Name: Springlake Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2020-10-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-10-17

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 137. Heifers 235, Bulls 194)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $117.07/cwt on 216 head.

Average price

$117.07

216 head · 515 lb average

Value per head Derived

$602

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$110

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

$10.83/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.16

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	529	119.22	631	107
Medium and Large 2	509	118.07	601	74
Medium and Large 3	481	108.39	521	35

One grade step is worth $10.83/cwt here — about $110 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 sale216 hd

117.07

—

VA average8 barns · 1,565 hd

120.23

−3.16

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

46 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	—	498	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	627	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	351	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	551	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	640	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	736	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	551	115.50/cwt	115.50–115.50	636	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	395	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	510	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	760	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	768	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	474	119.00/cwt	118.00–121.00	564	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	643	110.88/cwt	108.50–111.50	713	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	646	130.09/cwt	120.00–131.00	840	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	755	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	823	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	315	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	504	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	567	131.28/cwt	124.00–133.50	744	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	549	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	675	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	731	120.75/cwt	120.75–120.75	883	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	463	140.50/cwt	140.50–140.50	651	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	454	118.88/cwt	109.00–119.50	540	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	369	129.50/cwt	129.50–129.50	478	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	652	117.50/cwt	117.50–117.50	766	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	345	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	552	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	632	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	676	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	586	116.98/cwt	109.00–118.50	686	25
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	504	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	660	22
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	423	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	571	13
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	548	124.50/cwt	124.50–124.50	682	6
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	613	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	748	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	372	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	443	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	750	95.50/cwt	95.50–95.50	716	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	444	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	457	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	423	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	533	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	635	89.00/cwt	89.00–89.00	565	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	537	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	591	14
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	730	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	825	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	440	127.94/cwt	119.00–129.00	563	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	590	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	655	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	355	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	557	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	705	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	839	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	460	118.19/cwt	109.00–118.50	544	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	541	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	655	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	717	102.50/cwt	102.50–102.50	735	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	418	134.18/cwt	127.00–134.50	561	23
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	539	132.30/cwt	124.00–133.00	713	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	638	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	798	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	441	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	631	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	366	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	472	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	638	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	702	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	572	121.08/cwt	115.00–121.50	693	15

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 17, 2020

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

Receipts 566Last week 462Year ago 569

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 137. Heifers 235, Bulls 194)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	498	126.00	126.00
9	—	351	157.00	157.00
4	—	640	115.00	115.00
23	—	418	127.00–134.50	134.18
15	—	572	115.00–121.50	121.08
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	395	129.00	129.00
3	—	474	118.00–121.00	119.00
12	—	652	117.50	117.50
5	—	345	160.00	160.00
3	—	632	107.00	107.00
25	—	586	109.00–118.50	116.98
22	—	504	131.00	131.00
13	—	423	135.00	135.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	423	126.00	126.00
1	—	590	111.00	111.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	551	115.50	115.50
1	—	760	101.00	101.00
19	—	643	108.50–111.50	110.88
42	—	549	123.00	123.00
34	—	454	109.00–119.50	118.88
5	—	369	129.50	129.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	372	119.00	119.00
1	—	750	95.50	95.50
12	—	444	103.00	103.00
1	—	635	89.00	89.00
14	—	537	110.00	110.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	460	109.00–118.50	118.19
19	—	541	121.00	121.00
6	—	717	102.50	102.50
9	—	366	129.00	129.00
8	—	638	110.00	110.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	646	120.00–131.00	130.09
1	—	755	109.00	109.00
1	—	315	160.00	160.00
17	—	567	124.00–133.50	131.28
12	—	731	120.75	120.75
9	—	463	140.50	140.50
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	548	124.50	124.50
3	—	613	122.00	122.00
1	—	730	113.00	113.00
9	—	440	119.00–129.00	127.94
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	355	157.00	157.00
1	—	705	119.00	119.00
12	—	539	124.00–133.00	132.30
3	—	638	125.00	125.00
14	—	441	143.00	143.00

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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