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

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 97, Heifers 297, Bulls 255)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $119.29/cwt on 246 head.

Average price

$119.29

246 head · 507 lb average

Value per head Derived

$604

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$55

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

$12.20/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.14

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	480	121.96	585	97
Medium and Large 1	529	118.55	628	132
Medium and Large 3	483	109.76	530	17thin

One grade step is worth $12.20/cwt here — about $55 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 sale246 hd

119.29

—

VA average8 barns · 1,898 hd

118.15

+1.14

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

42 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	—	578	114.68/cwt	105.00–115.00	663	31
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	499	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	689	35
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	653	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	738	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	425	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	689	22
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	360	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	547	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	503	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	583	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	547	117.16/cwt	109.00–117.50	641	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	464	154.50/cwt	154.50–154.50	717	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	660	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	838	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	551	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	766	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	728	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	852	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	342	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	581	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	438	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	521	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	729	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	744	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	362	134.70/cwt	125.00–136.00	488	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	638	114.48/cwt	102.00–115.00	730	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	454	121.75/cwt	121.75–121.75	553	42
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	643	112.01/cwt	102.00–114.00	720	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	344	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	581	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	573	119.50/cwt	119.50–119.50	685	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	496	133.92/cwt	118.00–135.00	664	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	413	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	677	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	490	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	564	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	428	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	710	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	730	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	803	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	545	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	736	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	637	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	771	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	711	103.50/cwt	103.50–103.50	736	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	628	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	716	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	364	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	484	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	540	120.79/cwt	115.00–121.00	652	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	447	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	532	31
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	364	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	604	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	451	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	600	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	539	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	614	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	370	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	396	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	638	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	606	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	330	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	370	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	449	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	543	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	539	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	577	7
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	525	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	625	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	723	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	730	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 Dec 12, 2020

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

Receipts 649Last week 343Year ago 161

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 97, Heifers 297, Bulls 255)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	578	105.00–115.00	114.68
35	—	499	138.00	138.00
11	—	653	113.00	113.00
22	—	425	162.00	162.00
1	—	360	152.00	152.00
4	—	503	116.00	116.00
9	—	342	170.00	170.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	643	102.00–114.00	112.01
9	—	344	169.00	169.00
10	—	573	119.50	119.50
15	—	496	118.00–135.00	133.92
16	—	413	164.00	164.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	451	133.00	133.00
7	—	539	114.00	114.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
48	—	547	109.00–117.50	117.16
2	—	438	119.00	119.00
7	—	729	102.00	102.00
9	—	362	125.00–136.00	134.70
24	—	638	102.00–115.00	114.48
42	—	454	121.75	121.75
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	490	115.00	115.00
4	—	711	103.50	103.50
9	—	628	114.00	114.00
25	—	364	133.00	133.00
27	—	540	115.00–121.00	120.79
31	—	447	119.00	119.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	370	107.00	107.00
2	—	638	95.00	95.00
3	—	330	112.00	112.00
4	—	449	121.00	121.00
7	—	539	107.00	107.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	464	154.50	154.50
22	—	660	127.00	127.00
24	—	551	139.00	139.00
7	—	728	117.00	117.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	428	166.00	166.00
1	—	730	110.00	110.00
3	—	545	135.00	135.00
3	—	637	121.00	121.00
4	—	364	166.00	166.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	525	119.00	119.00
2	—	723	101.00	101.00

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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