–124.00	460	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	628	112.70/cwt	106.00–113.50	708	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	544	116.50/cwt	116.50–116.50	634	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	743	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	854	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	733	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	894	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	668	129.50/cwt	129.50–129.50	865	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	617	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	858	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	548	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	778	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	345	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	566	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	513	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	718	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	440	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	638	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	552	135.52/cwt	126.00–136.00	748	21
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	450	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	639	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	500	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	650	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	430	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	602	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	575	125.18/cwt	115.00–127.00	720	20
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	572	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	778	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	500	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	675	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	415	152.80/cwt	141.00–156.00	634	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	633	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	734	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	647	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	835	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	433	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	641	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	496	138.50/cwt	138.50–138.50	687	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	475	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	608	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	339	165.47/cwt	159.00–167.00	561	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	543	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	744	2

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 Jul 18, 2020

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

Receipts 539Last week 512Year ago 346

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 107, Heifers 290, Bulls 142)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	557	145.00	145.00
9	—	352	162.50	162.50
3	—	733	122.00	122.00
3	—	617	139.00	139.00
2	—	513	140.00	140.00
15	—	450	142.00	142.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	448	139.00	139.00
11	—	630	131.50	131.50
2	—	743	115.00	115.00
2	—	668	129.50	129.50
2	—	345	164.00	164.00
21	—	552	126.00–136.00	135.52
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	548	142.00	142.00
2	—	440	145.00	145.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	457	116.50	116.50
1	—	405	113.00	113.00
3	—	640	106.00	106.00
7	—	543	113.50	113.50
9	—	373	118.00–124.00	123.30
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	450	123.75	123.75
1	—	715	103.00	103.00
34	—	538	111.00–116.50	116.03
2	—	445	117.00	117.00
2	—	780	101.00	101.00
4	—	344	130.00	130.00
9	—	371	137.00	137.00
9	—	628	106.00–113.50	112.70
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	728	98.00	98.00
7	—	361	137.00	137.00
9	—	647	110.00	110.00
10	—	454	123.50	123.50
24	—	544	116.50	116.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	500	130.00	130.00
13	—	572	136.00	136.00
10	—	415	141.00–156.00	152.80
9	—	647	129.00	129.00
8	—	496	138.50	138.50
5	—	339	159.00–167.00	165.47
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	430	140.00	140.00
2	—	543	137.00	137.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	575	115.00–127.00	125.18
9	—	500	135.00	135.00
8	—	633	116.00	116.00
6	—	433	148.00	148.00
1	—	475	128.00	128.00

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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