Name: Springlake Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2020-09-26
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-09-26

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 74, Heifers 106, Bulls 82)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $122.34/cwt on 95 head.

Average price

$122.34

95 head · 493 lb average

Value per head Derived

$604

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$49

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

$4.24/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.39

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	476	124.39	593	45
Medium and Large 1	528	120.61	637	37
Medium and Large 3	453	120.15	544	13thin

One grade step is worth $4.24/cwt here — about $49 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 sale95 hd

122.34

—

VA average9 barns · 1,667 hd

121.95

+0.39

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

34 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 1	—	638	119.15/cwt	113.00–120.00	760	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	487	134.50/cwt	134.50–134.50	655	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	580	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	742	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	480	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	581	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	685	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	726	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	745	113.50/cwt	113.50–113.50	846	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	643	135.75/cwt	135.75–135.75	873	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	525	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	604	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	595	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	690	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	610	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	641	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	457	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	530	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	535	113.50/cwt	113.50–113.50	607	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	680	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	734	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	438	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	661	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	353	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	462	5
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	615	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	763	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	345	142.42/cwt	136.00–144.00	491	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	350	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	585	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	653	122.50/cwt	122.50–122.50	800	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	584	129.50/cwt	129.50–129.50	756	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	342	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	592	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	553	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	653	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	454	125.26/cwt	117.00–126.00	569	25
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	537	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	730	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	466	149.23/cwt	139.50–150.00	695	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	330	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	488	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	540	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	643	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	530	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	710	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	629	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	711	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	447	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	559	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	746	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	933	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	498	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	667	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	559	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	771	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	635	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	845	12

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 26, 2020

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

Receipts 262Last week 561Year ago 584

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 74, Heifers 106, Bulls 82)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	638	113.00–120.00	119.15
9	—	487	134.50	134.50
13	—	580	128.00	128.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	595	116.00	116.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	653	122.50	122.50
6	—	584	129.50	129.50
7	—	342	173.00	173.00
4	—	498	134.00	134.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	480	121.00	121.00
1	—	685	106.00	106.00
1	—	745	113.50	113.50
2	—	330	148.00	148.00
15	—	540	119.00	119.00
7	—	629	113.00	113.00
10	—	447	125.00	125.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	525	115.00	115.00
1	—	680	108.00	108.00
5	—	345	136.00–144.00	142.42
12	—	553	118.00	118.00
25	—	454	117.00–126.00	125.26
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	610	105.00	105.00
3	—	457	116.00	116.00
4	—	535	113.50	113.50
5	—	353	131.00	131.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	643	135.75	135.75
4	—	438	151.00	151.00
7	—	350	167.00	167.00
3	—	537	136.00	136.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	615	124.00	124.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	466	139.50–150.00	149.23
2	—	530	134.00	134.00
5	—	746	125.00	125.00
8	—	559	138.00	138.00
12	—	635	133.00	133.00

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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