Name: Springlake Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2020-08-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-08-29

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 60, Heifers 84, Bulls 49)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $129.75/cwt on 75 head.

Average price

$129.75

75 head · 509 lb average

Value per head Derived

$661

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$21

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

$10.62/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.05

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	486	131.95	641	35
Medium and Large 1	536	129.71	695	31
Medium and Large 3	510	121.33	619	9thin

One grade step is worth $10.62/cwt here — about $21 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 sale75 hd

129.75

—

VA average7 barns · 979 hd

126.71

+3.05

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

41 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 2	—	438	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	701	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	532	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	681	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	365	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	453	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	640	130.50/cwt	130.50–130.50	835	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	459	134.25/cwt	134.25–134.25	616	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	461	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	611	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	346	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	488	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	378	140.02/cwt	139.00–141.00	529	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	534	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	689	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	443	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	565	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	700	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	756	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	641	126.50/cwt	126.50–126.50	811	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	648	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	732	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	715	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	772	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	580	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	673	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	370	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	607	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	495	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	648	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	489	138.06/cwt	137.50–143.00	675	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	505	137.22/cwt	127.00–139.00	693	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	635	126.40/cwt	121.00–129.00	803	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	673	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	861	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	422	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	675	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	577	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	773	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	583	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	717	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	338	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	602	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	535	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	663	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	520	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	624	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	464	146.61/cwt	143.00–149.00	680	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	732	126.25/cwt	124.00–127.00	924	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	650	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	852	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	655	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	878	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	560	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	750	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	305	183.00/cwt	183.00–183.00	558	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	580	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	812	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	425	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	633	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	390	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	655	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	665	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	851	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	544	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	767	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	456	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	675	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	618	134.50/cwt	134.50–134.50	831	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	542	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	775	5

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 29, 2020

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

Receipts 193Last week 402Year ago 394

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 60, Heifers 84, Bulls 49)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	438	160.00	160.00
1	—	370	164.00	164.00
7	—	505	127.00–139.00	137.22
4	—	673	128.00	128.00
3	—	577	134.00	134.00
3	—	338	178.00	178.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	495	131.00	131.00
1	—	520	120.00	120.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	489	137.50–143.00	138.06
3	—	635	121.00–129.00	126.40
3	—	422	160.00	160.00
2	—	583	123.00	123.00
1	—	535	124.00	124.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	532	128.00	128.00
7	—	640	130.50	130.50
7	—	461	132.50	132.50
2	—	378	139.00–141.00	140.02
1	—	700	108.00	108.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	365	124.00	124.00
4	—	443	127.50	127.50
2	—	648	113.00	113.00
2	—	580	116.00	116.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	459	134.25	134.25
9	—	346	141.00	141.00
6	—	534	129.00	129.00
4	—	641	126.50	126.50
3	—	715	108.00	108.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	464	143.00–149.00	146.61
1	—	650	131.00	131.00
1	—	305	183.00	183.00
12	—	544	141.00	141.00
7	—	618	134.50	134.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	732	124.00–127.00	126.25
3	—	655	134.00	134.00
1	—	580	140.00	140.00
1	—	390	168.00	168.00
8	—	456	148.00	148.00
5	—	542	143.00	143.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	560	134.00	134.00
2	—	425	149.00	149.00
1	—	665	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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