Name: Springlake Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2020-09-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-09-19

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 119, Heifers 238, Bulls 204)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $127.20/cwt on 187 head.

Average price

$127.20

187 head · 488 lb average

Value per head Derived

$620

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$95

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

$6.54/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.78

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	494	129.59	640	83
Medium and Large 1	502	126.44	635	69
Medium and Large 3	443	123.04	545	35

One grade step is worth $6.54/cwt here — about $95 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 sale187 hd

127.20

—

VA average8 barns · 1,777 hd

125.42

+1.78

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

48 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	—	585	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	778	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	459	139.50/cwt	139.50–139.50	640	8
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	650	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	839	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	578	127.03/cwt	125.00–129.00	734	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	451	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	582	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	349	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	485	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	475	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	660	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	466	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	680	17
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	534	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	737	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	638	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	849	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	358	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	641	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	717	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	889	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	310	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	580	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	553	138.50/cwt	138.50–138.50	766	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	638	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	836	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	447	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	666	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	747	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	911	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	505	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	667	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	579	125.10/cwt	121.00–125.25	724	27
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	488	131.75/cwt	131.50–135.00	643	26
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	425	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	621	21
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	660	118.06/cwt	110.00–119.50	779	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	354	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	634	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	535	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	669	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	365	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	445	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	447	124.50/cwt	124.50–124.50	557	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	370	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	466	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	423	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	546	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	728	115.85/cwt	115.75–116.00	843	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	643	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	817	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	626	117.55/cwt	116.00–118.00	736	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	538	123.74/cwt	121.00–124.00	666	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	453	129.50/cwt	129.50–129.50	587	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	538	128.75/cwt	128.75–128.75	693	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	635	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	737	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	544	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	664	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	571	128.50/cwt	128.50–128.50	734	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	342	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	612	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	502	134.50/cwt	134.50–134.50	675	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	410	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	521	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	707	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	813	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	348	138.90/cwt	129.50–142.00	483	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	423	152.77/cwt	149.00–153.00	646	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	440	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	594	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	547	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	662	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	485	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	635	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	360	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	572	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	652	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	782	3

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 19, 2020

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

Receipts 561Last week 649Year ago 551

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 119, Heifers 238, Bulls 204)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	585	133.00	133.00
17	—	466	146.00	146.00
12	—	534	138.00	138.00
11	—	638	133.00	133.00
6	—	358	179.00	179.00
3	—	717	124.00	124.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	459	139.50	139.50
2	—	650	129.00	129.00
2	—	578	125.00–129.00	127.03
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	475	139.00	139.00
1	—	310	187.00	187.00
12	—	553	138.50	138.50
8	—	638	131.00	131.00
6	—	447	149.00	149.00
3	—	747	122.00	122.00
1	—	505	132.00	132.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	451	129.00	129.00
14	—	349	139.00	139.00
1	—	370	126.00	126.00
3	—	423	129.00	129.00
5	—	728	115.75–116.00	115.85
8	—	643	127.00	127.00
26	—	538	128.75	128.75
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	365	122.00	122.00
17	—	447	124.50	124.50
1	—	635	116.00	116.00
6	—	544	122.00	122.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	626	116.00–118.00	117.55
23	—	538	121.00–124.00	123.74
25	—	453	129.50	129.50
1	—	410	127.00	127.00
3	—	707	115.00	115.00
8	—	348	129.50–142.00	138.90
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	579	121.00–125.25	125.10
26	—	488	131.50–135.00	131.75
21	—	425	146.00	146.00
13	—	660	110.00–119.50	118.06
4	—	354	179.00	179.00
1	—	535	125.00	125.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	571	128.50	128.50
12	—	342	179.00	179.00
15	—	502	134.50	134.50
17	—	423	149.00–153.00	152.77
1	—	485	131.00	131.00
3	—	360	159.00	159.00
3	—	652	120.00	120.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	440	135.00	135.00
5	—	547	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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