Name: Springlake Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2020-07-31
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-07-31

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Springlake Special Weaned and Vaccinated Sale

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 190, Heifers 129)

Value Added Cattle Weaned and Vaccinated.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $141.46/cwt on 190 head.

Average price

$141.46

190 head · 684 lb average

Value per head Derived

$968

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$204

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3

$25.25/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.94

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	685	142.25	975	184
Medium and Large 3	659	117.00	771	6thin

One grade step is worth $25.25/cwt here — about $204 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 sale190 hd

141.46

—

VA average6 barns · 1,070 hd

136.51

+4.94

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

10 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 1Value Added	—	916	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	1,063	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	855	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	1,043	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	1,041	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	1,124	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3Value Added	—	659	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	771	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	615	152.50/cwt	152.50–152.50	938	77
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	717	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	982	61
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	524	155.50/cwt	155.50–155.50	815	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	620	131.50/cwt	131.50–131.50	815	78
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	531	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	712	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	759	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	918	17

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

Fri Jul 31, 2020

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

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Springlake Special Weaned and Vaccinated Sale

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 190, Heifers 129)

Value Added Cattle Weaned and Vaccinated.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	916	116.00	116.00
10	—	855	122.00	122.00
4	—	1,041	108.00	108.00
77	—	615	152.50	152.50
61	—	717	137.00	137.00
18	—	524	155.50	155.50
Steers — Medium and Large 3 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	659	117.00	117.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
78	—	620	131.50	131.50
34	—	531	134.00	134.00
17	—	759	121.00	121.00

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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