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Reporter comment USDA
As filed
Springlake Special Weaned and Vaccinated Sale
State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 190, Heifers 129)
Value Added Cattle Weaned and Vaccinated.
Weight classPick one — the panels below update
Steers · summary 0–100 lb
Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $141.46/cwt on 190 head.
Average price
$141.46
190 head · 684 lb average
Value per head Derived
$968
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$204
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$25.25/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+4.94
vs VA average
Price by quality 0–100 lb
Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscle
Avg wt
$/cwt
$/head
Head
Medium and Large 1
685
142.25
975
184
Medium and Large 3
659
117.00
771
6thin
One grade step is worth $25.25/cwt here — about $204 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.
How it compared 0–100 lb
Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale190 hd
141.46
—
VA average6 barns · 1,070 hd
136.51
+4.94
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.
Every lot
10 lots · USDA AMS · Springlake Graded Feeder Cattle Sale - Moneta, VA
Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.
Class
Weight
Grade / description
Avg wt
Price
Range
Per head
Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers7 lots · lightest first
Steers
—
Medium and Large 1Value Added
524
155.50/cwt
155.50–155.50
815
18
Steers
—
Medium and Large 1Value Added
615
152.50/cwt
152.50–152.50
938
77
Steers
—
Medium and Large 3Value Added
659
117.00/cwt
117.00–117.00
771
6
Steers
—
Medium and Large 1Value Added
717
137.00/cwt
137.00–137.00
982
61
Steers
—
Medium and Large 1Value Added
855
122.00/cwt
122.00–122.00
1,043
10
Steers
—
Medium and Large 1Value Added
916
116.00/cwt
116.00–116.00
1,063
14
Steers
—
Medium and Large 1Value Added
1,041
108.00/cwt
108.00–108.00
1,124
4
Feeder Cattle · Heifers3 lots · lightest first
Heifers
—
Medium and Large 1Value Added
531
134.00/cwt
134.00–134.00
712
34
Heifers
—
Medium and Large 1Value Added
620
131.50/cwt
131.50–131.50
815
78
Heifers
—
Medium and Large 1Value Added
759
121.00/cwt
121.00–121.00
918
17
This sale against other markets
Virginia weighted averages
One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Virginia auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.
State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 190, Heifers 129)
Value Added Cattle Weaned and Vaccinated.
Feeder Cattle
As reported
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
Head
Wt range
Avg wt
Price range
Avg price
14
—
916
116.00
116.00
10
—
855
122.00
122.00
4
—
1,041
108.00
108.00
77
—
615
152.50
152.50
61
—
717
137.00
137.00
18
—
524
155.50
155.50
Steers — Medium and Large 3 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
Head
Wt range
Avg wt
Price range
Avg price
6
—
659
117.00
117.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
Head
Wt range
Avg wt
Price range
Avg price
78
—
620
131.50
Source: USDA AMS · Springlake Livestock Market, Inc. · Fri, Jul 31 · slug 2186 · RaisedBeef's rendering of USDA data, not a copy of USDA's document and not endorsed by USDA · www.raisedbeef.com/markets/barn/va/springlake-graded-feeder-cattle-sale-2186/2020-07-31
131.50
34
—
531
134.00
134.00
17
—
759
121.00
121.00
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.