Name: Springlake Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2020-11-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-11-21

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 98, Heifers 212, Bulls 192)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $124.22/cwt on 180 head.

Average price

$124.22

180 head · 523 lb average

Value per head Derived

$649

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$130

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

$10.29/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.92

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	503	125.89	634	65
Medium and Large 1	548	124.42	682	100
Medium and Large 3	436	115.60	504	15thin

One grade step is worth $10.29/cwt here — about $130 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 sale180 hd

124.22

—

VA average10 barns · 1,568 hd

119.30

+4.92

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

41 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	—	468	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	632	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	336	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	568	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	423	138.95/cwt	131.00–140.00	588	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	641	113.46/cwt	109.00–115.00	727	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	574	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	718	23
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	506	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	713	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	634	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	799	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	725	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	834	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	362	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	474	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	640	119.67/cwt	110.00–120.00	766	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	733	110.65/cwt	110.00–114.00	811	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	567	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	692	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	376	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	620	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	585	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	673	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	548	126.89/cwt	119.00–128.00	695	32
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	652	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	756	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	445	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	699	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	531	126.50/cwt	126.50–126.50	672	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	445	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	579	24
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	445	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	699	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	453	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	535	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	730	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	818	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	547	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	771	19
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	520	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	660	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	414	136.17/cwt	125.00–137.00	564	14
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	555	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	727	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	348	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	574	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	642	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	809	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	646	120.50/cwt	120.50–120.50	778	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	520	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	608	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	538	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	748	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	356	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	431	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	345	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	566	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	625	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	669	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	451	129.50/cwt	129.50–129.50	584	19
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	413	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	566	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	442	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	508	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	510	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	551	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	357	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	468	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	497	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	671	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	464	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	599	5

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 Nov 21, 2020

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

Receipts 502Last week 278Year ago 434

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 98, Heifers 212, Bulls 192)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	468	135.00	135.00
5	—	336	169.00	169.00
17	—	423	131.00–140.00	138.95
17	—	641	109.00–115.00	113.46
23	—	574	125.00	125.00
25	—	506	141.00	141.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	567	122.00	122.00
7	—	652	116.00	116.00
1	—	520	127.00	127.00
14	—	414	125.00–137.00	136.17
6	—	348	165.00	165.00
15	—	497	135.00	135.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	520	117.00	117.00
5	—	464	129.00	129.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	634	126.00	126.00
1	—	725	115.00	115.00
6	—	376	165.00	165.00
12	—	445	157.00	157.00
19	—	547	141.00	141.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	445	157.00	157.00
2	—	555	131.00	131.00
3	—	642	126.00	126.00
9	—	538	139.00	139.00
2	—	345	164.00	164.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	413	137.00	137.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	362	131.00	131.00
29	—	640	110.00–120.00	119.67
6	—	733	110.00–114.00	110.65
32	—	548	119.00–128.00	126.89
24	—	445	130.00	130.00
4	—	453	118.00	118.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	585	115.00	115.00
14	—	531	126.50	126.50
6	—	730	112.00	112.00
9	—	646	120.50	120.50
19	—	451	129.50	129.50
15	—	357	131.00	131.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	356	121.00	121.00
1	—	625	107.00	107.00
9	—	442	115.00	115.00
1	—	510	108.00	108.00

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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