Name: Springlake Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2020-09-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-09-05

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 61, Heifers 115, Bulls 95)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $123.18/cwt on 96 head.

Average price

$123.18

96 head · 517 lb average

Value per head Derived

$637

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$38

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

$5.80/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.19

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	515	125.68	647	46
Medium and Large 1	530	121.76	645	27
Medium and Large 3	508	119.87	609	23

One grade step is worth $5.80/cwt here — about $38 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 sale96 hd

123.18

—

VA average9 barns · 1,323 hd

126.38

−3.19

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

38 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	—	390	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	601	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	460	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	639	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	575	130.07/cwt	121.00–131.50	748	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	416	159.50/cwt	159.50–159.50	664	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	497	144.56/cwt	135.00–145.50	718	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	502	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	723	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	434	152.52/cwt	151.00–153.00	662	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	565	133.50/cwt	133.50–133.50	754	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	648	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	836	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	328	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	607	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	365	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	588	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	660	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	851	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	573	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	693	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	536	122.29/cwt	116.00–123.00	655	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	554	122.61/cwt	119.00–123.50	679	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	451	125.35/cwt	121.50–127.00	565	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	454	130.50/cwt	130.50–130.50	592	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	715	104.69/cwt	102.00–106.00	749	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	645	114.85/cwt	109.50–117.00	741	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	536	120.50/cwt	120.50–120.50	646	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	633	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	753	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	369	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	517	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	463	121.50/cwt	121.50–121.50	563	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	395	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	553	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	720	105.99/cwt	104.00–108.00	763	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	628	111.02/cwt	105.00–129.00	697	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	425	129.50/cwt	129.50–129.50	550	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	367	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	462	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	752	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	910	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	658	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	888	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	447	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	679	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	377	169.50/cwt	169.50–169.50	639	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	755	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	951	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	533	144.00/cwt	133.00–145.00	768	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	659	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	890	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	459	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	693	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	353	177.50/cwt	177.50–177.50	627	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	544	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	789	6

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 Sep 5, 2020

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

Receipts 271Last week 193Year ago 758

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 61, Heifers 115, Bulls 95)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	390	154.00	154.00
13	—	416	159.50	159.50
9	—	502	144.00	144.00
4	—	565	133.50	133.50
3	—	328	185.00	185.00
1	—	660	129.00	129.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	460	139.00	139.00
3	—	573	121.00	121.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	575	121.00–131.50	130.07
11	—	497	135.00–145.50	144.56
8	—	434	151.00–153.00	152.52
4	—	648	129.00	129.00
1	—	365	161.00	161.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	536	116.00–123.00	122.29
10	—	451	121.50–127.00	125.35
3	—	715	102.00–106.00	104.69
3	—	633	119.00	119.00
1	—	395	140.00	140.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	554	119.00–123.50	122.61
14	—	454	130.50	130.50
7	—	645	109.50–117.00	114.85
6	—	369	140.00	140.00
2	—	720	104.00–108.00	105.99
2	—	425	129.50	129.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	536	120.50	120.50
7	—	463	121.50	121.50
4	—	628	105.00–129.00	111.02
3	—	367	126.00	126.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	752	121.00	121.00
3	—	447	152.00	152.00
12	—	533	133.00–145.00	144.00
5	—	659	135.00	135.00
5	—	353	177.50	177.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	658	135.00	135.00
3	—	377	169.50	169.50
1	—	755	126.00	126.00
11	—	459	151.00	151.00
6	—	544	145.00	145.00

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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