Name: Springlake Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2020-12-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-12-05

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 103, Heifers 133, Bulls 107)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $122.25/cwt on 111 head.

Average price

$122.25

111 head · 514 lb average

Value per head Derived

$628

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$61

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

$6.67/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.28

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	492	124.86	614	41
Medium and Large 1	544	121.47	661	54
Medium and Large 3	468	118.19	553	16thin

One grade step is worth $6.67/cwt here — about $61 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 sale111 hd

122.25

—

VA average10 barns · 1,934 hd

119.97

+2.28

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

45 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
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	445	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	570	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	385	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	647	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	551	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	667	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	362	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	510	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	700	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	630	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	452	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	601	8
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	658	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	744	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	653	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	836	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	340	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	442	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	557	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	774	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	540	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	745	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	372	163.47/cwt	154.00–167.00	608	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	573	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	716	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	351	169.50/cwt	169.50–169.50	595	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	673	121.49/cwt	118.00–125.00	818	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	585	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	725	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	577	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	698	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	504	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	701	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	426	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	677	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	646	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	801	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	345	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	580	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	480	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	595	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	555	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	660	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	423	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	592	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	645	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	851	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	734	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	881	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	751	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	811	5
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	530	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	636	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	648	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	680	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	352	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	426	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	470	155.50/cwt	155.50–155.50	731	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	639	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	722	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	453	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	578	17
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	570	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	656	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	450	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	563	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	538	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	619	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	718	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	747	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	447	126.25/cwt	126.25–126.25	564	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	642	114.75/cwt	114.75–114.75	737	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	410	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	672	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	460	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	727	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	443	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	558	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	352	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	493	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	536	120.50/cwt	120.50–120.50	646	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	490	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	671	11

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 Dec 5, 2020

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

Receipts 343Last week 430Year ago 718

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 103, Heifers 133, Bulls 107)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	445	128.00	128.00
8	—	452	133.00	133.00
2	—	658	113.00	113.00
2	—	530	120.00	120.00
1	—	570	115.00	115.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	385	168.00	168.00
10	—	557	139.00	139.00
10	—	645	132.00	132.00
5	—	734	120.00	120.00
5	—	470	155.50	155.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	653	128.00	128.00
11	—	540	138.00	138.00
7	—	372	154.00–167.00	163.47
2	—	585	124.00	124.00
11	—	460	158.00	158.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	551	121.00	121.00
3	—	362	141.00	141.00
5	—	751	108.00	108.00
10	—	639	113.00	113.00
17	—	453	127.50	127.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	700	90.00	90.00
2	—	648	105.00	105.00
5	—	352	121.00	121.00
2	—	538	115.00	115.00
6	—	443	126.00	126.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	340	130.00	130.00
2	—	718	104.00	104.00
11	—	447	126.25	126.25
8	—	642	114.75	114.75
9	—	352	140.00	140.00
9	—	536	120.50	120.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	573	125.00	125.00
7	—	351	169.50	169.50
2	—	673	118.00–125.00	121.49
7	—	410	164.00	164.00
11	—	490	137.00	137.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	577	121.00	121.00
11	—	504	139.00	139.00
7	—	426	159.00	159.00
6	—	646	124.00	124.00
5	—	345	168.00	168.00
1	—	480	124.00	124.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	555	119.00	119.00
4	—	423	140.00	140.00
1	—	450	125.00	125.00

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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