Web Forms :: Label Within Literal Wont Display?

I'm fairly sure i know the problem, I believe it is the solution I cant figure out. I have a literal on my aspx page, which will hold an html table that i populate from my vb.net code. I insert a label such as:

<asp:Label ID="A0" runat="server" Text="1470853.29" /> into my table.. and a text box: <input type="text" id="C0"/> . the text boxes are displaying, but the labels are not. I believe this is because the asp:label is runat="server", instead of a normal <label> which would be runat="something else". when i pass the label into the literal, the page has already loaded, thus the label doesnt load. but because the textbox is not an asp server control it loads after the code populates my literal.

I have a couple hundred of these labels that i need to display. and need to populate them in my vb code. is there any way to force this <asp:label> to display after my literal is finished populating, or will i be forced to use the original <label> control?