Name: Springlake Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2020-12-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-12-19

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 64, Heifers 106, Bulls 78)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $125.41/cwt on 93 head.

Average price

$125.41

93 head · 500 lb average

Value per head Derived

$627

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$66

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 1

$10.53/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+11.08

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	459	130.68	600	38
Medium and Large 3	413	129.00	532	10thin
Medium and Large 1	554	120.16	666	45

One grade step is worth $10.53/cwt here — about −$66 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 sale93 hd

125.41

—

VA average9 barns · 1,172 hd

114.33

+11.08

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

38 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	—	425	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	710	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	360	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	547	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	725	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	805	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	570	125.31/cwt	120.00–126.50	714	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	645	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	697	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	349	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	642	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	517	134.50/cwt	134.50–134.50	695	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	460	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	566	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	793	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	864	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	458	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	664	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	375	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	660	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	745	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	805	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	554	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	659	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	657	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	821	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	552	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	762	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	642	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	706	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	342	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	633	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	635	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	679	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	488	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	717	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	580	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	740	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	417	171.50/cwt	171.50–171.50	715	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	715	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	736	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	740	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	807	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	605	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	720	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	655	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	721	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	620	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	682	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	446	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	549	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	344	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	547	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	439	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	637	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	528	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	644	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	521	131.99/cwt	129.00–133.00	688	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	430	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	602	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	410	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	554	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	610	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	653	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	344	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	502	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	415	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	494	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	567	115.34/cwt	114.00–116.00	654	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	545	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	627	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 19, 2020

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

Receipts 248Last week 649Year ago 0

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 64, Heifers 106, Bulls 78)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	425	167.00	167.00
11	—	570	120.00–126.50	125.31
3	—	645	108.00	108.00
5	—	349	184.00	184.00
7	—	517	134.50	134.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	342	185.00	185.00
3	—	635	107.00	107.00
5	—	488	147.00	147.00
7	—	580	127.50	127.50
9	—	417	171.50	171.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	430	140.00	140.00
3	—	567	114.00–116.00	115.34
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	360	152.00	152.00
6	—	725	111.00	111.00
10	—	460	123.00	123.00
17	—	554	119.00	119.00
8	—	642	110.00	110.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	715	103.00	103.00
3	—	620	110.00	110.00
15	—	446	123.00	123.00
10	—	344	159.00	159.00
9	—	528	122.00	122.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	344	146.00	146.00
4	—	415	119.00	119.00
2	—	545	115.00	115.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	793	109.00	109.00
6	—	458	145.00	145.00
1	—	375	176.00	176.00
2	—	745	108.00	108.00
13	—	657	125.00	125.00
14	—	552	138.00	138.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	740	109.00	109.00
1	—	605	119.00	119.00
1	—	655	110.00	110.00
4	—	439	145.00	145.00
4	—	521	129.00–133.00	131.99
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	410	135.00	135.00
1	—	610	107.00	107.00

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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