Name: Springlake Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2020-10-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-10-10

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 90,Heifers 226, Bulls 146)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $116.86/cwt on 199 head.

Average price

$116.86

199 head · 510 lb average

Value per head Derived

$596

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$30

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3

$5.36/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.57

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	513	117.52	603	79
Medium and Large 2	507	117.38	595	98
Medium and Large 3	511	112.16	573	22

One grade step is worth $5.36/cwt here — about $30 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 sale199 hd

116.86

—

VA average11 barns · 2,344 hd

120.42

−3.57

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

44 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	—	497	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	641	20
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	530	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	583	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	670	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	710	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	646	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	724	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	427	140.92/cwt	131.00–143.00	602	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	359	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	521	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	747	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	934	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	450	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	608	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	548	116.50/cwt	116.50–116.50	638	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	353	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	547	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	639	130.17/cwt	123.50–131.00	832	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	551	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	766	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	315	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	482	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	430	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	563	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	571	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	697	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	727	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	749	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	640	109.75/cwt	109.75–109.75	702	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	425	116.50/cwt	116.50–116.50	495	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	373	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	485	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	452	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	533	20
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	650	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	767	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	418	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	564	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	353	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	526	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	567	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	720	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	499	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	634	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	355	130.50/cwt	130.50–130.50	463	19
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	363	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	552	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	644	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	818	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	440	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	594	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	629	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	692	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	720	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	734	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	439	117.50/cwt	117.50–117.50	516	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	547	116.50/cwt	116.50–116.50	637	30
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	558	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	753	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	723	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	911	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	433	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	563	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	533	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	597	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	561	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	611	6
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	725	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	827	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	637	106.50/cwt	106.50–106.50	678	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	455	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	519	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	585	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	737	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	358	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	430	7
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	645	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	780	2

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 Oct 10, 2020

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

Receipts 462Last week 656Year ago 739

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 90,Heifers 226, Bulls 146)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	497	129.00	129.00
1	—	530	110.00	110.00
12	—	646	112.00	112.00
17	—	427	131.00–143.00	140.92
6	—	359	145.00	145.00
18	—	571	122.00	122.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	650	118.00	118.00
6	—	418	135.00	135.00
9	—	353	149.00	149.00
10	—	567	127.00	127.00
11	—	499	127.00	127.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	433	130.00	130.00
3	—	533	112.00	112.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	670	106.00	106.00
29	—	548	116.50	116.50
3	—	727	103.00	103.00
11	—	640	109.75	109.75
2	—	425	116.50	116.50
13	—	373	130.00	130.00
20	—	452	118.00	118.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	355	130.50	130.50
16	—	629	110.00	110.00
7	—	720	102.00	102.00
26	—	439	117.50	117.50
30	—	547	116.50	116.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	561	109.00	109.00
7	—	637	106.50	106.50
2	—	455	114.00	114.00
7	—	358	120.00	120.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	747	125.00	125.00
20	—	450	135.00	135.00
3	—	353	155.00	155.00
9	—	639	123.50–131.00	130.17
18	—	551	139.00	139.00
1	—	315	153.00	153.00
1	—	430	131.00	131.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	363	152.00	152.00
4	—	644	127.00	127.00
8	—	440	135.00	135.00
2	—	558	135.00	135.00
3	—	723	126.00	126.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	725	114.00	114.00
1	—	585	126.00	126.00
2	—	645	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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