Name: Springlake Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2020-10-31
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-10-31

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 82, Bulls 109, Heifers 126)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $117.60/cwt on 109 head.

Average price

$117.60

109 head · 510 lb average

Value per head Derived

$600

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$65

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

$22.55/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.45

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	514	119.63	615	68
Medium and Large 2	491	117.17	576	35
Medium and Large 3	567	97.08	550	6thin

One grade step is worth $22.55/cwt here — about $65 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 sale109 hd

117.60

—

VA average8 barns · 1,446 hd

112.15

+5.45

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

39 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	—	548	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	630	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	626	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	689	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	357	155.86/cwt	149.00–157.00	556	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	493	127.18/cwt	127.00–128.50	627	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	572	121.50/cwt	121.50–121.50	695	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	425	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	548	13
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	527	135.25/cwt	135.25–135.25	713	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	364	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	455	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	556	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	651	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	680	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	802	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	573	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	693	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	725	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	747	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	655	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	793	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	775	112.50/cwt	112.50–112.50	872	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	713	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	856	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	490	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	613	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	515	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	623	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	505	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	586	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	564	133.75/cwt	133.75–133.75	754	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	632	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	708	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	541	120.78/cwt	115.00–121.00	653	25
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	453	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	498	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	630	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	536	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	528	101.87/cwt	95.00–104.00	538	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	451	120.50/cwt	120.50–120.50	543	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	440	140.16/cwt	140.00–142.00	617	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	383	131.50/cwt	131.50–131.50	504	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	423	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	541	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	342	155.04/cwt	139.00–156.00	530	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	660	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	594	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	641	126.50/cwt	126.50–126.50	811	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	390	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	612	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	735	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	772	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	637	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	707	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	499	129.50/cwt	129.50–129.50	646	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	435	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	509	13
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	443	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	625	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	628	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	772	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	391	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	606	4

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 31, 2020

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

Receipts 317Last week 578Year ago 363

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 82, Bulls 109, Heifers 126)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	548	115.00	115.00
4	—	626	110.00	110.00
7	—	357	149.00–157.00	155.86
8	—	493	127.00–128.50	127.18
11	—	572	121.50	121.50
13	—	425	129.00	129.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	680	118.00	118.00
4	—	573	121.00	121.00
15	—	423	128.00	128.00
16	—	342	139.00–156.00	155.04
7	—	499	129.50	129.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	505	116.00	116.00
2	—	453	110.00	110.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	527	135.25	135.25
8	—	443	141.00	141.00
2	—	628	123.00	123.00
4	—	391	155.00	155.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	655	121.00	121.00
1	—	775	112.50	112.50
3	—	713	120.00	120.00
15	—	564	133.75	133.75
12	—	440	140.00–142.00	140.16
16	—	641	126.50	126.50
1	—	390	157.00	157.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	490	125.00	125.00
1	—	515	121.00	121.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	364	125.00	125.00
8	—	556	117.00	117.00
1	—	725	103.00	103.00
6	—	637	111.00	111.00
13	—	435	117.00	117.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	632	112.00	112.00
25	—	541	115.00–121.00	120.78
27	—	451	120.50	120.50
5	—	383	131.50	131.50
4	—	735	105.00	105.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	630	85.00	85.00
4	—	528	95.00–104.00	101.87
1	—	660	90.00	90.00

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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