Sale reports / Virginia / Springlake Livestock Market, Inc. / 2020-01-18

Springlake Livestock Market, Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Moneta, Virginia · Sat, Jan 18
● Final38 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2186
Receipts
385 head
▼ 112 vs last sale 497▲ 385 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 35, Heifers 188, Bulls 162)

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $125.20/cwt on 164 head.
Average price
$125.20
164 head · 473 lb average
Value per head Derived
$592
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$133
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$10.32/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.68
vs VA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2468128.1860069
Medium and Large 1504124.8763070
Medium and Large 3397117.8646825
One grade step is worth $10.32/cwt here — about $133 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 sale164 hd
125.20
—
VA average8 barns · 1,689 hd
123.52
+1.68
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers8 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2368159.00/cwt159.00–159.005855
Steers—Medium and Large 2433155.00/cwt155.00–155.006713
Steers—Medium and Large 1438155.00/cwt155.00–155.006793
Steers—Medium and Large 2510147.00/cwt147.00–147.007501
Steers—Medium and Large 1564150.00/cwt150.00–150.008466
Steers—Medium and Large 1615137.00/cwt137.00–137.008434
Steers—Medium and Large 2657124.00/cwt124.00–124.008153
Steers—Medium and Large 3748100.00/cwt100.00–100.007482
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 3349119.00/cwt119.00–119.0041513
Heifers—Medium and Large 2354131.75/cwt122.00–133.0046618
Heifers—Medium and Large 1361131.00/cwt131.00–131.0047314
Heifers—Medium and Large 3385114.00/cwt114.00–114.004391
Heifers—Medium and Large 3435118.62/cwt114.00–121.005169
Heifers—Medium and Large 1445122.00/cwt122.00–122.005433
Heifers—Medium and Large 2455132.88/cwt127.50–133.7560530
Heifers—Medium and Large 1464129.50/cwt129.50–129.5060115
Heifers—Medium and Large 2537119.18/cwt109.00–120.0064013
Heifers—Medium and Large 3543109.00/cwt109.00–109.005922
Heifers—Medium and Large 1552121.57/cwt110.00–122.0067128
Heifers—Medium and Large 2633120.91/cwt118.00–121.507656
Heifers—Medium and Large 1639120.51/cwt118.75–121.007709
Heifers—Medium and Large 1740110.00/cwt110.00–110.008141
Heifers—Medium and Large 2758106.01/cwt103.00–109.008042
Feeder Cattle · Bulls15 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1329174.76/cwt170.00–176.005755
Bulls—Medium and Large 2342168.00/cwt168.00–168.0057517
Bulls—Medium and Large 1404151.00/cwt151.00–151.0061011
Bulls—Medium and Large 2430152.70/cwt151.00–153.0065714
Bulls—Medium and Large 3442127.00/cwt127.00–127.005615
Bulls—Medium and Large 1450149.00/cwt149.00–149.006712
Bulls—Medium and Large 3465100.00/cwt100.00–100.004651
Bulls—Medium and Large 2488144.00/cwt144.00–144.0070312
Bulls—Medium and Large 1503140.00/cwt140.00–140.0070414
Bulls—Medium and Large 2503139.00/cwt139.00–139.006992
Bulls—Medium and Large 3505109.00/cwt109.00–109.005501
Bulls—Medium and Large 2569128.58/cwt120.00–130.007327
Bulls—Medium and Large 1573132.55/cwt129.00–133.007609
Bulls—Medium and Large 2648121.50/cwt121.50–121.507873
Bulls—Medium and Large 1664115.00/cwt115.00–115.007644

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.