Name: Springlake Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2020-08-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-08-15

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle 208 (Steers 57, Heifers 81, Bulls 70)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $130.26/cwt on 66 head.

Average price

$130.26

66 head · 507 lb average

Value per head Derived

$660

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$74

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

$8.30/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.03

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	482	132.55	639	30
Medium and Large 1	542	129.18	700	30
Medium and Large 3	455	124.25	565	6thin

One grade step is worth $8.30/cwt here — about $74 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 sale66 hd

130.26

—

VA average10 barns · 1,588 hd

126.24

+4.03

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

35 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 1	—	532	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	798	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	663	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	895	5
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	520	148.50/cwt	148.50–148.50	772	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	460	155.50/cwt	155.50–155.50	715	5
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	453	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	670	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	715	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	872	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	455	157.50/cwt	157.50–157.50	717	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	353	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	650	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	523	155.50/cwt	155.50–155.50	813	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	420	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	668	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	358	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	652	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	335	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	616	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	474	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	640	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	510	132.97/cwt	124.00–134.00	678	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	556	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	695	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	669	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	769	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	506	137.58/cwt	126.00–140.00	696	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	335	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	620	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	569	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	762	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	579	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	718	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	424	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	704	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	413	166.50/cwt	166.50–166.50	688	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	685	120.47/cwt	117.00–124.00	825	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	718	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	811	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	432	126.63/cwt	124.00–127.50	547	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	615	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	787	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	650	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	728	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	340	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	466	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	350	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	445	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	538	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	683	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	451	133.84/cwt	125.00–134.50	604	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	647	128.75/cwt	128.75–128.75	833	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	543	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	700	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	442	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	586	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	360	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	518	4

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 Aug 15, 2020

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

Receipts 208Last week 478Year ago 385

State Graded Feeder Cattle 208 (Steers 57, Heifers 81, Bulls 70)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	532	150.00	150.00
5	—	663	135.00	135.00
5	—	460	155.50	155.50
2	—	715	122.00	122.00
2	—	353	184.00	184.00
1	—	420	159.00	159.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	520	148.50	148.50
2	—	453	148.00	148.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	455	157.50	157.50
2	—	523	155.50	155.50
2	—	358	182.00	182.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	335	184.00	184.00
6	—	506	126.00–140.00	137.58
4	—	569	134.00	134.00
4	—	424	166.00	166.00
2	—	685	117.00–124.00	120.47
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	474	135.00	135.00
4	—	556	125.00	125.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	510	124.00–134.00	132.97
5	—	669	115.00	115.00
5	—	335	185.00	185.00
4	—	579	124.00	124.00
3	—	413	166.50	166.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	718	113.00	113.00
2	—	615	128.00	128.00
1	—	340	137.00	137.00
15	—	451	125.00–134.50	133.84
6	—	543	129.00	129.00
4	—	360	144.00	144.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	432	124.00–127.50	126.63
1	—	650	112.00	112.00
1	—	350	127.00	127.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	538	127.00	127.00
9	—	647	128.75	128.75
9	—	442	132.50	132.50

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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